Dr. Kristine Zentgraf

Main Courses:

  • Classical Sociological Theory (Soc. 356)
  • Sociology of Migration and Immigration (Soc. 358)

Education:

  • BA, Sociology, California State University, Long Beach, 1986
  • MA, Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1989
  • Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1998

Community Affiliations:

  • Co-Coordinator of the (2006-present). My activities with LBIRC include working with organizers to plan and execute community events and resources including educational forums, legal clinics and know your rights forums, ESL and citizenship classes, to name a few.  I am involved in the training and mentoring of youth leaders, conduct community presentation about issues related to immigration and immigration reform and work on tasks related to funding and organizational development and sustainability. 
  • of Long Beach, CA, a foundation that is engaged in charitable activities directed toward extracurricular, educational and recreational programs to benefit children in Long Beach (2012-present).
  • Founding member of the (Summer 2008-2011). 

Selected Publications:

  • Norma Stoltz Chinchilla y Kristine Zentgraf . 2013. 鈥淢adres mexicanas que emigran: motivos, contextos, costos y beneficios鈥 in Manuela Camus, editor, . Universidad de Guadalajara: Guadalajara, Mexico, 41-69.  
  • Zentgraf, Kristine M. and Norma Stoltz Chinchilla.  2012.Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 38 (2) 
  • . Edited by Anna Leon-Guerrero and Kristine Zentgraf. Sage Publications. 2008.
  • . Gary Hytrek and Kristine M. Zentgraf. Oxford University Press. 2008. 
  • 鈥淲hy Women Migrate: Salvadoran and Guatemalan Women in Los Angeles鈥 in , edited by Enrique Ochoa and Gilda Laura Ochoa. Arizona University Press, 2005. 
  • Gender and Society, Vol. 16, No. 5: 625-646, October 2002. 
  • 鈥淭hrough Economic Restructuring, Recession and Rebound: The Continuing Importance of Latina Immigrant Labor in the Los Angeles Economy.鈥   In Asian and Latino Immigrants in a Restructuring Economy: The Metamorphosis of Los Angeles, edited by Marta Lopez-Garza and David R. Diaz. Stanford University Press.

Awards:

  • . Awarded by California Assemblymember Patrick O鈥橠onnell, 70th District to honor women who exemplify leadership and have shown a dedicated commitment to helping others.
  • California State University, Long Beach. University Community Service Award, 2010-2011.
  • California State University, Long Beach.