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UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title Navigating a Climate of Fear: Adolescent Arrivals and the Trump Era Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6pt4w2np Author Rodriguez, Liliana V Publication Date 2019 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Santa Barbara Navigating a Climate of Fear: Adolescent Arrivals and the Trump Era A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology by Liliana V Rodriguez Committee in charge: Professor Edward E. Telles, Chair Professor Victor M. Rios Professor George Lipsitz Professor Néstor P. Rodríguez, University of Texas at Austin Professor Roberto G. Gonzales, Harvard University June 2019 The dissertation of Liliana V Rodriguez is approved. ____________________________________________ Roberto G. Gonzales ____________________________________________ Néstor P. Rodriguez ____________________________________________ George Lipsitz ____________________________________________ Victor M. Rios ____________________________________________ Edward E. Telles, Committee Chair June 2019 Navigating a Climate of Fear: Adolescent Arrivals and the Trump Era Copyright © 2019 by Liliana V Rodriguez iii DEDICATION With love to Jacey and Gianna Because of you I know there is hope for a better future iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work could have not been completed without the gracious participation of the adolescent arrivals whose narratives form the life and breath of this study. I am forever grateful to each one of them for allowing me into their worlds and I hope my work does justice to their lived experiences. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Edward Telles, Victor Rios, George Lipsitz, Néstor Rodríguez, and Roberto Gonzales for believing in me. Your mentorship and guidance every step of the way made my academic journey possible. Thank you for all of your invaluable feedback, suggestions, and most importantly your faith in my work. A special thank you to all of my colleagues and friends for all of your encouragement and support. It has been an honor training with you and I look forward to our future collaborations, amazing work, and countless adventures. I would also like to thank my family for all of their support throughout my graduate studies. To my parents, my warriors, your hard work, sacrifice, and dedication are an admiration to follow. To my other half, Juan Carlos, thank you for always being there for me to motivate me when I want to give up, for your willingness to read all of my rough drafts, and for showing me that family comes first. I love you. Thank you to my girls who inspire me to always do my best. And to the one who makes it all happen, my Creator, thank you for all of your blessings. v CURRICULUM VITAE Liliana V. Rodriguez University of California, Department of Sociology • Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9430 805-705-5935 • [email protected] EDUCATION 2019 Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara Dissertation: Navigating the Climate of Fear: Latino/a Adolescent Arrivals and the Trump Era 2012 M.A., Mexican American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Thesis: Undocumented Students and Access to Higher Education: A Comparative Study by Selected States 2002 B.A., Ethnic Studies, University of Texas at Austin B.J., Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Immigration, Unauthorized Migration, Race/Ethnicity, Intra-ethnic Relations, Assimilation/Integration, Latino Studies ACADEMIC HONORS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS Graduate Division Commencement Student Speaker (June 2019) Flacks Fund for the Study of Democratic Possibilities (Spring 2018) UCSB Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship (Winter 2018) Department of Sociology Dissertation Fellowship (Fall 2017) Chicano Studies Institute Grant (2017) Department of Sociology Departmental Research Grant (Summer 2016) Chicano Studies Institute Grant (2016) Sociology Departmental Research Grant (Summer 2015) Graduate Student Association travel grant (2015) Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Honorable Mention (2015) Pacific Sociological Association travel grant (2015) Graduate Student Association travel grant (2014) Lee Student Support Fund, Society for the Study of Social Problems travel grant, (2014) Department of Sociology Departmental Fellowship, UCSB (2013) MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW Rodriguez, Liliana V., “Navigating the Climate of Fear: Recent Adolescent Arrivals and the Trump Era” vi MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Rodriguez, Liliana V., “Negotiating Political Climates: Undocumented College Students and the Politization of Education” Rodriguez, Liliana V., “Los Tigres del Norte: An Exploration of Music and Collective Identity.” OTHER PUBLICATIONS Velazquez, Liliana. 2002. “Davila, Luis Reyes.” Narratives Newspaper, Vol 3 Issue 2. (Story found at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/voces/index.html) Velazquez, Liliana. 2002. “Eguia, Leon.” Narratives Newspaper, Vol 3 Issue 2. (Story found at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/voces/index.html) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2016-2018 Dissertation fieldwork research: Santa Barbara, California. 2015- 2018 Graduate Student Researcher for Professor Edward Telles. University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Sociology. 2014-2016 Research Assistant: Preschool Nutrition Project, University of California, Santa Barbara, Principal Investigator, Dr. Laura Romo. This research forms part of a pilot study designed to improve communication between Latina mothers and their preschool children about healthy eating and to increase the mothers' knowledge about the role of nutrients in healthy food. My duties involve conduct, transcribe, and code interviews as well as lead workshops for parents (2014). 2010-2013 Research Assistant for the VOCES Oral History Project, The University of Texas at Austin. Director Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez. My duties consisted of overseeing the development of the project in arranging, conducting and following up on interviews with veterans of the WWII, Vietnam, and Korea War eras. 2000-2002 Research Assistant for the U.S. Latino and Latina WWII Oral History Project, The University of Texas at Austin. Director Dr. Maggie Rivas- Rodriguez. My duties consisted of interviewing and writing stories of WWII veterans. TEACHING EXPERIENCE vii Adjunct Faculty Department of Sociology, Santa Barbara City College (2016 – 2019). Teaching Associate The Chicano Community, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology (Summer 2017). Introduction to Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology (Summer 2016). Latina/o Immigration, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology (Summer 2016). Introduction to Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology (Summer 2015). Teaching Assistant Theories of Gender & Inequality, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology (Spring 2019). Social Stratification, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology (Winter 2019). Race/Ethnicity/Nation, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology (Spring 2018). Lead Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology. Lectured one discussion section per week (Spring 2017). Research Traditions, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology. Lectured 2 discussion sections per week (Winter 2017). Urban Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology (Fall 2016). Sociology of Globalization, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology (Spring 2016). Special Topics: Immigration, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology (Winter 2016). Sociology of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology (Fall 2015). Chicano Communities, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology (Summer 2015). viii Lead Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology. Lectured one discussion section per week (Spring 2015). Chicanas and Mexican Women in Contemporary Society, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology (Winter 2015). Cultural Analysis, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology. Lectured two discussion sections per week (Fall 2014). Introduction to Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology. Lectured three discussion sections per week (Spring 2014). Cultural Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology (Winter 2014). Introduction to Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Sociology. Lectured three discussion sections per week (Fall 2013). Mexican American Culture, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Anthropology/Center for Mexican American Studies (Spring 2012). Introduction to Mexican American Policy Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Government/Center for Mexican American Studies (Fall 2011). Other SKILLS (School Kids Investigating Language in Life & Society) Lead Instructor, University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Linguistics (Fall 2016 – Present). SKILLS (School Kids Investigating Language in Life & Society) Co-Instructor, University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Linguistics (Winter and Spring 2016) SCHOLARLY