Michael Bernab� Aguilera

Curriculum Vitae

Department of Sociology

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR 97403-1291

info@uoregon.College

Office: 541-346-5059

Education

1999���������������� Ph.D. Sociology, Stony Brook University

1995���������������� M.A. Sociology, Stony Brook University

1994���������������� B.S. Sociology, University of California at Irvine

Employment

2008-Present��� Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Oregon

2004-08����������� Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Oregon

2006���������������� Visiting Professor, Universidad Latina de Am�rica. Morelia, M�xico

2002-04����������� Postdoctoral Fellow, Sociology, Rice University

1999-02����������� Turner Postdoctoral Fellow, Sociology, Stony Brook University

Research and Teaching Interests

International Migration; Race and Ethnicity; Economic Sociology

Refereed Publications

Aguilera, Michael B. 2024. �The Impact of Migration on Smoking among Colombian Migrants.� Societies. 14(10):197. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/14/10/197. �

Aguilera, Michael B. and Contreras-Medrano, Diego. 2022. �Colombian International Migration: The Impact of Information Networks on Migration.� Migraciones Internacionales 13: 1-25. English version: https://migracionesinternacionales.colef.mx/index.php/migracionesinternacionales/article/view/2462/2094.

Aguilera, Michael B. and Contreras-Medrano, Diego. 2022 �Migraci�n internacional colombiana: el impacto de las redes de informaci�n en la migraci�n.� Spanish version: �https://migracionesinternacionales.colef.mx/index.php/migracionesinternacionales/article/view/2462/2089.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2021. �The Global Horse Trade in the United States: 1981-2013.� Society and Animals. 29(1):63-85.

Beck, Erin; Aguilera, Michael; Schnitz, James. 2018. "Who Benefits? The Interactional Determinants of Microfinance's Varied Effects." Journal of Development Studies 54(2): 235-55.

Rachel S. Shinnar, Michael B. Aguilera, and Thomas Lyons. 2011. �Co-Ethnic Markets: Financial Penalty or Opportunity?� International Business Review 20: 646-658.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2009. �Ethnic Enclaves and the Earnings of Self-Employed Latinos.� Small Business Economics 33(4):413-426.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2008. �Personal Networks and the Incomes of Men and Women in the United States: Do Personal Networks Provide Higher Returns for Men or Women?� Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 26(13):221-33.

Pre-Tenure

Aguilera, Michael B. 2005. �The Impact of Social Capital on the Wages of Puerto Rican Migrants,� The Sociological Quarterly 46(4): 569-92. (Lead article)

Donato, Katharine, Michael B. Aguilera, and Chizuko Wakabayashi. 2005. �Immigration Policy and Employment Conditions of US Immigrants from Mexico, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic,� International Migration 43(5): 5-29. (Lead article)

Aguilera, Michael B. 2004. �The Effect of Legalization on the Labor Markets of Latin American Immigrants: A Gendered Comparison,� Sociological Focus 37(4): 349-69.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2004. �Deciding Where to Retire: Retirement Location Choices of Formerly Undocumented Mexican Migrants,� Social Science Quarterly 85(2): 340-60.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2003. �The Impact of the Worker: How Social Capital and Human Capital Influence the Job Tenure of Formerly Undocumented Mexican Immigrants,� Sociological Inquiry 73(1): 52-83.

Aguilera, Michael B. and Douglas S. Massey. 2003. �Social Capital and Wages of Mexican Migrants: New Hypotheses and Tests,� Social Forces 82(2): 671-701.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2002. �The Impact of Social Capital on Labor Force Participation: Evidence from the 2000 Social Capital Benchmark Survey,� Social Science Quarterly 83(3): 853-74.

Catanzarite, Lisa and Michael B. Aguilera. 2002. �Working with Co-Ethnics: Earnings Penalties for Latino Immigrants at Latino Jobsites,� Social Problems 49(1): 101-27.

Aguilera, Michael B. 1996. �The Effects of Disadvantage in the Residential Choices of Elderly Hispanic Women in the United States,� Family Perspective 30(1): 85-101.

Other Publications

Aguilera, Michael B. 2015. A book review of Kathleen C. Schwartzman�s �The Chicken Trail: Following Workers, Migrants, and Corporations across the Americas� in Contemporary Sociology 44(3) 414-15.�

Aguilera, Michael B. 2013. �Ethnic Enclaves and the Incomes of Latino Immigrant Workers.� Pp. 33-58 in Hispanics in the US Labor Market: Selected Research, edited by Richard R. Verdugo. Charlotte: Information Age Publishing.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2008. �Ethnic Enclave Theories.� Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society, edited by Richard T. Schaefer. NY: Sage Publications.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2007. �The Impact of Anti-Immigrant Sentiment and IRCA on Migration Patterns,� City & Community 6(3): 239-42.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2001. �Labor Markets for Recent Immigrants: A Statistical Portrait.� Pp. 629-640 in The Encyclopedia of American Immigration, edited by J. Ciment. New York: M.E. Sharpe Publisher.

Awards, Fellowships, and External Grants

2010���������������� Summer Research Award ($4,500), University of Oregon

2007���������������� Junior Professorship Development Award ($750), University of Oregon

2006-07����������� Kauffman Foundation Grant ($25,000)

2006���������������� Junior Professorship Development Award ($750), University of Oregon

2005���������������� Junior Professorship Development Award ($1,000), University of Oregon

2005���������������� New Faculty Award ($5,000), University of Oregon

2002-04����������� Postdoctoral Fellowship, Sociology, Rice University

1999-02����������� Turner Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stony Brook University

Conference Presentations and Participation

Aguilera, Michael B. and Brandon J. Folse. 2026 �Deportation and Future Migration of Mexican Migrants.� Deportation, Return, and Post-Removal Trajectories. Pacific Sociological Association.

Aguilera, Michael B. and Brandon J. Folse. 2025 �Deportation, Legal Violence, and Mexican Migration to the United States.� Sociology and Center for Latino/a Latin American Studies cosponsored colloquium.

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Aguilera, Michael B. and Kindra De'Arman 2024. �The Social Construction of Horse Markets: pedigree and the value of a horse.� Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2021. �The Impact of Migration on the BMI of Colombian Migrants.� Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Virtual Conference.

Diego Contreras-Medrano and Michael Aguilera 2017. �Colombian International Migration: Who is a migrant and Where do they Decide to Migrate.� Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Portland Oregon.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2015. �The Global Horse Trade in the United States: 1981-2013.� Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA.

Aguilera, Michael B. and Kenneth Hudson. 2014. �Discouraged Workers in the United States: Is There a Gender Difference?�� Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Portland Oregon.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2010. �The Labor Market Outcomes of Formerly Undocumented Immigrants.� American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2008. �Personal Networks and the Incomes of Men and Women in the United States: Do Personal Networks Provide Higher Returns for Men or Women?�� American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2007. �Ethnic Enclaves and the Incomes of Self-Employed Latinos�

American Sociological Association annual meeting, New York, NY.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2005. �Explaining the Gender Gap in the Division of Household Labor: Bargaining/Resource Theory, Time Availability, and Gender Ideology.� Round Table. American Sociological Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Aguilera, Michael B. and Michael S. Emerson. 2005. �Inter-Racial and Intra-Racial Trust: The Determinants of Trust.� Pacific Sociological Association annual meeting, Portland, OR.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2004. �Obligation at Work: Social Capital within Mexican Firms and the Earnings of Mexican Migrants.� American Sociological Association annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2003. �The Impact of Social Capital on Informal Labor Market Participation of Undocumented and Documented Mexican Migrants.� American Sociological Association annual meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2003. �The Impact of Social Capital on the Wages of Puerto Rican Migrants.� American Sociological Association annual meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2002. �The Impact of Social Capital on Labor Force Participation: Evidence from the 2000 Social Capital Benchmark Survey.� American Sociological Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2001. �Transnational Decisions: Transnationalism and the Adaptation of Immigrants into U.S. Society.� Round Table. American Sociological Association annual meeting, Anaheim, CA.

Catanzarite, Lisa., and Michael B. Aguilera. 2000. �Working with Co-Ethnics: Earnings Penalties for Latino Immigrants at Latino Jobsites.� American Sociological Association annual meeting, Washington, D.C.

Aguilera, Michael B. 1999. �The Social Process of Keeping a Job: Job Tenure of Undocumented and Documented Immigrants.� American Sociological Association annual meeting, Chicago.

Aguilera, Michael B. 1998. �Job Tenure and Hours Worked of Legalized Immigrants: A Human and Social Capital Comparison.� National Social Science Association annual meeting, San Diego, CA.

Aguilera, Michael B. 1998. �Labor Market Outcomes among Legalized Immigrants in the United States: Human Capital and Social Capital Determinants of Success.� Pacific Sociological Association annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Aguilera, Michael B. and Frank P. Romo. 1997. �The Social Embeddedness of Earnings among Legalized Immigrants: Human Capital versus Social Structural Explanations of Income Attainment.� Eastern Sociological Association annual meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Aguilera, Michael B. 1994. �Extended Families in Five Hispanic Groups: Economic or Cultural?� Southern Demographic Association annual meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Aguilera, Michael B. 1994. �Demographic Characteristics of Cuban and Mexican Immigrants: 1980-1990.� Campus-wide Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of California, Irvine, CA.

Nguyen Quan, Michael B. Aguilera, and Judith Treas. 1993. �Tale of Two Cities: Santa Ana and Westminster.� Gerontological Society of America annual meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Aguilera, Michael B. 1991. �The Labeling of Mexican Street Gangs: Conflicts between Mexican Street Gangs and the Orange County Police.� University of California at Santa Cruz Undergraduate Conference, Santa Cruz, CA.

Invited Presentations

Aguilera, Michael B. 2009. �Social Capital and Ethnic Enclaves: Their Roles in Shaping Entrepreneurship.�� UNC Entrepreneurship Boot Camp, Kenan-Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2008. �Ethnic Enclaves and the Earnings of Self-Employed Latinos.�� Research Conference on Entrepreneurship among Minorities and Women, Kenan-Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2007. Critic of Deflecting Immigration Networks, Markets, and Regulation in Los Angeles by Ivan Light, in �Author Meets Critic� session. Pacific Sociological Association annual meeting, Oakland, CA.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2006. �Mexican Migration to the United States and Global Governance.� Conference on Global Governance, Universidad Latina de Am�rica, Morelia, M�xico.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2005. Discussant, �Occupational Differences in Work-Family Arrangements.� Family and Work Section, American Sociological Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2003. �The Impact of Social Capital on the Wages of Puerto Rican Migrants.� International Conference on the Latin American Migration Project, Tarcoles, Costa Rica.

Donato, Katharine, Michael B. Aguilera, and Chizuko Wakabayashi. 2003. �Immigration Policy and the Wages of U.S. Immigrants from Mexico, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic.� International Conference on Latin American Migration Project, Tarcoles, Costa Rica.

Aguilera, Michael B. and Douglas S. Massey. 2002. �Social Capital and the Wages of Mexican Migrants: New Hypotheses and Tests.� Third Binational Conference on Mexico-U.S. Migration. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.