Tomas Jimenez

Professor of Sociology, Stanford University

Research Interests

assimilation

Latinas/os

About

Tomas Jimenez is a sociologist and professor at Stanford University, specializing in identity, immigration and race/ethnicity. He received his PhD in Sociology from Harvard University in 2005, and also holds an A.M. in sociology from Harvard University and a B.S. in sociology from Santa Clara University. He has held academic positions at various universities, including Stanford University, where he is currently a professor at the Stanford Humanities Center. Prior to this, he was an associate professor and assistant professor at Stanford University, as well as an assistant professor at the University of California San Diego. His research focuses on the integration of immigrants and their descendants, particularly in the United States, and how this impacts the dynamics of race and ethnicity. He has published multiple articles and books on this topic and has received numerous awards and honors for his work. He also serves on the editorial board of various academic journals and is a sought-after speaker on issues related to immigration and diversity.

Publications

Assessing Immigrant Assimilation: New Empirical and Theoretical Challenges

Annual Review of Sociology / Aug 01, 2005

Waters, M. C., & Jiménez, T. R. (2005). Assessing Immigrant Assimilation: New Empirical and Theoretical Challenges. Annual Review of Sociology, 31(1), 105–125. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.soc.29.010202.100026

4. Replenishing Mexican Ethnicity

Replenished Ethnicity / Dec 31, 2019

4. Replenishing Mexican Ethnicity. (2019). In Replenished Ethnicity (pp. 101–137). University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520946071-007

Mexican Immigrant Replenishment and the Continuing Significance of Ethnicity and Race

American Journal of Sociology / May 01, 2008

Jiménez, T. R. (2008). Mexican Immigrant Replenishment and the Continuing Significance of Ethnicity and Race. American Journal of Sociology, 113(6), 1527–1567. https://doi.org/10.1086/587151

When White Is Just Alright

American Sociological Review / Aug 30, 2013

Jiménez, T. R., & Horowitz, A. L. (2013). When White Is Just Alright: How Immigrants Redefine Achievement and Reconfigure the Ethnoracial Hierarchy. American Sociological Review, 78(5), 849–871. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122413497012

A Therapist & Client Walk into a Bar... Integrating Humor in Psychotherapy, presented at the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, March 27, 2011, Washington, DC

PsycEXTRA Dataset / Jan 01, 2011

Sultanoff, S. (2011). A Therapist & Client Walk into a Bar... Integrating Humor in Psychotherapy, presented at the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, March 27, 2011, Washington, DC [dataset]. In PsycEXTRA Dataset. American Psychological Association (APA). https://doi.org/10.1037/e563072012-001

Protecting unauthorized immigrant mothers improves their children’s mental health

Science / Sep 08, 2017

Hainmueller, J., Lawrence, D., Martén, L., Black, B., Figueroa, L., Hotard, M., Jiménez, T. R., Mendoza, F., Rodriguez, M. I., Swartz, J. J., & Laitin, D. D. (2017). Protecting unauthorized immigrant mothers improves their children’s mental health. Science, 357(6355), 1041–1044. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aan5893

The Other Side of Assimilation

Jul 18, 2017

Jimenez, T. (2017). The Other Side of Assimilation: How Immigrants Are Changing American Life. University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520968370

Affiliative ethnic identity: a more elastic link between ethnic ancestry and culture

Ethnic and Racial Studies / Apr 23, 2010

Jiménez, T. R. (2010). Affiliative ethnic identity: a more elastic link between ethnic ancestry and culture. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 33(10), 1756–1775. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419871003678551

Mexican Americans as a paradigm for contemporary intra-group heterogeneity

Ethnic and Racial Studies / Apr 29, 2013

Alba, R., Jiménez, T. R., & Marrow, H. B. (2013). Mexican Americans as a paradigm for contemporary intra-group heterogeneity. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 37(3), 446–466. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2013.786111

Negotiating Ethnic Boundaries

Ethnicities / Mar 01, 2004

Jim…nez, T. R. (2004). Negotiating Ethnic Boundaries: Multiethnic Mexican Americans and Ethnic Identity in the United States. Ethnicities, 4(1), 75–97. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796804040329

MEXICAN ASSIMILATION

Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race / Jan 01, 2007

Jiménez, T. R., & Fitzgerald, D. (2007). MEXICAN ASSIMILATION: A Temporal and Spatial Reorientation. Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, 4(2), 337–354. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1742058x07070191

Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Mexican Immigration: The Mexican‐American Perspective^*

Social Science Quarterly / Jul 05, 2007

Jiménez, T. R. (2007). Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Mexican Immigration: The Mexican‐American Perspective*. Social Science Quarterly, 88(3), 599–618. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6237.2007.00474.x

Prompts, Not Questions: Four Techniques for Crafting Better Interview Protocols

Qualitative Sociology / Jun 05, 2021

Jiménez, T. R., & Orozco, M. (2021). Prompts, Not Questions: Four Techniques for Crafting Better Interview Protocols. Qualitative Sociology, 44(4), 507–528. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11133-021-09483-2

Contexts for bilingualism among US-born Latinos

Ethnic and Racial Studies / Jul 01, 2009

Linton, A., & Jiménez, T. R. (2009). Contexts for bilingualism among US-born Latinos. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 32(6), 967–995. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870802337351

How Ethnoraciality Matters

Social Currents / Apr 21, 2015

Jiménez, T. R., Fields, C. D., & Schachter, A. (2015). How Ethnoraciality Matters: Looking inside Ethnoracial “Groups.” Social Currents, 2(2), 107–115. https://doi.org/10.1177/2329496515579765

Not Just a National Issue: Effect of State‐Level Reception of Immigrants and Population Changes on Intergroup Attitudes of Whites, Latinos, and Asians in the United States

Journal of Social Issues / Nov 14, 2018

Huo, Y. J., Dovidio, J. F., Jiménez, T. R., & Schildkraut, D. J. (2018). Not Just a National Issue: Effect of State‐Level Reception of Immigrants and Population Changes on Intergroup Attitudes of Whites, Latinos, and Asians in the United States. Journal of Social Issues, 74(4), 716–736. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12295

Education

Harvard University

PhD, Sociology / March, 2005

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Harvard University

A.M., sociology / June, 2001

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Santa Clara University

B.S., sociology / June, 1998

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Experience

Stanford University Stanford Humanities Center

Professor / July, 2019 — Present

Stanford University

Associate Professor / July, 2014 — June, 2019

Assistant Professor / July, 2008 — June, 2014

University of California San Diego

Assistant Professor / July, 2005 — June, 2008

Links & Social Media

Research Web Site

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