Jose Munoz | CSUSB

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Professor

Sociology

Email munoz@csusb.edu

Office Phone(909) 537-7487

Office LocationSB-449

UEC - Miscellaneous Projects & Grants

Email munoz@csusb.edu

Office Phone(909) 537-7487

Office LocationSB-449

Bio

Dr. José Muñoz graduated with a PhD in Sociology from Stony Brook University. After several years working as contingent faculty in the CSU system, he joined the Department of Sociology in 2011. Along with attention to first-generation scholars, José’s other research foci include inequalities and attrition in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education, civil rights, labor, and global social movements and non-governmental organizations. He is a co-PI on an NSF S-STEM ($2.5 million award) Creating Pathways to Computing Careers through Experiential and Engaged Learning project with colleagues in Computer Science. From 2021-2022, José was a co-PI on an NSF HSI grant titled “Exploring the hidden realities of contingent Latinx faculty in STEM”. José is key personnel on a five-year $3,000,000 U.S. Department of Education Grant Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans. The project team led by Caroline Vickers (PI) will create Inclusive Pathways to Allied Health Professions. José's collaborative work appeared in Sociology of Education, Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, Journal of Latinos and Education, Journal of Higher Education Management, and TRAILS. Check out all of my scholarship here Google Scholar.

José co-organized and hosted the Inland Empire People's History Conference on June 1, 2024. The conference was organized by a collaborative that includes CSUSB, A People’s History of the I.E., the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Frontline Observer, UCLA Extension, Brown University, UC Riverside, UC Irvine and the University of Redlands. Conference unites historians, storytellers to showcase overlooked Inland Empire history | KVCR News

On May 3, 2025, the second annual Inland Empire People’s History Conference will be held at CSUSB. Call for Abstracts (300 words max, due February 3, 2024) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1nFfA0HigARn9xf7w65JGz8eKURPbpHy9dnZ4Zt0OYE8H5Q/viewform

José was invited to join faculty, student, and staff members from 8 CSU HSIs to be a part of the CSU HSI Action Research Network. The campuses include CSUCI, CSUEB, Cal Poly Humboldt, CSUMB, Sac State, CSUSM, and CSUN. The network aims to foster cross-campus collaborations to serve Latino students better in the CSU system. https://www.usingourvoiceshsi.com/csuhsiactionresearchnetwork

The following includes the ASA Task Force on First Generation and Working Class Persons in Sociology charge and research findings.

ASA Task Force Charge

1. Develop a working definition of “first-generation” and “working class” drawing on existing literature, ASA tradition, and the task force’s substantive concerns.

2. Examine existing data and, if possible, collect additional data where gaps exist, to document:

a. The pipeline into the profession, specifically the proportion of graduate students who are first-generation/working class.

b. The representation of first-generation/working-class sociologists within each academic rank, and in various types of educational institutions.

c. Appointment of first-generation/working-class sociologists in new positions as a share of all appointments, by rank of appointment.

d. Comparing first-generation/working-class sociologists to their peers in terms of (1) salaries; (2) appointments to Department Chair and other administrative

positions (3) representation on the ASA Publications Committee, (4) representation on ASA Council, (5) representation on editorial boards of ASA journals, (6)

FAD grant awardees.

3. Solicit feedback from first-generation/working-class persons in sociology (at every level from a graduate student through full professor status) regarding issues or concerns related to their status within the profession.

4. Review past and present efforts of other scholarly associations to address issues of underrepresentation of first-generation/working-class sociologists.

5. Make recommendations to the ASA Council as to how the Association can best address the challenge of integrating this population into our discipline in a way that maximizes equity. (Source: first-gen-and-working-community-task-force-report.pdf)