Author: Janet Muniz
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Commercial Gentefication as Occupational Activism: How Business Owners Work to Preserve Latinx Barrios in Southern California
Muñiz, 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). https://doi.org/10.1177/07308884251357564 ABSTRACT This article examines how small business owners in gentrifying working-class Mexican-majority barrios(neighborhoods) in Southern California engage in occupational activism, using their businesses as platforms to benefit others outside of their workplace. Through interviews…
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Locals, Newcomers, and Longtimers: How Business Owners Navigate Culture and Commerce in Gentefying Barrios of Southern California
Shmaryahu Yeshurun, Yael and Muñiz, 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. https://doi.org/10.1177/10780874251330265 ABSTRACT Gentefication or gentrification by “the people” in Spanish is a term to describe Latinx-led commercial gentrification. This area of study has focused on displacement involving the loss of businesses, pushing out residents,…
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Coping on La cuatro: How business owners display cultural resilience through development
Muñiz, 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2024.101049 ABSTRACT Historically marked by infrastructural changes, rising costs, and the attraction of higher-income residents, gentrification has evolved into a more nuanced phenomenon influenced by ethnicity and race. This study…
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Cultivating and Defining Rights amidst Commercial Gentrification in Latinx Business Zones in Chicago and Santa Ana
Muñiz, Janet, Ivis García and Erualdo González Romero. 2024. “Cultivating and Defining Rights amidst Commercial Gentrification in Latinx Business Zones in Chicago and Santa Ana.” Planning Practice & Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2024.2351759 ABSTRACT Gentrification in commercial districts of Latinx communities is raising debates among local stakeholders about how to best pursue revitalization. Through a comparative case study, we examine…
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Conflict and Co-Specialization on Calle Cuatro: How Placemakers Navigate Ethnic Branding
Muñiz, Janet. 2023. “Conflict and Co-Specialization on Calle Cuatro: How Placemakers Navigate Ethnic Branding.” Qualitative Sociology. (46) 515-534. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11133-023-09545-7 ABSTRACT Placemaking accounts for multiple strategies used by communities to address their central concerns to create vibrant areas for people to live and connect with each other. Placemakers are the individuals who lead projects into action around develop- ment…
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Challenges and Opportunities for Conducting Research on Children of Incarcerated Fathers
Turney, Kristin, Britni L. Adams, Emma Conner, Rebecca Goodsell, and Janet Muñiz. 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. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1537-466120180000022010 ABSTRACT The rapid growth of mass incarceration in the United…
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Collateral Consequences of Incarceration on Community
Muñiz, 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. INTRODUCTION Nearly 2.3 million people in the United States are currently incarcerated in state and federal prisons, local jails, juvenile correctional centers, and immigration detention facilities (Wagner and Sawyer,…
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