Dr Kim Ebert

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Associate Professor

Teaching and Research Interests

Race and Ethnicity, Immigration, Political Sociology, Collective Action and Social Movements, Urban and Community

Publications

Selected examples:

Examining the reach of colorblindness: ideological flexibility, frame alignment, and legitimacy among racially conservative and extremist organizations

Apathy and Antipathy: Media Coverage of Restrictive Immigration Legislation and the Maintenance of Symbolic Boundaries

Legitimating Contexts, Immigrant Power, and Exclusionary Activity

When Organizations Matter: Threatening Demographics, Supportive Politics, and Immigration Lawmaking

Anti-Immigrant Ordinances and Discrimination in New and Established Destinations

New Rural Immigrant Destinations: Research for the 2010s

Social Citizenship, Integration, and Collective Action: Immigrant Civic Engagement in the U.S.

¿El Campeón de Los Hispanos? Comparing the Coverage of Latino Collective Action in Spanish- and English-Language Newspapers

Beyond the Ballot: Immigrant Collective Action in Gateways and New Destinations