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Zulema Valdez

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Zulema Valdez
Title: Associate Vice Provost for the Faculty and Professor
Email: zvaldez@ucmerced.edu
Phone: (209) 228-3468
Education:
  • Ph.D. in Sociology, 2002 — University of California, Los Angeles
  • M.A. in Sociology, 1996 — University of California, Los Angeles
  • B.A. in Sociology, 1992 — University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests:

Professor Valdez's research examines how social group formations (based on race, class, gender, nativity and the like) affect the social and economic life chances of American workers and entrepreneurs. Her areas of expertise include:

  • Racial and ethnic relations
  • Intersectionality
  • Latino/a sociology
  • Economic sociology
Graduate Groups: Sociology
Books:

The New Entrepreneurs: How Race, Class, and Gender Shape American Enterprise

Discipline: Sociology
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