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Abel Valenzuela
Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor of Urban Planning and Chicano Studies
Director, Center for the Study of Urban Poverty - ISSR
Phone: (310) 825-9156
Campus Extension: x59156
abel@ucla.edu |
Professor Valenzuela holds a joint appointment in the Department of Chicana/o Studies and Urban Planning. His research is primarily concerned with the issues faced by minorities and immigrants in the
U.S. His work focuses on three key areas, which are interrelated: 1) immigration and labor markets, 2) poverty and inequality, and 3) immigrant settlement patterns and related services. His work combines ethnographic, in-depth interviews, participant observation, and quantitative methods to document and explain the processes that govern the incorporation of immigrants into U.S. society.
He is currently working on several projects looking at low skilled immigrant workers, the role of immigrant workers and disaster relief, and immigrant participation in civil society.
At UCLA, Professor Valenzuela Directs the Center for the Study of Urban Poverty. He teaches courses on immigration and U.S. society, urban poverty and public policy, labor markets, and planning issues in minority communities. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, earned his BA at UC Berkeley (1986) and obtained his MCP (1988) and Ph.D. (1993) in urban and regional studies from MIT.
Selected Publications:
Valenzuela, Jr. Abel, Lisa Schweitzer, and Adriele Robles. 2005.
“Camionetas: Informal Travel Among Immigrants.” Transportation
Research Part A: Policy and Practice. Vol. 39, Issue 10: 895-911.
Martinez, Jr., Ramiro and Abel Valenzuela Jr. (eds.) 2006.
Immigration and Crime: Ethnicity, Race, and Violence. New York: New
York University Press.
Valenzuela, Jr. Abel. 2006. “Economic Development in Latino
Communities: Incorporating Marginal and Immigrant Workers.” In Ong
and Loukaitou-Sideris (eds.) Jobs and Economic Development in
Minority Communities:Realities, Challenges, and Innovation.
Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. Pgs 141-158.
Valenzuela, Jr. Abel, Nik Theodore, Edwin Melendez, and Ana Luz
Gonzalez. 2006. “On the Corner: Day Labor in the United States.”
Technical Report, UCLA Center for the Study of Urban Poverty.
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