Monika Gosin

About

Monika Gosin is an Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies with specializations in African American and Latinx relations, migration studies, and Afro-Cuban and other Afro-Latinx immigrant experiences in the United States. She holds an M.A. in Sociology from Arizona State University and a Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from the University of California, San Diego. After completing her Ph.D., she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South at Duke University. Prior to joining UC San Diego, Gosin served as an Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Latin American Studies at the College of William & Mary. Her research and teaching focus on Black and Latinx studies, migration studies, race and gender in popular culture and media, and intergroup relations. She is the author of The Racial Politics of Division: Interethnic Struggles for Legitimacy in Multicultural Miami, which situates Afro-Cuban immigrants within a historical analysis of relations between African Americans and Cuban Americans in Miami, and examines how Afro-Latinx positionality influences broader interrelations. Her work also includes publications on raced and gendered media representations of Asian and Black populations within the United States, as well as studies on Afro-Cuban immigrants and Afrolatinidades.

Research topics

• Sociology
• Gender studies
• History
• Political Science
• Demography
• Genealogy
• Biology
• Law
• Genetics

Selected publications

• <i>keepin' it R.E.A.L.</i> : A Drug Resistance Curriculum Tailored to the Strengths and Needs of Pre-Adolescents of the Southwest

  Journal of Drug Education · 2003-06-01 · 173 citations

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  Research has shown that students respond more favorably to drug prevention programs when they see their culture and themselves represented in the prevention message. Additionally, studies highlight important ethnic differences in drug behaviors and attitudes, indicating that students' ethnic culture should be considered in the creation of prevention programs. Because there are few effective, culturally grounded programs, new approaches are needed, particularly among Mexican American youth. This…

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• The Racial Politics of Division: Interethnic Struggles for Legitimacy in Multicultural Miami

  2019-06-15 · 25 citations

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  The Racial Politics of Division deconstructs antagonistic discourses that circulated in local Miami media between African Americans, "white" Cubans, and "black" Cubans during the 1980 Mariel Boatlift and the 1994 Balsero Crisis. Monika Gosin challenges exclusionary arguments pitting these groups against one another and depicts instead the nuanced ways in which identities have been constructed, negotiated, rejected, and reclaimed in the context of Miami's historical multiethnic tensions. Focusing…

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• (Re) framing the nation : the Afro -Cuban challenge to Black and Latino struggles for American identity

  eScholarship (California Digital Library) · 2009-01-01 · 19 citations

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  This dissertation interrogates the complexity of late 20th and early 21st century racial projects, focusing on conflict and convergence among African Americans, Cuban exiles, and Afro-Cubans in the United States. A textual analysis of the African American Miami Times and the Spanish language El Herald/El Nuevo Herald during the 1980 Mariel exodus and 1994 Balsero crisis, reveals the concerns of Miami African Americans and Cubans related to issues of race, immigration, and national belonging. The…

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• The Racial Politics of Division

  Cornell University Press eBooks · 2019-05-14 · 5 citations

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• A historical psychology approach to gendered racial stereotypes: An examination of a multi-million book sample of 20th century texts

  Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology · 2025-01-01 · 1 citations

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  • We examined terms referring to Asian and Black men and women in a sample of over 15 million texts published between 1900 and 2019. • Supporting research on intersectional invisibility, terms representing Black women were less frequent than those representing Black men. • Consistent with gendered race theory, terms representing Asian men occurred less frequently than those representing Asian women. • Changes in references to Black men and women over time corresponded with discourse related to t…

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Frequent coauthors

• Amy E. Drapeau

  1 shared

• Flavio F. Marsiglia

  Arizona State University

  1 shared

• Joanna Schug

  William & Mary

  1 shared

• Philip S. Lu

  University of California, Los Angeles

  1 shared

• Mary L. Harthun

  1 shared

• Jody L. Allen

  1 shared

• Michael L. Hecht

  Real Prevention (United States)

  1 shared

• Patricia Dustman

  Arizona State University

  1 shared

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