Dr. José Muñoz graduated with a PhD in Sociology from Stony Brook University. After several years of working as contingent faculty in the CSU system he joined the Department of Sociology in 2011. Along with attention to first-generation scholars, José’s other research foci include inequalities and attrition in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education, civil rights, labor, and social movements. He is part of an NIH supplement supported project titled URISE Coyote Research Fellowship Program which will mentor students focused on behavioral and biomedical research. He continues to serve as the Director for Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program. In 2020-2021, he held the position of Visiting Scholar at UCLA's Institute of American Cultures and was affiliated with the Chicano Studies Research Center. Muñoz's collaboration with several scholars as part of the American Sociological Association Task Force on FGWC Persons in Sociology has led to the collection of a nationally representative survey sample of FGWC scholars. (Task Force Report) The TF has a paper under review with Sociology of Education titled "The Graduate School Pipeline and First-Generation/Working Class Inequalities" and another piece which was published in Socius 2023 titled "Mobility & Inequality in the Professoriate: How and Why First-Generation and Working-Class Backgrounds Matter.”
Apart from Muñoz's current work his prior research explores Latino lives. His previous work has included topics related to migration, Latino studies, social movements, and popular culture. Muñoz's work has appeared in the Journal of Latinos and Education, Journal of Education Managment, Social Movement Studies, Sociology Compass, Humanity & Society, International Review of Modern Sociology, Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Migration and Development, Migration Letters, the Journal of Public Child Welfare, Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.
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CSUSB recognizes first-generation students and alumni during First-Generation College Celebration
CSUSB awarded $2.5 million grant to create STEM scholarships in computer science and engineering.
Inside CSUSB article about my work on campus.
CSUSB Sociology Professor Institutes "homegrown" Experiences Into His Teaching
CSUSB professor earns NSF grant to explore realities of Latinx faculty in STEM.
Task Force on First-Generation and Working-Class Persons in Sociology
Working-Class Perspectives | Commentary on Working-Class Culture, Education, and Politics.
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Western Regional Conference, Berkeley, Fall 2022