Mobilizing Public Sociology

Victoria Carty, Ph.D. (1999), is an activist scholar and associate professor of sociology at Chapman University. She is the author of Social Movements and New Technology (Westview Press, 2015). Rafael Luévano, Ph.D., S.T.D. (1990), is associate professor in the Religious Studies Department at Chapman University and serves as the university’s Roman Catholic chaplain. He is the author of Woman-Killing in Juárez: Theodicy at the Border (Orbis Books, 2012).

• PrefaceJerry PriceAcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsList of Contributors IntroductionVictoria Carty with Daniele Struppa, Jerry Price, and Bishop KevinWilliam VannPart 1: Immigrant Oppression and Resistance Movements1 Collaboration between Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement: Gang Injunctions, Gang Databases, and Immigration ConsequencesAmelia Alvarez and Fawn Bekam2 Gentrification, Gang Injunctions, and the Impact on Latin@ Communities in Southern CaliforniaMadeleine Spencer and Victoria Carty3 The Politics of Immigration and a Catholic Counternarrative: A Perspective from the United StatesKristin E. Heyer4 Embracing the “Other”: Dreamers Navigating Higher EducationHarriett D. Romo and Raquel R. MarquezPart 2: Immigrants and Community Narratives5 Latin@ Immigrant Youth in the Age of Mixed Messages: A Perspective on Deferred Action and Unaccompanied MinorsLisa D. Ramirez6 America’s Love/Hate Relationship with Immigrants and OC Human Relations’ Voice for UnderstandingRusty Kennedy7 Public Sociology in Action: The Struggle to Assist Undocumented Latin@ YouthEileen McNerney, CSJ8 Revolution of the Heart: Assisting Migrants in Their Quest for DignityPatrick Murphy, CS9 A Life’s Pursuit: The Journey to Higher Education of an Undocumented StudentOliver Lopez10 At the Partnership Table: Bridging Academia and Community through Horizontal DialoguingSuzanne SooHoo and Patricia Huerta Conclusion: The Public Sociology Migrant NarrativeRafael Luévano Index