Dr. Janet Mu簽iz
Main Courses:
- Migration & Immigration (SOC 358)
- Latino Populations in the U.S. (SOC 340/CHLS 350)
- 1492 and Beyond (CHLS 450-Summer Study Abroad Course)
- SOC 488H Sociology Honors Program
Research Interests:
- Latino/a economic life; immigrant communities; ethnic Identity; qualitative methods
Education:
- BA. Feminist Studies, UC Santa Barbara
- MA. Cultural Studies, Claremont Graduate University
- MA., Ph.D. Sociology, UC Irvine
Selected publications:
Mu簽iz, Janet. 2026. When Representation Becomes Responsibility: How Identity Alignment in Teaching Increases Faculty Workload. Sociological Perspectives, 0(0).
Mu簽iz, Janet, & Shmaryahu-Yeshurun, Yael. 2025. Commercial Gentefication as Occupational Activism: How Business Owners Work to Preserve Latinx Barrios in Southern California. Work and Occupations, 0(0).
- Invited blog post based on this article in
Shmaryahu Yeshurun, Yael and Mu簽iz, Janet. 2025. Locals, Newcomers, and Longtimers: How Business Owners Navigate Culture and Commerce in Gentefying Barrios of Southern California. Urban Affairs Review. 0(0) 1-32.
- Invited blog post based on this article in .
Mu簽iz, Janet, and Michael David Aquino (student author). 2024. Coping On La Cuatro: How Business Owners Display Cultural Resilience Through Development. Emotion, Space, and Society. (53) 1755-4586.
Mu簽iz, Janet, Ivis Garc穩a and Erualdo Gonz獺lez Romero. 2024. Cultivating and Defining Rights amidst Commercial Gentrification in Latinx Business Zones in Chicago and Santa Ana. Planning Practice & Research.
Mu簽iz, Janet. 2023. Conflict and Co-Specialization on Calle Cuatro: How Placemakers Navigate Ethnic Branding. Qualitative Sociology. (46) 515-534.
Mu簽iz, Janet, and Kristin Turney. 2020. Collateral Consequences of Incarceration on Community. Pp. 280-293 in American Prisons, edited by L. Gould and J. Brent. New York: Routledge.
Turney, Kristin, Britni L. Adams, Emma Conner, Rebecca Goodsell, and Janet Mu簽iz. 2017. Challenges and Opportunities for Conducting Research on Children of Incarcerated Fathers. Researching Children and Youth: Methodological Issues, Strategies, and Innovations. Eds. Ingrid E. Castro, Melissa Swauger, Brent Harger. Sociological Studies of Children & Youth. (22) 199-221.
Muniz, Janet. 2026. When Representation Becomes Responsibility: How Identity Alignment in Teaching Increases Faculty Workload. Sociological Perspectives, 0(0).
Awards and Fellowships
2024 做厙TV Presidents Commission on the Status of Women, Advancement of Women Award (Faculty)
2024 Career Enhancement Fellowship, Institute for Citizens and Scholars
2024 做厙TV NCFDD Faculty Success Summer Program Scholarship
2023 Urban Affairs Association Publishing Fellow
2023 UC Berkeley Institute on Migration Research Methods
2023 Council of American Overseas Research Centers Faculty Development Fellow, Mexico
2022 Summer Institute on Tenure and Professional Advancement, Duke University
