SERGIO CHÁVEZ Rice University Email: sergio.chavez@rice.edu Department of Sociology, MS 28 Office: 713-348-5783 380 Sewall Hall, 6100 Main Street Fax: 713-348 Houston, TX 77005-1892 EDUCATION Ph.D. Development Sociology, Cornell University. M.S. Rural Sociology, Cornell University. M.S. Community Development, University of California, Davis. B.A. Sociology with minor in Chicano Studies, Honors, University of California, Davis. A.A. General Studies, Hartnell Community College, Salinas, California. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Rice University, 2010-Present. Postdoctoral Fellow, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009-2010 & Carolina Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007-2009. BOOK MANUSCRIPTS Sergio Chávez (Forthcoming). Border Lives: Transnational Migrants and Commuters in the Tijuana/San Diego Borderlands. New York: Oxford University Press. Michael Emerson, Jenifer Bratter, and Sergio Chávez. (Forthcoming). (Un)Making Race and Ethnicity: A Reader. New York: Oxford University Press. PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES Ted Mouw, Sergio Chávez, Heather Edelblute, and Ashton Verdery (2014). Binational Social Networks and Assimilation: A Test of the Importance of Transnationalism. Social Problems, 61(3): 329-359. Jacqueline Hagan, Jean Luc Demonsant, and Sergio Chávez (2014). Skills of the Unskilled: Lifelong Human Capital Transfers Across the U.S.-Mexico Migratory Circuit. Journal of Migration and Human Security, 2(2): 76-99. Ted Mouw and Sergio Chávez (2012). Linguistic Niches and the Wage Growth of Latino Immigrants. Social Forces, 91(2):423-452. 1
Sergio Chávez (2012). The Sonoran Desert s Domestic Bracero Programme: Institutional Actors and the Creation of Labour Migration Streams. International Migration, 50(2): 20-40. Sergio Chávez (2011). Navigating the U.S.-Mexico Border: The Crossing Strategies of Undocumented Workers in Tijuana, Mexico. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 34(8): 1320-1337. Magalí Muría and Sergio Chávez (2011). Shopping and Working in the Borderlands: Enforcement, Surveillance and Marketing in Tijuana, Mexico. Surveillance and Society 8(3): 355-373. http://www.surveillance-and-society.org. Sergio Chávez (2005). Community, Ethnicity, and Class in a Changing Rural California Town, Rural Sociology 70(3): 28-49. ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW Sergio Chávez and Robin Paige, The Emotional Management of Family Life Across Borders. Revise and Resubmit Journal of Marriage and Family. Sergio Chávez and Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, Not Just for the Money: Return Migration and Reflection on the Emotion of Migration. Revise and Resubmit Qualitative Sociology. Claire E. Altman, Bridget K. Gorman, Sergio Chávez, and Keerthi Bandi, Self-Rated Health and US-Mexico Migration: Differences by Stage of the Migration Process among Men and Women Claire E. Altman, Bridget K. Gorman, Sergio Chávez, and Federico Ramos Ruiz, The Physical and Mental Well-being of Central American Transmigrants in Mexico Claire E. Altman, Bridget K. Gorman, and Sergio Chávez, The Meaning of Self-Rated Health among Mexican Adults. Alexis Silver, Heather Edelblute, Sergio Chávez, and Ted Mouw. Family Separation and Emotional Distress in a Transnational U.S-Mexico Immigrant Community. BOOK MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS Robin Paige and Sergio Chávez, When Women Remain Behind: The Emotional Management of Transnational Family Life. (Data Collected) Sergio Chávez, Rooferos: Masculinity, Occupational Identity, and Injuries among Migrant Storm Chasers (Data Collection in Process) ARTICLES IN PROGRESS Sergio Chávez, Rooferos: The Occupational Networks of Migrant Roofers. [Draft available] Sergio Chávez, Bridget K. Gorman, and Claire E. Altman, Gambling with Life: Occupational Injuries among Migrant Roofers. 2
Sergio Chávez, Tyler M. Woods, Claire E. Altman, and Bridget K. Gorman, Real Men Take Risks: Masculinity, Border Crossing, and Occupational Identity among Mexican Migrants. Sergio Chávez, Claire E. Altman, and Bridget K. Gorman, Migration Re-Intentions: The Risks and Dangers of Crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border. Robin Paige and Sergio Chávez, Migration, Stigma, and Gossip: Contextualizing the Experience of Mexican Women Who Stay. Claire E. Altman, Bridget K. Gorman, and Sergio Chávez, Violence, Stress, and Health among Adults in Mexico. Bridget K. Gorman, Claire E. Altman, and Sergio Chávez, Gender, Migration, and Health in Guanajuato, Mexico. Bridget K. Gorman, Claire E. Altman, and Sergio Chávez, Using Mixed Methods to Collect Mental and Health Data in Guanajuato, Mexico *Sergio Chávez, Ted Mouw, Heather Edelblute, and Ashton M. Verdery. Combining Community and Structure to Collect Binational Migrant Network Data through a Mixed Methods Approach. * Heather Edelblute, Ted Mouw, and Sergio Chávez. Transnationalism and Subjective Well- Being: Examining Happiness and Migration in a Binational Social Network. *Ashton M. Verdery, Ted Mouw, Sergio Chávez, and Heather Edelblute. Assimilation, Transnationalism, and the Structure of Migrant Networks: New Data and Theory. *Papers based on the 2010-11 Network Survey of Immigrant Transnationalism (NSIT), a binational survey of a migrant network connecting an orgin community in Guanajuato, Mexico to destinations in North Carolina and Texas. Mouw, Chávez, and Edelblute collected a total of 607 interviews (410 in Mexico, 197 in North Carolina s Research Triangle and Houston, Texas). GRANTS IN PROGRESS Bridget Gorman, Claire Altman, and Sergio Chávez, Women s Health and Mexican Migration To be submitted to: Russell Sage Foundation National Science Foundation OTHER PROFESSIONAL WORKS Sergio Chávez and Ronald Mize (2005). The INS and Latinos. In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States, edited by Suzanne Oboler and Deena J. Gonzalez. New York: Oxford University Press. 3
Sergio Chávez, Areli Veloz, and Ariel Mojica M. (2005). Braceros: De retaguardia productiva a olvidados. Unreleased documentary, (English translation, Braceros: From Productive to Invisible Labor Force). *Available upon request for viewing. FIELDWORK Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico: September 2005- January 2006 with brief revisits in 2010 and 2011 Guanajuato, Mexico: summers 2008, 2010-2014 and January 2009- March 2009 SURVEYS DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED Unauthorized Migration from Mexico to the United States: Implications for Health and Medical Care Use among Return and Non-Migrants, Guanajuato, Mexico 2014 (N= 477 & 50 in-depth interviews), http://shmm.rice.edu/ Social Networks and Health Information Survey, Guanajuato, Mexico 2013 (N= 344) Network Survey of Immigrant Transnationalism, Guanajuato-Texas-North Carolina 2010-2011 (N=607) GRANTS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS Claire E. Altman, Bridget K. Gorman, Sergio Chávez, and Federico Ramos Ruiz, The Physical and Mental Well-being of Central American Transmigrants in Mexico 2014 Puentes Consortium, University of Arizona, $6,000. Sergio Chávez, Bridget Gorman, and Claire Altman. Faculty Initiatives Fund (FIF) Grant. Project: Unauthorized Migration from Mexico to the United States: Implications for Health and Medical Care among Return and Non-Migrants. 2014 Social Sciences Research Initiative (SSRI) Seed Grant Award: $20,000. 2014 Faculty Initiative Fund (FIF) Grant Award: $50,000. Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Career Enhancement Fellowship (2013). Ted Mouw, Rachel Kimbro, Sergio Chávez, Heather Edelblute, and Ashton M. Verdery.Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Project: Formative Social Neworks and Immigration in a Mexican Diaspora: A Study of Information Flows, Transnationalism, and Health. Summer 2012 (Internal Grant). $10,800. Center for Civic Engagement Faculty Associate, Rice University. Project: Women s Emotion Work in the Migration Process. Summer 2012 (Internal Grant). $5,000. Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence, Office of Postdoctoral Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009-2010. Institute for the Study of the Americas Travel Grant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 4
2009. Project: Skill Transfer Among Return Migrants in Guanajuato. $1,000. Ford Predoctoral Fellowship, National Academies, 2003-2006. Fulbright Fellowship for International Studies, 2003 (declined). Tinker Travel Grant, Latin American Studies Program, Cornell University, Summer 2004. $2,000. INVITED TALKS Claire E. Altman, Bridget K. Gorman, Sergio Chávez, and Federico Ramos Ruiz, The Physical and Mental Well-Being of Central American Transmigrants in Mexico. To be presented at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, June 10, 2015. Claire E. Altman, Bridget K. Gorman, Sergio Chávez, The Study of Health and Migration in Mexico. To be presented at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, June 10, 2015. Sergio Chávez. Border Lives: Commuters and Migrants in the Tijuana/San Diego Borderlands. University of California Los Angeles, Program for International Migration, April 25, 2014. Claire E. Altman, Bridget K. Gorman, Sergio Chávez, and Keerthi Bandi, Self-Rated Health and US-Mexico Migration: Differences by Stage of the Migration Process among Men and Women School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, February 19, 2014. Sergio Chávez. Rooferos: Occupational Networks and Group Work Dynamics among Migrant Workers. University of Texas at Austin, The Center for Mexican American Studies, January 29, 2014. Sergio Chávez. Emotional Remittances: The Role of Non-Migrant Women in the Migration Process. University of Houston Downtown, Department of Sociology, November 14, 2013. Sergio Chávez. The Return Migration and Economic Integration of Braceros in Tijuana, Mexico. Invited Presentation at El Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte (CISAN) de La Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, September 30, 2011, Mexico City, Mexico Sergio Chávez. Crossing Borders in an Era of Increased Security. NASA s Hispanic Heritage Month, October 20, 2011, Houston, Texas. Sergio Chávez, Social Closure at the U.S.-Mexico Border: An Ethnographic Exploration. Paper presented at the workshop on Undocumented Migration at the City University of London, September 9-10, 2009, London, UK. Sergio Chávez, La Bracereada: Institutional Actors and the Creation of Internal and International Migration Streams During the Bracero Program. Paper presented at the Sociology Colloquium Series at UNC Chapel Hill, February 13, 2008, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 5
Sergio Chávez, Premiere of Braceros: De retaguardia productiva a olvidados. Documentary presented at Envisioning Bracero History Conference at the University of Texas at El Paso, November 11, 2005, El Paso, Texas. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association 2015 Sergio Chávez. Rooferos: The Occupational Networks of Migrant Roofers. Chicago, Illinois. 2015 Altman, Claire E., Bridget K. Gorman, Sergio Chavez, and Federico Ramos Ruiz. The Mental Well-being of Central American Transmigrants in Mexico. Chicago, Illinois 2015 Altman, Claire E., Bridget K. Gorman, and Sergio Chavez. Mexican Migration and the Meaning of Self-Rated Health. Chicago, Illinois. 2014 Robin Paige and Sergio Chávez. When Women Remain Behind: The Emotional Management of Transnational Family Life from a Community of Origin. San Francisco, California. 2012 Jackie Hagan, Jean Luc Demonsant, and Sergio Chávez Skills of the Unskilled: Reconceptualizing the Relationship between Human Capital and the Economic Mobility of Migrants. Denver, Colorado. 2011 Sergio Chávez, Ted Mouw, Heather Edelblute, and Ashton M. Verdery. Collecting Binational Network Data on a Migration Stream between the US and Mexico. Las Vegas, Nevada. 2007 Sergio Chávez, Remembering the Bracero Selection Process: Internal Migration, Labor Markets, and Social Network Formation in Northern Mexico. New York, New York. Annual Meeting of Population Association of America 2015 Claire E. Altman, Bridget K. Gorman, Sergio Chávez, and Keerthi Bandi, Self-Rated Health and US-Mexico Migration: Differences by Stage of the Migration Process among Men and Women. San Diego, California. 2012 Sergio Chávez, Ted Mouw, Heather Edelblute, and Ashton M. Verdery. Combining Community and Structure to Collect Binational Migrant Network Data through a Mixed Methods Approach. San Francisco, California. 2011 Alexis Silver, Sergio Chávez, and Ted Mouw. Family Separation and Emotional Distress in a Transnational U.S-Mexico Immigrant Community. Washington, DC. 2009 Sergio Chávez, The Emotional Cost of Migration: An Examination of Video Information Content between Families in North Carolina and Guanajuato. Detroit, Michigan. 6
2008 Sergio Chávez, Ted Mouw, and Jacqueline Hagan, Occupational Enclaves and the Wage Growth of Hispanic Immigrants. New Orleans, Louisiana. Presentations at other Annual Meetings 2015 Claire E. Altman, Bridget K. Gorman, Sergio Chávez, and Federico Ramos Ruiz, The Physical and Mental Well-Being of Central American Transmigrants in Mexico. Paper presented at the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2014 Sergio Chavez, Claire E. Altman, and Bridget K. Gorman, The Risks and Dangers of Crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border Paper presented at the Southern Demographic Association, Memphis, Tennessee. 2014 Claire E. Altman, Bridget K. Gorman, and Sergio Chávez, The Meaning of Self-Rated Health Among Mexican Immigrants Paper presented at the Southern Demographic Association, Memphis, Tennessee. 2014 Sergio Chávez. Rooferos: The Occupational Networks of Highly Mobile Labor Force. Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, Oregon. 2014 Sergio Chávez and Robin Paige. Emotions across Borders: The Role of Nonmigrant Women in the Migration Process. Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, Oregon. 2011 Sergio Chávez and Robin Paige, The Role of Women at the Origin in the Emotional Management of International Migration. Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association, Seattle, Washington. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Katherine Donato and Sergio Chávez, Session Organizers Section on International Migration Roundtable, American Sociological Association, August 17, 2014, San Francisco, California. Secretary-Treasurer, Section of International Migration of the American Sociological Association, 2013-2016. Reviewer: International Migration, Social Forces, Social Problems, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Journal of Material Culture, Contemporary Sociology, Journal of Marriage and Family SERVICE Departmental Service Undergraduate Sociology Advisor (2014- present). Committee Member for Sociology Postdoctoral Selection Committee (2015). Committee Member for Sociology Hiring Committee (2014). Co-Chair, Sociology Post-doctoral Selection Committee (2013). Co-Chair, Sociology Hiring Committee (2011). University Service 7
Head Resident Fellow, Lovett College, Rice University (2013-present). Rice Affiliate, Center for Mexican Studies, Rice University (2013-present). Faculty Associate, Brown Residential College (2010-2012). Sociology Representative, Social Sciences Faculty Advisory Committee (2011-2013. Undergraduate Mentor (research methods and IRB process), Office of Undergraduate Research at UNC, (2007-2009). Student Mentorship and Teaching Sociology Master s Theses: Lauren Rodriguez (Co-advisor), Elizabeth Korver-Glenn (Chair), Sandra Alvear, Amanda Bancroft, Di Di, Simiranjit Khalsa, William Rothwell, and Adriana Garcia. Sociology Senior Honor s Theses: Lorenza Haddad Talancon (Chair), Tyler M. Woods,Colleen Fugate (Chair), Lilly Yu (Chair), Sarah James, Christina Rojas, and Jonathan E. Endean. Undergraduate Mentor: Kristin Foringer, Jett-Moeller Scholar (2011-2013). Rocio Rosa-Lebron, Century Scholars Program (2013-2015). Postdoctoral Fellows: Claire E. Altman. Undergraduate Courses: Sociological Theory, Qualitative Research Methods, & Work and Occupations. Graduate Courses: Qualitative Methods. Tompkins Cortland Community College: Sociology of the Family & Race and Ethnicity MEMBERSHIPS American Sociological Association Population Association of America Latin American Studies Association 8