Jacqueline R. Olvera | Faculty Profiles

Diplomas/Degrees

PhD, Stanford University (2000)

MSPP, Carnegie Mellon University (1991)

BA, University of Illinois-Chicago (1989)

Professional Experience

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Research Associate, Ford Foundation BESOL Initiative, New York, NY (2013)
Research Consultant, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, Little Rock, AR (2012)
Policy Consultant, OIC of America, Philadelphia, PA (2011)

Research Interests

Race and Ethnicity, Migration Studies, Urban Inequality, Organizations, and Social Policy.

Articles

Olvera, Jacqueline and Stacey A. Sutton. 2021. "An Organizational Ecology Approach to New Food Marts in New York City Neighborhoods." International Journal of Urban Sciences 25(2): 252-271.

Olvera, Jacqueline. 2017. "Managing the Dirty Work of Illegality." Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 3(2): 253-267.

Olvera, Jacqueline. 2016. "The State, Unauthorized Mexican Migration, and Vulnerability in the Workplace." Sociology Compass 10(2): 132-142

Olvera, Jacqueline. 2015. "The Growth of Ethnic Organizations in the Context of Neighborhood Change:Organizational Ecology in Postwar San Francisco." City & Community 14(1): 27-46

Olvera, Jacqueline R. 2015. "Organizational Density and Neighborhood Employment." Journal of Poverty 19(3): 239-260

Olvera, Jacqueline and Douglas Rae. 2011. "Post-urbanism, Incorporation, and Migration." International Migration 49(4): 23-47

Olvera, Jacqueline. 2004. "The spatial distribution of neighborhood employment: San Francisco 1950-1970." Focus 23(2): 47-48

Szelenyi, Szonja and Jacqueline Olvera. 1996. "The Declining Significance of Class: Does Gender Complicate the Story?" Theory and Society 25: 725-730

Chapters

Olvera, Jacqueline. (accepted/in press) "The making and enabling of a temporary workforce for the 21^st century" in Victor T. Chen, Sabina Pultz and Ofer Sharone, (eds.) Handbook on Unemployment and Society. UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Olvera, Jacqueline. 2021. "Symbols of Social Suffering" in Naa Oyo Kwate (ed.) The Street: A Photographic Field Guide To American Inequality. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Lune, Howard and Jacqueline Olvera. 2018. “Organizational Ecology” in George Ritzer and Chris Rojek (eds.) The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2^nd Edition. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Olvera, Jacqueline. 2015. "The Northeast" in Susan Oboler and Deena J. González (eds.) Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in Contemporary Politics, Law and Social Movements. NY: Oxford University Press.

Olvera, Jacqueline. 2009. "Economic Restructuring" in Deborah Carr (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development. McMillan Reference USA.

Conference Presentations

Olvera, Jacqueline. 2024. "Gender, Illegality, and Tamal Street Vending." Paper accepted for the Urban Affairs Association Conference, New York, NY.

Olvera, Jacqueline. 2024. "Gender, Illegality, and Tamal Vending." Paper presented at the National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies Conference, Austin, TX.

Olvera, Jacqueline and Qianju Li. 2019. "Silencing the City: The Uneven Policing of Noise Conflict in NYC Neighborhoods." Paper presented at the Urban Affairs Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

Olvera, Jacqueline and Stacey A. Sutton. 2015. "The Ecology of Convenience: Retail Restructuring and Gentrification in NYC." Paper presented at the Everyday Life in the 21st Century City Conference. Auditorium al Duomo, Florence, Italy.

Olvera, Jacqueline. 2015. "Citizen-Alien Boundary and Its Implications for Work." Paper presented at the Eastern Sociological Society. New York, NY.

Olvera, Jacqueline. 2014. "Managing the 'Dirty Work' of Illegality." Paper presented at the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.

Olvera, Jacqueline. 2014. "The invisible work of making and managing social and ethnic distinctions." Paper presented at the Eastern Sociological Society. Baltimore, MD.

Olvera, Jacqueline. 2010. "Even the Gringos Speak Spanish: Boundary work among Mexican migrants." Paper presented at the Eastern Sociological Society. Boston, MA.

Olvera, Jacqueline. 2009. "Examining the Policy Preferences of Latinos Toward Undocumented Immigration." Paper presented at the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.

Invited Presentations

The Connected Lives of Tamal Vendors. Panel presentation at the Handbook on Unemployment and Society Mini-conference (April 19-20, 2024).

Symbols of Social Suffering. Paper presented at the College of Arts and Science Salon Faculty Series, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY (November 2019).

A Sociological View of International Relations. Hagedorn School of Business Panel on International Relations or Lack Thereof. Adelphi University, Garden City, NY (November 2018).

The Ecology of Convenience: Retail Restructuring and Gentrification in NYC. Paper presented at the AU College of Arts and Sciences Work-In-Progress Faculty Series, Garden City, NY (October 2015).

Hidden in Plain Sight: ‘Illegality’ in Contemporary Immigrant America. Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA. (November 2011).

Dignity and Boundary Work among Mexican Migrants. Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University, New York, NY. (October 2011).

Urbanism and Multiculturalism. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades, Mexico City, Mexico. (July 2011).

American Society and Social Policy. SIPA, Columbia University, New York, NY. (September 2010).

The Social Context of Immigration Law. Third Annual Conference on ‘Rightist’ Movements, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY. (March 2010).

Negotiating ‘Illegality’ in New Immigrant Destinations. Barnard Center for Research on Women, Barnard College, New York, NY (January 2010).

Understanding Central American Immigration and the Children that Migrate. Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies (CLAIS). Yale University, New Haven, CT (August 2006).

Other Work

BOOK REVIEWS:
Olvera, Jacqueline. 2017."Border Lives." Contemporary Sociology 46(1):47-49
Olvera, Jacqueline. 2010."Rich Democracies, Poor People." International Review of Modern Sociology 36(1): 90-93
Olvera, Jacqueline. 2008."Listening to Harlem." Journal of Urban Affairs 30(1):106-108

Grants

Adelphi Internal Development Research Grant (Principal Investigator: $4400) (2024).

Adelphi Internal Development Research Grant (Principal Investigator: $2500) (2021).

Adelphi Internal Development Research Grant (Principal Investigator: $2100) (2017).

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. "How Place-Based Policies and Neighborhood Conditions Influence the Urban Enterprise Ecosystem." Stacey Sutton (University of Illinois-Chicago) (Grant Award: $66,027). Role: Co-PI on subcontract awarded to Adelphi University. (Subcontract award: $7,000) (2016).

Adelphi Internal Development Research Grant (Principal Investigator: $2000) (2016).

Adelphi Internal Development Research Grant (Principal Investigator: $3000) (2014).

Presidential Authority Grant, Russell Sage Foundation. “Together but without Mixing: Mexican Migrants and Puerto Rican Relations in New Urban Destinations.” (Principal Investigator: $35,000) (2008).

Recent Courses

Seminar In The Social Science The Sociology Of Immigration

Quantitative Research Methods

S/T: The Sociology Of Immigration

The Sociology Of Immigration

Theses Advised

Anna Varveris, "Guest work and migration in the US and Dominican Republic," Honors College (2024-2025)

Brigid Lynn, "Class, Capital, and Political Awareness Among Panhellenic Sorority Member," Honors College (2019-2020)

Projects Mentored

Naz, Nayeem. An Analysis of Football & Mass Media’s Influence on Social Class Divisions in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Summer 2014).

Maher, Edward. Does the System Benefit Everyone? (Spring 2015).

Simone, Adriana. Is There a Generation Gap in Views toward Homosexuality Among Americans? (Spring 2015).

Perez, Jacqueline. Place, Economic Insecurity, and Attitudes toward Immigrants. (Spring 2017).

Novak, Erica. A Cohort Study on American Morality and Religiosity. (Spring 2017).

Li, Qianju. Analyzing Noise in NYC. (Spring 2018)

Honors and Accomplishments

FCPE Teaching Fellow (2019-2020)

AU Center for Health Innovation (CHI) Summer Scholar Award (2015)

AU Center for Health Innovation (CHI) Summer Scholar Award (2014)

Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, National Poverty Center, University of Michigan (2000-2003)

Professional Activities

Professional Associations:

Member, American Sociological Association

Member, Urban Affairs Association

Ad-hoc Reviewer, The Sociological Quarterly

Ad-hoc Reviewer, Policy Studies

Ad-hoc Reviewer, Sociology of Race & Ethnicity

Professional Development:

Build & Broaden Conference, Grant Writers' Seminar & Workshop (2021)

Online Academy Bootcamp, Adelphi University (2020)

OP-ED Project, New York (2018)

Network Analysis, EPIC Summer Institute, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University (2014)

Dyadic Analysis Training Institute, University of Connecticut (2009)

Latino National Survey Research Workshop, Cornell University (2008)

Spatial Analysis in the Social Science Curriculum Workshop, UC Santa Barbara (2006)

Visiting Scholar, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin (2004)

Fragile Families Data Workshop, Social Indicator Survey Center, Columbia University (2003)

Hierarchical Linear Models, Summer Institute, ICPSR, University of Michigan (2002)

Qualitative Research Methods, Summer Institute, ICPSR, University of Michigan (2002)

Spatial Regression, Summer Institute, ICPSPR, University of Michigan (2001)

Luxembourg Income Study Workshop, Walderdange, Luxembourg (1994)

University Service

Director, Latin American & Latinx Studies (2022-2024)

Faculty Senate (2021-2024)

Open Access Policy Task Force (2021)

Latin American Studies Major Committee (2021)

Gen Ed Written Communication Subcommittee (2020-present)

Data Analytics Task Force (2019)

Gen Ed Social Science Subcommittee (2015-2021)

Information Literacy Subcommittee (2016-2020)

General Education Committee (2015-2019)

AU Research Conference Faculty Reviewer (2015 & 2017)

College of Arts and Sciences Academic Affairs Committee (2013-2015)

Levermore Global Scholars Advisory Committee (2014-present)

African, Black & Caribbean Studies Advisory Committee (2014-present)

Library Committee, Sociology Department Representative (2013-2015)

Creative Scholarship

Research quoted in an international news article entitled, ¿Por qué nuestros barrios son cada vez más iguales? written by Federico Poore of Centinal. July 14, 2023.

Media Appearance. "Immigration: Presidential Candidates Stance." Fresh Outlook - Ebru TV. November 8, 2015.

Blog. "Learning the Principles of Social Network Analysis (SNA) to Better Understand Mexican Migration." AU Center for Health Innovation "Think About It" Blog. April 20, 2015.
http://chi-adelphi.blogspot.com/2015/04/learning-principles-of-social-network.html

Quoted in article on immigration in Connecticut by Meir Rinde. "Just Don’t Get Sick." Hartford Advocate. September 21, 2006.