Dr. Melissa Janet Garcia

  • Assistant Professor at Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Scholarly and Creative Works

2024

  • Smith, N. C., Brooks, C. V., Ekl, E., Ambriz, D., Garcia, M. J., Maupome, G., & Perry, B. L. (2024). The Informal Safety Net: Social Network Activation among Hispanic Immigrants during COVID-19. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 10(3), 371–388.

2023

  • Garcia, M. J., Brooks, C. V., Ambriz, D., Smith, N. C., Maupome, G., & Perry, B. L. (2023). Pandemic precarity: COVID-19’s impact on Mexican and Central American immigrants. Journal of Marriage and Family, 85(5), 1028–1046.
  • Adem, M., Rao, S., Marrow, H. B., Garcia, M. J., & Okamoto, D. G. (2023). A Relational Approach to Perceived Discrimination: The Case of Asian Indians. Social Psychology Quarterly, 86(3), 357–378.

2022

  • Marrow, H. B., Okamoto, D. G., Garcia, M. J., Adem, M., & Tropp, L. R. (2022). Skin Tone and Mexicans’ Perceptions of Discrimination in New Immigrant Destinations. Social Psychology Quarterly, 85(4), 374–385.

2013

  • Lowe, M. R., Byron, R. A., Ferry, G., & Garcia, M. J. (2013). Food for Thought: Frequent Interracial Dining Experiences as a Predictor of Students’ Racial Climate Perceptions. The Journal of Higher Education, 84(4), 569–600.