| KATHARINE M. DONATO | ||
| Ph.D. SUNY-Stony Brook, 1988 | ||
| TITLE: | Professor of Sociology, Chair Editor, American Sociological Review, 2010-2012 | |
| OFFICE: | 201AB Garland Hall | |
| EMAIL: | katharine.donato@vanderbilt.edu | |
| PHONE: | 615-322-7501 | |
| CV: | KatharineDonatoCV.pdf | |
HONORS, AWARDS, GRANTS RECEIVED
Fulbright Award, El Colegio de San Luis A.C., Mexico, 2000
Nominated for University Teaching Award, LSU, 1997-98
Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Sociology, LSU, 1995-96
Immigrant Parent Involvement in Schools, Communities and Politics, funded by the National Science Foundation (with Melissa Marschall and Audrey Singer) 2006-08, $300,838
Employers and Workers in Post-Katrina New Orleans: The Process of Early Immigrant Incorporation, funded by the Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline, American Sociological Association (with Carl L. Bankston III, Audrey Singer, and Nicole Trujillo-Pagan) 2006-07, $7,000
Immigrants and Schools: Contextual Factors in ParentÕs School and Community Involvement, funded by the Russell Sage Foundation (with Melissa Marschall and Audrey Singer) 2006-07, $151,763
Child Obesity in Migrant and Nonmigrant Households in Mexico, funded by the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2004-06, $40,000
Fertility and Family Planning in Mexican Communities: A Binational Study, funded by The Willliam and Flora Hewlett Foundation (with Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni) 2000-04, $425,000
Changing Places, Changing Faces: Immigration in the Nonmetropolitan United States, funded by the National Research Initiative, U.S. Department of Agriculture (with Charles Tolbert and Alfred Nucci), 2001-2006, $150,000
COURSES TAUGHT
Population and Society
Contemporary Mexican Society
Sociological Research Methods
Immigration
Social Statistics
Demography
Immigration and Public Health
RESEARCH INTERESTS
International Migration between Mexico and the United States
Social Determinants of Health
Immigrants in the U.S. Economy
Ethnic and Gender Stratification
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Since 2006, Dr. Donato has been a principal investigator on a tri-city project that examines immigrant parent involvement
in schools (with Dr. Marshall in Political Science at Rice University). With funding from The National Science and Russell Sage Foundations as well as from Vanderbilt's Center for Nashville Studies, Dr. Donato has supervised the collection of a unique data set from interviews with immigrant parents in New York, Chicago, and Nashville. Together with Dr. Marshall, they use these new data to supplement existing analyses of federal school data and examine variation in immigrant parent involvement and school outreach programs.
Dr. Donato began developing a new project on adolescent health and migration in Mexico (in collaboration with Kathleen Mullan Harris and Krista Perreira at UNC-Chapel Hill).
In late 2007, Dr. Donato received word from the National Institute of Child Health and Development at NIH that funding for a new project, Migration and Access to Care: An Innovative Population-Based Sampling Strategy (with Dr. Weathers from UNC-Chapel Hill), is now pending.
Finally, since 1996, Dr Donato has been a principal investigator on a binational project that examines how the processes of health and migration unfold the life course (see www.mexmah.com). With funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and a close collaboration with El Colegio de San Luis in Mexico, the project has collected four waves of longitudinal data from approximately 2,000 Mexican families on both sides of the border.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
FORTHCOMING (* Refereed Articles)
*Donato, Katharine M. and Amada Armenta. 2011. “What Do We Know About Undocumented Migration?" Annual Review of Sociology 37.
*Donato, Katharine M. and Ebony M. Duncan. 2011. "Migration, Social Networks, and Child Health in Mexican Families." Journal of Marriage and the Family.
*Donato, Katharine M., J. Trent Alexander, Donna R. Gabaccia, and Johanna Leinonen. 2011. "Variations in the Gender Composition of Immigrant Populations: How and Why They Matter." International Migration Review.
BOOKS AND EDITED VOLUMES
Donato, Katharine M., Jonathan Hiskey, Jorge Durand, and Douglas S. Massey. 2010. Continental Divides: International Migration in the Americas, Special Issue, The ANNALS of the American Academy of Social and Political Science 630(1). [Spanish Edition: Salvando Fronteras: Migración Internacional en América Latina y el Caribe. México, D.F.: Porrúa.]
Gabaccia, Donna, Katharine M. Donato, Jennifer Holdaway, Martin Manalansan IV, and Patricia R. Pessar. 2006. "Gender and Migration Revisited," Special Issue, International Migration Review 40(1)
RECENT SELECTED ARTICLES (*Refereed Articles)
Donato, Katharine M. and Melissa Marschall. 2010. “The Challenges of Educating Latino Students: Engaging Parents as Partners.” In Alan Booth and Nancy Landale (eds.), Development of Hispanic Children in Immigrant Families: Challenges and Prospects. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.
*William A. Kandel and Katharine M. Donato. 2009. “Does Unauthorized Status Reduce Exposure to Pesticides? Evidence from the National Agricultural Workers Survey.” Work and Occupations 36: 367-399.
*Donato, Katharine M., Chizuko Wakabayashi, Shirin Hakimzadeh, and Amada Armenta. 2008. “Shifts in the Employment Conditions of Mexican Migrant Men and Women: The Effect of U. S. Immigration Policy.” Work and Occupations 35: 462-495.
*Donato, Katharine M., Brandon Wagner, and Evelyn Patterson. 2008. “The Cat and Mouse Game at the Mexico-U.S. Border: Gendered Patterns and Recent Shifts.” International Migration Review 42:(2): 330-359.
Donato, Katharine M., Charles Tolbert, Alfred Nucci, and Yukio Kawano. 2008. "Changing Faces/Changing Places: The Emergence of Non-Metropolitan Immigrant Gateways." Pp. 75-98 in Douglas S. Massey (ed.), New Faces in New Places: The Changing Geography of American Immigration. New York, NY: The Russell Sage Foundation.
Donato, Katharine M., and Carl L. Bankston III; 2008. "The Origins of Employer Demand for Immigrants in a New Destination: The Salience of Soft Skills in a Volatile Economy." Pp. 124-48 in Douglas S. Massey (ed.), New Faces in New Places: The Changing Geography of American Immigration. New York, NY: The Russell Sage Foundation.
