DEGREES
2026 (expected) MA Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Antioch University, Seattle.
2018 PhD Political Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Subfields: American Politics, Public Policy. Doctoral Fellow Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy. Dissertation: “Queering Latinidad: Latinx Politics Beyond Nativity” 2017 APSA Kenneth Sherrill Best Dissertation Topic in LGBTQ+ Politics.
2013 MA Transatlantic Politics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Thesis: “Immigrant or Economic Refugee?” Received Mark of Clear Excellence.
2011 BA Political Science, California State University, Stanislaus. Minor in Anthropology. Ronald E. McNair Scholar.
SELECT ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
“Conversation Starter: Disability & Transformational Health,” UnConference, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA (2023)
Jackson, Jenn M., and Melina Juárez Pérez. (2022) “Reclaiming Our Time and Labor: Contesting and Reframing Productivity Narratives in Political Science,” PS: Political Science & Politics, 55(2): 380-384. *This article is part of a symposium I co-edited with a crew of badass queer & women folk of color, check it out!
López, Nancy, Vargas, Edward, Juárez, Melina, and Lisa Cacari-Stone. (2021). “Critical ‘Street Race’ Praxis: Advancing the Measurement of Racial Discrimination Among Diverse Latinx Communities in the U.S,” Critical Public Health, DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2019.1695040
“Centering the Margins: The Utility of LatinX for Social Science Research,” American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. (2019)
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