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Shannon Marie Gleeson
Assistant Professor, Latin American and Latino Studies
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (Sociology & Demography)
Curriculum Vitae

Merrill Faculty Services
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
sgleeson (at) ucsc (dot) edu
831-459-3451 (phone)
831-459-3125 (fax)

Office Hours:   By Appointment, Merrill 15


Research Interests

immigration   ~   social stratification   ~   labor   ~  civic engagement   ~  law & society

Teaching

  On leave Fall 2011 thru Spring 2012


Publications

BOOKS

       Gleeson, Shannon. "Conflicting Commitments: The Politics of Enforcing Immigrant Worker Rights in San Jose and Houston"  (In Press at ILR/Cornell Press)   

PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

       Gleeson, Shannon and Irene Bloemraad. (Forthcoming) “Assessing the Scope of Immigrant Organizations: Official Undercounts and Actual Underrepresentation” Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly.

       Gleeson, Shannon, and Roberto G. Gonzales.  (Forthcoming) “When Do Papers Matter? An Institutional Analysis of Undocumented Life in the United States.” International Migration.

       Gleeson, Shannon. 2010. “Labor Rights for All? The Role of Undocumented Immigrant Status for Worker Claims-Making” Law & Social Inquiry, Vol. 35:3 (561-602).

       Gleeson, Shannon. 2010. “Re-Conceptualizing the Economic Integration of Immigrants: A Comparison of the Mexican and Vietnamese.” Latino Studies, Vol. 8:1 (69-92).

       Gleeson, Shannon. 2009. “From Rights to Claims: The Role of Civil Society in Making Rights Real for Vulnerable Workers.” Law & Society Review. Vol. 43:3 (669-700).

       Paret, Marcel, and Shannon Gleeson. 2006. “International Migration in Macro-Stratification Perspective: Bringing Power Back In.” Berkeley Journal of Sociology. Vol. 50: Power (120-146).

 BOOK CHAPTERS

       Bloemraad, Irene and Shannon Gleeson. (Forthcoming ) “Making the Case for Organizational Presence: Civic Inclusion, Access to Resources, And Formal Community Organizations” in Remaking Urban Citizenship: Organizations, Institutions, and the Right to the City. Edited by Michael Peter Smith and Michael McQuarrie. Comparative Urban and Community Research, Volume 10. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers.

       Gleeson, Shannon. (Forthcoming). “Thematic Essay: Unauthorized Immigration,” in Immigrants in America, edited by Elliott Barkan, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.

       Gleeson, Shannon. 2008. “Organizing for Latino Immigrant Rights in Two U.S. Cities: The Case of San Jose and Houston,” p. 107-133 in Civic Hopes and Political Realities: Immigrants, Community Organizations and Political Engagement. Edited by S. Karthick Ramakrishnan and Irene Bloemraad. New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press.

 SELECTED BOOK  REVIEWS & OTHER  PUBLICATIONS

       Gleeson, Shannon. (Forthcoming). “Day Laborers” (500 words), “Worker Centers” (500 words), “Immigrants and Unions (1500 words), in Anti-Immigration in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia, edited by Kathleen Arnold. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.

       Gleeson, Shannon. 2011. “Review of: Norris, Jim. North for the Harvest: Mexican Workers, Growers, and the Sugar Beet Industry. (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 2009.)” Journal of American Ethnic History. 30:4 (103-105).

       Gleeson, Shannon. 2009. “Review of: Telles, Edward E. and Vilma Ortiz. Generations of Exclusion: Mexican Americans, Assimilation, and Race. (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2008)” City and Community.  8:2 (197-199).

       Gleeson, Shannon. 2008, “Review of: Francisco Jiménez, Alma M. García, and Richard A. Garcia. Ethnic Community Builders: Mexican Americans in Search of Justice and Power, The Struggle for Citizenship Rights in San José, California. (Lanham: AltaMira Press, 2007)” Contemporary Sociology 37:5 (472-473).

SELECTED WORKS IN PROGRESS

       Gleeson, Shannon. “‘No es tan grave’: Economic Precarity, Papers, and the Normalization of Pain amongst Latino Immigrant Restaurant Workers” (Under Review)

       Gleeson, Shannon. "Means to An End: An Assessment of the Status-blind Approach to Protecting Undocumented Worker Rights" (Under Review)

       de Graauw, Els, Shannon Gleeson, and Irene Bloemraad. “Funding Immigrant Organizations: Central City Differences and Suburban Free-riding" (Under Review)


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