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Marta Tienda
The general scope of my work attempts to define what is really equal about equal opportunity, focusing on race and ethnic differences according to various metrics of social inequality - ranging from poverty and welfare to education and employment – all in an effort to address how ascribed attributes acquire their social and economic significance. Through studies of immigration, population diversification and concentrated poverty, I document social arrangements and life course trajectories that both perpetuate and reshape socioeconomic inequality. My current research on equity and access to higher education strives to understand the limits of social policy in equalizing opportunity by examining the changing foundations of merit in college admissions criteria. Please check the website for the THEOP project to learn more about this ( theop.princeton.edu). Visit WebsitePublications Ethnicity and Causal Mechanisms. Rutter, Michael and Marta Tienda. (eds.) 2005. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Research indicates that ethnic groups differ significantly on levels of mental and physical health, antisocial behavior, and educational attainment. This book explains these variations with respect to their psychological and social functioning and tests competing hypotheses about the mechanisms that might cause the functioning to differ in pattern from other groups. Attention is paid to educational attainments, antisocial behavior, schizophrenia and suicide, and to the complex and changing patterns of ethnic identity. The book concludes with a discussion of the multiple meanings of ethnicity, the major variations among ethnic groups, and policy implications. 
Youth in Cities: A Cross-National Perspective. Tienda, Marta and William J. Wilson. (eds.). 2002. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
There is growing awareness of the common difficulties experienced by poor young people who grow up in cities--crime and juvenile delinquency, limited access to education, the spread of infectious diseases, homelessness, and high rates of unprotected sex. They must contend with weak families and social institutions, poor labor market prospects, and for the most unfortunate, the ravages of gang war and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Chapters in this volume present and assess comparative evidence on the well-being of urban youth and proven interventions for assuaging the deleterious effects of poverty. 
Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies: Hispanics and the American Future. Tienda, Marta and Faith Mitchell (editors) 2006. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. 
Hispanics and the Future of America. Tienda, Marta and Faith Mitchell (eds.) 2006. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. |
