2009. Ph.D., Sociology, University of California – Los Angeles
2000. M.A., Social and Cultural Studies of Education, Berkeley School of Education.
1997. B.A., Sociology (cum laude), Harvard University
Dr. Veronica Terriquez received her Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of California Los Angeles, her M.A. in Education at the University of California Berkeley, and her B.A. in Sociology at Harvard University. Her research examines how individuals’ demographic characteristics − as well as their ties to civic organizations, schools, and other institutions − reproduce or challenge patterns of social inequality. Much of her research has implications for policies affecting low-income, immigrant, and Latino communities. Dr. Terriquez has prior experience working as a community organizer and volunteer for various education reform, immigrant rights, labor rights, and racial justice efforts. She is the principal investigator of the California Young Adult Study and the Youth Leadership and Health Study.
Immigrant Incorporation, Civic Engagement, Social Inequality, Latinos in the U.S., Youth Transitions to Adulthood, Quantitative Methods, Mixed-Methods.
Awards/Honors
2013-2014. Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, Mentor-Irene Bloemraad, UC Berkeley.
2012. American Sociological Association Distinguished Research – Distinguished Article Award in the Area of Latino Sociology.
Grants
2012-2015. Principal Investigator: The California Endowment, Civic Engagement and the Healthy Development of California’s Youth Population, USC PERE, $511,474.
2013-2014. Principal Investigator: Heising-Simons, Understanding the Effects of Widened Access Among Undocumented Young Adults, USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration, $40,000.
2013-2014. Principal Investigator: The California Endowment, Youth Organizing in the Hinterlands: An evaluation of ICUC’s work to promote positive health outcomes among youth in the Inland Empire, USC PERE, $20,000.
Public Lecture or Forum Participation
2015. “Crossing the Activist Scholar Line.” Special Session at the American Sociological Association Meeting.
2014. “Civic Engagement, Civic Institutions, and the Second Generation,” presented at the National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Population, Panel on Integrating Immigrants into America.
2014. “Emerging Political Power among Youth from Immigrant Families,” presented at the Memory and Migration Conference, Cal State Northridge.
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
2015."Legal Status, Civic Organizations, and the Political Participation of Latino Young Adults," presented at the American Sociological Association, in Chicago.
2014. "Schools for Democracy: Labor Union Participation and the School-Based Civic Engagement of Latino Immigrants," presented at the Labor and Employment Relations Association Meeting.
2014. “Out of the Shadows and Out of the Closet: the Leadership of LGBTQ Youth in the Immigrant Rights Movement,” presented at the Pacific Sociological Association.
Journal Articles
2019. Terriquez, Veronica and May Lin. “Yesterday they Marched, Today they Mobilized the Vote: A Developmental Model for Civic Leadership Among the Children of Immigrants.” Online. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
2018. Terriquez, Veronica, Tizoc Brenes, and Abdiel Lopez. “Intersectionality as a multipurpose collective action frame: the case of the undocumented youth movement.” Ethnicities 18(2): 260-276.
2018. Pastor, Manuel, Veronica Terriquez, and *May Lin. “How Community Organizing Promotes Health Equity and How Health Equity Impacts Organizing.” Health Affairs 37(3): 358-363.
2017. Terriquez, Veronica.“Legal Status, Civic Associations, and Political Participation among Latino Young Adults.” Sociological Quarterly 58(2): 315-336.
2015. Terriquez, Veronica. “Dreams Delayed: Barriers to Degree Completion among Undocumented Latino Community College Students.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 41 (8): 1302-1323.
2015. Terriquez, Veronica and Oded Gurantz. “Financial Challenges in Emerging Adulthood and Students’ Decisions to Stop Out of College.” Emerging Adulthood 3(3): 204-214.