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Peer-reviewed journal articles Chen, L., Young, M.-E., Rodriguez, M., Kietzman, K. (2023) Immigrants’ Enforcement Experiences and Concern about Accessing Public Benefits or Services. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. Young, M.-E. , Tafolla, S., Saadi, A., Sudhinaraset, M., Chen, L., Pourat...

Who speaks for immigrants? Who creates knowledge about their lives and well-being? In the fall of 2020, students in PH 113 Latino and Immigrant Health constructed testimonios of people in their lives - family members, neighbors, friends - to listen to and share their stories. Here we share their...

States across the US possess a mix of policies that criminalize immigrants by regulating the “legality” or permissibility of their lives, putting day-to-day activities like working and driving under the surveillance and control of immigration enforcement, and those that are inclusive by expanding...

Darkness is fundamental to the human experience, yet it has not been well-studied. Working together, our research group of humanists and scientists seeks to understand the role that darkness plays in human behavior, language, symbolism, and thought. We collectively investigate how darkness...

I am an anthropological archaeologist that specializes in the archaeology of religion and in ancient Mesoamerican civilizations. My interests are in how ideologies are created, maintained, and changed over time and how they affect social processes and human decision-making. I see ideologies as...

Fresno Housing & Health Study A Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Sierra Health Foundation grant funded study that seeks to examine the health and neighborhood effects of federal housing tax policies on public housing residents in Fresno county. Community Partner: Faith in the Valley: Fresno County...

1. Characterize vascular differentiation. The word endothelial progenitor cell is used often in the literature, yet this cell is abstractly defined. The word seems to apply to any cell that has differentiated beyond a stem cell, but has not yet become a mature endothelial cell. I would like to...