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Katharine M. Donato
Vanderbilt University
Department of Sociology
201AB Garland Hall
VU Station B351811
Nashville TN 37235-1811
EMAIL: katharine.donato@vanderbilt.edu
(615) 322-7500 office / (615) 322-7505 fax
EDUCATION
1989
Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Chicago, Demography
1988
Ph.D. State University of New York at Stony Brook, Sociology
1984
M.A. State University of New York at Stony Brook, Sociology
1981
M.S.W. University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Social Welfare
1978
B.S. New York Institute of Technology, New York, Economics
EMPLOYMENT
Current Position
2006—
Professor, Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University (VU)
Past Positions
2000-06
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Rice University
2000-06
Associate Professor, Epidemiology, University of Texas School of Public Health
2000-06
Research Associate (Special Sworn Status), U.S. Bureau of the Census, Center for Economic
Studies, Maryland
1995-96
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University (LSU)
1997-2006 Research Faculty Associate, El Colégio de San Luis Potosí, México
1996
Visiting Professor, El Centro de Investigaciones Historicas, San Luis Potosí, México
1988-95
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, LSU
1990-92
Research Associate, Population Research Center at the University of Chicago and NORC
1988-89
Postdoctoral Fellow, Population Research Center, University of Chicago and NORC
1985-88
Research Associate, National Science Foundation, Collaborative Research on the
Determinants of Change in Occupational Sex Composition (PIs: B.F. Reskin & P.A. Roos)
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
2008—
Chair, Department of Sociology, VU
2009-11
Director, Center for Medicine Health and Society, VU
2008-09
Associate Director for Survey Research and Training, VU Center for Nashville Studies
2001-06
Master, Wiess Residential College, Rice University
1996-2000 Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology, LSU
HONORS AND AWARDS
2009-10
Fellow, Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, VU
2008
Best Paper Award, Urban Politics Section, American Political Science Association
2000
Fulbright Award, El Colegio de San Luis A.C., México
1997-98
Nominated for University Teaching Award, LSU
1995-97
Member, Binational Study of Migration between México and the United States, U.S.
Commission on Immigration Reform (appointed)
1995-96
Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Sociology, LSU
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MAJOR FIELDS
Social Stratification and Social Demography
RESEARCH INTERESTS
International Migration, México-US Migration, US Immigrants, Ethnic & Gender Inequality, Social
Determinants of Health
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
Editorial Board, International Migration Review, 2014-17
Editor, American Sociological Review, American Sociological Association and SAGE Publications.
2013 American Sociological Review (with Larry W. Isaac, Holly J. McCammon), Volume 78, 1-6
2012 American Sociological Review (with Tony N. Brown, Larry W. Isaac, Holly J.
McCammon), Volume 77, 1-6
2011 American Sociological Review (with Tony N. Brown, Larry W. Isaac, Holly J.
McCammon), Volume 76, 1-6
2010 American Sociological Review (with Tony N. Brown, Larry W. Isaac, Holly J.
McCammon), Volume 75, 1-6
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Sociological Association (ASA)
Chair, Section on International Migration, 2014-15
Chair, Section on Population, 2012-13
Population Association of America (PAA)
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)
Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
Southern Sociological Society (SSS)
Southern Demographic Association (SDA)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1999—
Advisory Board, Mexican Migration Project, Princeton University
2007-14
Immigration Advisory Committee, Russell Sage Foundation
2010-11
Research Director (with Donna Gabaccia, History, University of Minnesota), Social Science
Research Council Dissertation Proposal Development Workshop, Migration and Gender
Studies
2010-11
Receiving Communities Initiative, Center for American Progress and J.M. Kaplan Fund
2010-11
Organizer, Immigration Sessions, PAA
2009
Discussant, Migration and Health Session, PAA
2007-08
Working Group on Schools and Immigrant Civic Engagement, Social Science Research
Council
2007
Organizer, International Migration/Gender and Migration sessions, PAA
2006
Discussant, Session on Life Course Perspectives on Migration, PAA
2003-06
Working Group on Migration and Gender, Social Science Research Council
2005
Discussant, Session on Acculturation and Health, PAA
2005
Organizer, Population Session, ASA
2004
Discussant, Session on Immigrants in Nontraditional Destinations, PAA
2003-05
Member, Population Section Council, ASA
2003
Discussant, Session on Immigrant Adaptation, PAA
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2002
2002
2000-01
2000-02
1999-01
1998-00
Organizer, Population Section Session, ASA
Organizer, Social Networks and Migration Session, PAA
Chair, Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award Committee, ASA
Advisory Group on the Effects of Border Enforcement, Public Policy Institute of CA
Member, Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award Committee, ASA
Advisory Group on the Effects of Welfare Reform on Legal Immigrants, International
Migration Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C.
1999
Review Panel, National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, USDA
1999
Chair, Nominations Committee, Section on Occupations, Organizations and Work,
American Sociological Association
1998
Organizer, International Migration Session, ASA
1998
Organizer, Session on International Migration, PAA
1997
Member, Program Committee, International Migration Section, ASA
1997
Member, Program Committee, SSS
1996
Organizer and Chair, Migration and Health Session, PAA
1996
Chair, Local Arrangements Committee, PAA
1995
General Topic Organizer, PAA and SDA
Reviewer for Social Forces, International Migration Review, Demography, Social Science Quarterly,
Population Policy & Research Review, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, American Sociological
Review, American Journal of Sociology, Work and Occupations
Proposal Reviewer, National Science Foundation, NIH-NICHD Population Science Subcommittee,
National Research Initiative, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Poverty Center at the Gerald R.
Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, The Marsden Fund of the Royal Society of
New Zealand, Russell Sage Foundation and The World Bank
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2014-15
VU Trans-institutional Programs (TIPs) Review Panel
2009-14
Faculty VUceptor, VISIONS
2013-14
Executive Committee for VU Strategic Plan
2009-10
VU Committee on Institute for Advanced Study
2008-09
VU Social Sciences and Education Subcommittee, Task Force on Graduate Education
2008-09
VU Committee for Applied Social Sciences
2006-08
Nashville Survey Research Taskforce, VU Center for Nashville Studies
2006-07
Chair, Speakers Series Committee, Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University
2004-06
Presidential Committee on Faculty Women, Rice University
2003-04
Ad Hoc Advisory Committee for Faculty Women, Rice University
2000-02
Health and Society Seminar, Rice University and UT-School of Public Health
1996-98
Chair, Graduate Policy and Admissions Committees, LSU
1995-96
Graduate Policy Committee, LSU
1994-95
Recruitment Committee, LSU
1993-95
Research Advisory Group in the Social Sciences, LSU
1989-94
Graduate Policy Committee, Advisory Committee, Women's Studies Committee, LSU
1988-89
Demographic Workshop/Gender and Society Workshops, The University of Chicago
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PUBLICATIONS
Books and Edited Volumes
Donato, Katharine M. and Donna Gabaccia
2015 Gender and International Migration: From the Slavery Era to the Global Age. New York,
NY: Russell Sage Foundation.
Aranda, Elizabeth, Cecilia Menjivar, and Katharine M. Donato
2014 Spillover Effects of Immigration Enforcement in Local Contexts. American Behavioral
Scientist 58(13).
Donato, Katharine M., Jonathan Hiskey, Jorge Durand, and Douglas S. Massey
2010 Continental Divides: International Migration in the Americas, The ANNALS of the American
Academy of Social and Political Science 630(1).
Spanish Edition: Salvando Fronteras: Migración Internacional en Amérca Latina y el Caribe.
México, D.F.: Porrúa.
Gabaccia, Donna, Katharine M. Donato, Jennifer Holdaway, Martin Manalansan IV, Patricia R. Pessar
2006 Gender and Migration Revisited, International Migration Review 40(1).
Articles and Books Chapters (*Refereed)
*Donato, Katharine M. and Blake Sisk.
2015 “Children’s Migration from Mexico and Central America to the United States: Evidence from
the Mexican and Latin American Migration Projects.” Journal of Migration and Human Security
http://jmhs.cmsny.org/index.php/jmhs/article/view/43
*Donato, Katharine M., Bhumika Piya, and Anna Jacobs
2014 “The Double Disadvantage Reconsidered: Gender, Immigration, Marital Status, and Global
Labor Force Participation in the 21st Century.” International Migration Review S1(Fall): S335-376.
*Donato, Katharine M. and Leslie Rodriguez
2014 “Police Arrests in a Time of Uncertainty: The Impact of 287(g) on Arrests in a New
Immigrant Gateway.” American Behavioral Scientist 58(13): 1696-1722.
Aranda, Elizabeth, Cecilia Menjivar, and Katharine M. Donato
2014 “The Spillover Consequences of an Enforcement-First U.S. Immigration Regime.” American
Behavioral Scientist 58(13): 1687-95.
*Meyers, Abby G., Amanda Salanitro, Kenneth A. Wallston,, Courtney Cawthon, Eduard Vasilevskis,
Kathryn M. Goggins, Corinne M. Davis, Russell L. Rothman,, Liana D. Castel, Katharine M. Donato,
John F. Schnelle, Susan P. Bell, Jonathan S. Schildcrout, Chandra Y. Osborn, Frank E. Harrell, and Sunil
Kripalani
2014 “Determinants of Health after Hospital Discharge: Rationale and Design of the Vanderbilt
Inpatient Cohort Study (VICS).” BMC Health Services Research 14: 1-10.
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Donato, Katharine M.
2014 “Natural Disasters, Environmental Crises and U.S. Immigration.” In Jim Ciment and John
Radzilowski (eds.), American Immigration, Second Edition: An Encyclopedia of Political, Social,
and Cultural Change. NY: M.E.Sharpe.
*Donato, Katharine M. and Blake Sisk
2013 “Shifts in the Employment Outcomes among Mexican Migrants to the United States, 19762009.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 30(1): 63-77.
*Donato, Katharine M.
2012 “Variation in the Gender Composition of Migrant Populations: An Introduction.” Social
Science History 36(2): 191-95.
Donato, Katharine M.
2012 “Gender, Immigration and the U.S. Labor Market.” Pp. 131-50 in Michael C. LeMay (ed.),
Transforming America: Perspectives on U.S. Immigration. NY: Praeger.
*Brown, Tony N., Katharine M. Donato, Mary T. Laske, and Ebony M. Duncan
2012 “Race, Nativity, Ethnicity, and Cultural Influences in the Sociology of Mental Health.” Pp.
255-75 in Carol S. Aneshensel, Jo C. Phelan, and Alex Bierman (eds.), Handbook of the Sociology
on Mental Health. New York, NY: Springer.
*Marschall, Melissa, Paru Shah, and Katharine M. Donato
2012 “Immigrant Gateways and Parent Involvement in US Schools.” Social Science Quarterly 93(1):
130-51.
*Donato, Katharine M. and Amada Armenta
2011 “What Do We Know About Undocumented Migration.” Annual Review of Sociology 37: 52943.
*Donato, Katharine M. and Ebony M. Duncan
2011 “Migration, Social Networks, and Child Health in Mexican Families.” Journal of Marriage
and Family 73(August): 713-28.
*Donato, Katharine M., J. Trent Alexander, Donna R. Gabaccia, and Johanna Leinonen
2011 “Variations in the Gender Composition of Immigrant Populations: How and Why They
Matter.” International Migration Review 45(3): 495-526.
*Donato, Katharine M.
2010 “U.S. Migration from Latin America: Gendered Patterns and Shifts.” The ANNALS 630(1):
78-92.
*Donato, Katharine M., Jonathan Hiskey, Jorge Durand, and Douglas S. Massey
2010 “Migration in the Americas: México and Latin America in Comparative Context.” The
ANNALS 630(1): 6-17.
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Donato, Katharine M. and Melissa Marschall
2010 “The Challenges of Educating Latino Students: Engaging Parents as Partners.” In Alan Booth
and Nancy Landale (eds.), Development of Hispanic Children in Immigrant Families: Challenges
and Prospects. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.
*Kandel, William A. and Katharine M. Donato
2009 “Does Unauthorized Status Reduce Exposure to Pesticides? Evidence from the National
Agricultural Workers Survey.” Work and Occupations 36: 367-99.
*Donato, Katharine M., Chizuko Wakabayashi, Shirin Hakimzadeh, and Amada Armenta
2008 “Shifts in the Employment Conditions of Mexican Migrant Men and Women: The Effect of
U.S. Immigration Policy.” Work and Occupations 35: 462-95.
*Donato, Katharine M., Brandon Wagner, and Evelyn Patterson
2008 “The Cat and Mouse Game at the México-U.S. Border: Gendered Patterns and Recent Shifts.”
International Migration Review 42(2): 330-59.
Donato, Katharine M., Charles Tolbert, Alfred Nucci, and Yukio Kawano
2008 “Changing Faces/Changing Places: The Emergence of Non-Metropolitan Immigrant
Gateways.” Pp. 75-98 in Douglas S. Massey (ed.), New Faces in New Places: The Changing
Geography of American Immigration. New York, NY: The Russell Sage Foundation.
Donato, Katharine M. and Carl L. Bankston III
2008 “The Origins of Employer Demand for Immigrants in a New Destination: The Salience of Soft
Skills in a Volatile Economy.” Pp. 124-48 in Douglas S. Massey (ed.), New Faces in New Places:
The Changing Geography of American Immigration. New York, NY: The Russell Sage Foundation.
*Donato, Katharine M., Charles M. Tolbert II, Alfred Nucci, and Yukio Kawano
2007 “Recent Immigrant Settlement in the Nonmetropolitan United States: Evidence from Internal
Census Data.” Rural Sociology 72(4): 537-59.
Donato, Katharine M., Nicole Trujillo-Pagán, Carl L. Bankston III, and Audrey Singer
2007 “Reconstructing New Orleans After Katrina: The Emergence of an Immigrant Labor Market.”
Pp. 217-34 in David L. Brunsma, David Overfelt, and J. Steve Picou (eds.), The Sociology of
Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Donato, Katharine M., Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni, and Theresa Thompson-Colon
2007 “Contando con los Parientes: Redes Sociales, Apoyo Social y Estado de la Salud Infantil en
México.” Pp. 400-30 in Manuel Angel Castillo and Jorge Santibanez (eds.), Nuevas Tendencias y
Nuevos desafios de la Migracion International: Memorias del Seminario Permanente sobre
Migracion Internacional. Volumen II. El Tijuana, MX: Colegio de la Frontera Norte.
Kawano, Yukio, Katharine M. Donato and Charles M. Tolbert II
2007 “Generational Differences in Mexican-American's Earnings: Comparing the Second, 2.5th and
Third Generations.” Pp. 216-36 in Yoshimichi Sato (ed.), Deciphering Social Stratification and
Inequality: Japan and Beyond. Melbourne, Australia: Trans Pacific Press.
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*Wakabayashi, Chizuko and Katharine M. Donato
2006 “Caregiving for Economic Well-Being in Women’s Later Life.” Journal of Health and Social
Behavior 47(3): 258-74.
*Donato, Katharine M., Donna Gabaccia, Jennifer Holdaway, Martin Manalansan IV, Patricia R. Pessar
2006 “A Glass Half Full? Gender in Migration Studies.” International Migration Review 40(1): 326.
*Curran, Sara R., Steven Shafer, Katharine M. Donato, and Filiz Garip
2006 “Mapping Gender and Migration in Sociological Scholarship: Is it Segregation or Integration?”
International Migration Review 40(1): 199-223.
Donato, Katharine M., Chizuko Wakabayashi, and Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni
2006 “Effects of México-U.S. Migration on Health.” In México-United States Migration:
Consequences and Challenges for Both Nations. México City, México: El Colegio de México.
*Donato, Katharine M., Michael Aguilera, and Chizuko Wakabayashi
2005 “Immigration Policy and the Employment Conditions of U.S. Immigrants from México,
Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic.” International Migration 43(5): 5-29.
Donato, Katharine M., Melissa Stainback, and Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni
2005 “Migración y Salud en México: Resultados para San Luis Potosí.” Pp. 46-75 in Jorge Durand
(ed.), Vetas: Revista de El Colegio de San Luis. El Colegio de San Luis Potosí, A.C.: SLP, México.
Donato, Katharine M., Melissa Stainback, and Carl L. Bankston III
2005 “The Economic Incorporation of Mexican Immigrants in Southern Louisiana: A Tale of Two
Cities.” Pp. 76-99 in Víctor Zúñiga and Rubén Hernández-León (eds.), New Destinations of
Mexican Immigration in the United States: Community Formation, Local Responses and InterGroup Relations. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation.
*Kanaiaupuni, Shawn Malia, Katharine M. Donato, Theresa Thompson Colon and Melissa Stainback
2005 “Counting on Kin: Social Networks, Social Support and Child Health.” Social Forces 83(3):
1137-64.
*Read, Jen’nan Ghazal, Benjamin Amick III, and Katharine M. Donato
2005 “Arab Immigrants: A New Case for Ethnicity and Health?” Social Science and Medicine 61:
77-82.
*Wakabayashi, Chizuko and Katharine M. Donato
2005 “The Consequences of Caregiving: Effects on Women’s Employment and Earnings.”
Population Research and Policy Review 24: 467-88.
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Donato, Katharine M., Chizuko Wakabayashi, Amada Armenta, Shirin Hakimzadeh, and Nora Gallegos
Vargas
2004 “Salarios de las Mujeres y Hombres Inmigrantes a Estados Unidos desde América Latina:
Efectos de la Política de Inmigración de los Estados Unidos.” In Elaine Levine (ed.), Inserción
Laboral de Migrantes Mexicanos y Latinos en Estados Unidos. Centro de Investigaciones sobre
América del Norte, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City.
Donato, Katharine M. and Evelyn Patterson
2004 “Women and Men at the Border: Undocumented Border Crossing.” Pp. 111-30 in Jorge
Durand and Douglas S. Massey (eds.), Behind the Smoke and Mirrors: Research from the Mexican
Migration Project. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation.
*Saenz, Rogelio, Katharine M. Donato, Lourdes Gouveia, and Cruz Torres
2003 “Latinos in the South: A Glimpse of Ongoing Trends and Research.” Southern Rural
Sociology 19(2): 1-19 [Appeared in 2004].
*Donato, Katharine M., Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni, and Melissa Stainback
2003 “Sex Differences in Child Health: Effects of México-U.S. Migration.” Journal of Comparative
Family Studies, Families and Children’s Inequalities, special issue, E. Fussell and A.H. Gauthier
(eds.) Summer: 455-77.
Donato, Katharine M., Carl L. Bankston, and Dawn T. Robinson
2001 “Immigration and the Organization of the Onshore Oil Industry: Southern Louisiana in the
Late 1990s.” Pp. 104-113 in A. D. Murphy, C. Blanchard, and J. A. Hill (eds.), Latino Workers in
the Contemporary South. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press.
Donato, Katharine M., Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni, and Rebecca Carter
2001 “Uso de Anticonceptivos y Preferencias de Fertilidad en Las Mujeres de San Luis Potosí:
Efectos en la Emigracion de México a Estados Unidos.” Pp. 147-72 in Fernando Alanis Enciso
(ed.), La Emigracion de San Luis Potosí a Estados Unidos Pasado y Presente. San Luis Potosí,
México: El Colegio de San Luis.
Donato, Katharine M. and Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni
2001 “Food Assistance Programs, Legal Status, and Mexican Immigrants.” In Research Perspective
on Migration. International Migration Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace: Washington, D.C.
Donato, Katharine M.
2000 “Impacto en la Salud de los Migrantes Mexicanos en Estados Unidos.” Pp. 43-48 in Jorge
Durand y Primitivo Rodriguez (eds.), La Familia Transnacional: Migración México-Estados
Unidos. México, D.F.: Red de Estudios para el Desarrollo Rural, A.C.
Donato, Katharine M. and Rebecca S. Carter
1999 “U.S. Policy on Illegal Immigration: A Thirty Year Retrospective.” Pp. 112-29 in David W.
Haines and Karen E. Rosenblum (eds.), Illegal Immigration in America: A Reference Handbook.
Greenwood Press.
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Kanaiaupuni, Shawn Malia and Katharine M. Donato
1999 “Migradollars and Mortality: Effects of Migration on Child Mortality.” Demography 36(3):
339-53.
*Donato, Katharine M.
1999 “A Dynamic View of Mexican Migration to the United States.” Gender Issues 17(1): 52-75.
*Stainback, Melissa and Katharine M. Donato
1999 “Going to Work but Never Leaving Home: Working at Home for Pay, 1991-97.” Women &
Work 1(Spring): 141-62.
Donato, Katharine M. and Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni
1999 “Women's Status and Demographic Change: The Case of México-U.S. Migration.” In Brígida
García and Karen Mason (eds.), Women, Poverty, and Demographic Change. Geneva: IUSSP.
Kanaiaupuni, Shawn Malia and Katharine M. Donato
1999 “Linking Migration and Health: Community and Household Effects of Male Migration on
Mothers and Children’s Health in Mexican Origin Communities.” Pp. 251-276 in Kenneth Hill, José
B. Morelos, and Rebeca Wong (eds.), Las Consecuencias de Las Transiciones Demográfica y
Epidemiológica en América Latina. México City: El Colegio de México y Johns Hopkins
University.
Donato, Katharine M.
1998 “Mexican Migration Project Data.” Pp. 903-64 in Migration Between México and the United
States, Volume 3. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform.
Latapí, Agustin Escobar, Philip Martin, Gustavo Lopez Castro, and Katharine Donato
1998 “Factors that Influence Migration.” Pp. 163-250 in Migration Between México and the United
States, Volume 1. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform.
Stainback, Melissa and Katharine M. Donato
1998 “Going to Work but Never Leaving Home.” Population Today 26(9): 3.
*Donato, Katharine M. and Roger A. Wojtiewicz
1996 “The Educational Achievement of U.S. Puerto Ricans.” New England Journal of Public Policy
11(2): 99-111.
Also reprinted in Latinos in a Changing Society, edited by Edwin Meléndez and Martha Montero.
Greenwood Publishing Group.
*Wojtkiewicz, Roger A. and Katharine M. Donato
1995”"Hispanic Educational Attainment: The Effects of Family Background and Nativity.” Social
Forces 74(2): 559-74.
*Donato, Katharine M.
1994a “U.S. Policy and Mexican Migration to the United States 1942-92.” Social Science Quarterly
75(4): 705-29.
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*Donato, Katharine M.
1994b “Reply to Espenshade and Romo: Final Comments on the Relationship Between Mexican
Migration and U.S. Policy.” Social Science Quarterly 75(4): 737-40.
*Donato, Katharine M.
1993 “Current Trends and Patterns in Female Migration: Evidence from México.” International
Migration Review 27(4): 748-71.
*Donato, Katharine M. and Douglas S. Massey
1993 “Effects of the Immigration Reform Act on the Wages of Mexican Migrants.” Social Science
Quarterly 74(3): 523-41.
*Donato, Katharine M., Jorge Durand, and Douglas S. Massey
1992a “Stemming the Tide? Assessing the Deterrent Effects of the Immigration Reform and Control
Act.” Demography 29(2): 139-57.
*Donato, Katharine, Jorge Durand, and Douglas S. Massey
1992b “Changing Conditions in the U.S. Labor Market: Effects of the Immigration Reform and
Control Act of 1986.” Population Research and Policy Review 11(2): 93-115.
*Tienda, Marta, Katharine M. Donato, and Hector Cordero Guzmán
1992 “Schooling, Color, and Labor Force Activity of Women.” Social Forces 71(2): 365-95.
Donato, Katharine M.
1992 “Understanding U.S. Immigration: Why Some Countries Send Women and Others Send Men.”
Pp. 159-84 in Donna Gabaccia (ed.), Seeking Common Ground: Female Immigration to the United
States. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Donato, Katharine M.
1990 “Keepers of the Corporate Image: Women in Public Relations.” Pp. 129-143 in Barbara F.
Reskin and Patricia A. Roos (eds.), Job Queues, Gender Queues: Explaining Women's Inroads into
Male Occupations. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.
Donato, Katharine M.
1990 “Programming for Change? The Growing Demand for Women Systems Analysts.” Pp. 167182 in Barbara F. Reskin and Patricia A. Roos (eds.), Job Queues, Gender Queues: Explaining
Women's Inroads into Male Occupations. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.
Massey, Douglas S., Katharine M. Donato, and Zai Liang
1990 “Effects of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1988: Preliminary Data from México.”
In Frank D. Bean, Barry Edmonston, and Jeffrey S. Passel (eds.), Illegal Immigration to the United
States: The Experience of the 1980s. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute Press.
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Donato, Katharine M. and Patricia Roos
1987 “Gender and Earnings Inequality among Computer Specialists.” Pp. 291-317 in Barbara D.
Wright, Myra M. Ferree, Gail O. Mellow, Linda H. Lewis, Maria Luz D. Samper, Robert Asher, and
Kathleen Claspell (eds.), Women, Work and Technology: Transformations. Ann Arbor: University
of Michigan Press.
Tyree, Andrea and Katharine M. Donato
1986 “A Demographic Overview of the International Migration of Women.” Pp. 21-41 in Rita
James Simon and Caroline B. Brettell, (eds.), International Migration: The Female Experience.
New Jersey: Rowman & Allanheld.
*Donato, Katharine M. and Andrea Tyree
1986 “Family Reunification, Health Professionals, and the Sex Composition of Migrants to the
United States.” Sociology and Social Research 70: 226-30.
*Tyree, Andrea and Katharine M. Donato
1985 “The Sex Composition of Legal Immigrants to the United States.” Sociology and Social
Research 69: 577-85.
RESEARCH GRANTS
External
Environmental Stress and Human Migration in a Low-Lying Developing Nation: A Comparison of CoEvolving Natural and Human Landscapes in the Physically and Culturally Diverse Context of
Bangladesh, U.S. Office of Naval Research (Donato-Co-PI, Steven Goodbred-PI), 2011-14, $4.5M
Health Literacy, Hospital Discharge and Cardiovascular Outcomes, NIH/NHLBI--R01 HL109388
(Donato-Co-PI, Sunil Kripalani-PI), 2011-16, $3.3M
Immigrant Parent Involvement in Schools, Communities and Politics, funded by the National Science
Foundation (Donato, Melissa Marschall and Audrey Singer-Co-PIs) 2006-09, $300,838
Immigrant Civic Engagement and Political Participation, Russell Sage Foundation (Donato and Melissa
Marschall-PIs) 2008-09, $26,000
Immigrants and Schools: Contextual Factors in Parent’s School and Community Involvement, Russell
Sage Foundation (Donato and Melissa Marschall-PIs and Audrey Singer-Co-PI) 2006-09, $151,763
Conference on Mobility, Gender Ratios and Public Policy, Russell Sage Foundation (Donato, Donna
Gabaccia, Trent Alexander and Bianet Castellanos-Co-PIs) 2008-09, $19,000
Employers and Workers in Post-Katrina New Orleans: The Process of Early Immigrant Incorporation,
Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline, American Sociological Association (Donato, Carl L.
Bankston III, Audrey Singer and Nicole Trujillo-Pagan-Co-PIs) 2006-07, $7,000
Social Networks, Social Support, and Educational Outcomes Among Hawaiian Families, The
Kamehameha Schools (Donato-PI with Chizuko Wakabayashi-Co-PI) 2004-05, $27,613
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Child Obesity in Migrant and Nonmigrant Households in México, Economic Research Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (Donato-PI) 2004-06, $40,000
Fertility and Family Planning in Mexican Communities: A Binational Study, Willliam and Flora Hewlett
Foundation (Donato and Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni-PIs) 2000-04, $425,000
Changing Places, Changing Faces: Immigration in the Nonmetropolitan United States, National Research
Initiative, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Donato, Charles Tolbert and Alfred Nucci-PIs), 2001-2006,
$150,000
Charting the Age of Immigrant Populations in U.S. Urban Areas, The Brookings Institution, $11,000
(Donato and Elizabeth Fussell-Co-PIs), 2002-04, $11,000
Collaborative Research: A Binational Study of Social Capital, Social Networks, and Mexican Health,
National Science Foundation (Donato and Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni-PIs), 2000-02, $147,000
Labor Demand and the Deep-water Oil Industry, U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management
Service, (Donato-PI) 1998-2001, $362,000
Food Insecurity and Immigrant Well-being: Mexican Immigrants to the United States, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, $46,000 (Donato and Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni-PIs), 1998-99, $46,000
Health Consequences of Mexican Migration to the United States, The William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation (Donato and Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni-PIs), 1996-99, $375,000
Health Consequences of Mexican Migration in Houston, Rockefeller Foundation (Donato and Shawn
Malia Kanaiaupuni-PIs) 1997-99, $50,000
Food Assistance Programs and Maternal and Child Health: Legal and Undocumented Migrants from
México," IRP-USDA Small Grants Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Donato and Shawn
Malia Kanaiaupuni-PIs), 1996-97, $38,970
Binational Study of Migration Between México and the United States, U.S. Commission on Immigration
Reform (Donato-PI), 1995-96, $16,000
Health Consequences of Mexican Migration: A Collaborative Proposal, William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation (with Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni), 1995-96, $5,000
Long-term Consequences of U.S. Immigration Policy: Effects of Legal Status on the Labor Market
Conditions of Mexicans, Division of Immigration Policy and Research, Bureau of International Labor
Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor, 1995-96 (Donato and Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni-PIs), 1995, $9,492
Bringing Women In: Mexican Immigration to the United States, Small Grants Program, American
Sociological Association (Donato and Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni-PIs), 1995, $2,500
Poverty Among Puerto Ricans: Differences Between Working and Non-Working Poor, Committees for
Public Policy on Contemporary Hispanic Issues and for Research on the Urban Underclass, Social
Science Research Council (Donato-PI), 1992, $5,000
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Effects of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: Mexican Immigration to the United States,
The Sloan Foundation (Donato and Douglas S. Massey-PIs), 1990-92, $140,535
Internal
Race, Immigration and Acculturation in the United States, Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research Grant,
Vanderbilt University, 2009-2011, $100,000 (with Ifeoma Nkwankwo)
Immigrant Parent Involvement in Schools, Communities and Politics in Nashville, TN, Center for
Nashville Studies, Vanderbilt University, 2007-09, $69,268
Migration in the Americas: México and Latin America in Comparative Context, Publication Colloquium,
Center for the Americas, Vanderbilt University, 2007-08, $50,000 (with Jon Hiskey)
Mexican Adolescent Health Pilot Project, Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, Center for the Americas
at Vanderbilt University, 2007, $5,000
Global Migration and Gender Ratios, University of Minnesota Office of Interdisciplinary Research
Program, 2007-08 (with Donna Gabaccia, Trent Alexander, Catherine Fitch and Maria Bianet
Castellanos), $23,584
Nativity, Race and Health, funded by the James Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University (with
Rudy Guerra), 2005-06, $20,000
Effects of Nativity on Health in the United States, funded by the James Baker Institute for Public Policy,
Rice University (with Bridget Gorman), 2004-05, $20,000
Art in Contemporary Mexican Society, funded by the Brown Teaching Foundation, Rice University,
2001-02, $3,500
Consequences of Immigration Reform: Mexican Migration to the United States, funded by the Council
on Research, Office of Research and Economic Development, Louisiana State University, 1994, $4,000
Effects of Recent Immigration Reform: Mexican Immigration to the United States, supported by the
Center for Life Course and Population Studies, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University,
1992, $2,500
CONTRACTS
Teen Pregnancy among Hispanics, Pew Hispanic Center, Washington, D.C. 2005-06
Changing Places, Changing Faces: Contextual Determinants of the Foreign Born, 1990-2000, Population
Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2001-04
Seminar on the Legalized Population: Five Years Later, Division of Immigration Policy and Research,
U.S. Department of Labor, 1994
OTHER WRITTEN WORK
2014 “President’s Immigration Action Protects Families.” Oped in The Tennessean, November 23.
2014 “The President’s Executive Order: What Difference Will It Make for Immigrants?” The
Conversation, November 21.
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“Nashville: Immigrants in the New ‘It’ City.” Background paper for Americas Society/Council
of the Americas Nashville Roundtable Meeting.
“Gender, Migration and Politics.” American Association of Political Science Migration and
Citizenship Newsletter 1(3): 19-23.
“Keeping the Survey Would Boost Employment.” The Tennessean, July 17.
“Understanding the Economic Consequences of Mexican Immigration to the United States: Much
Done But More To Do.” Work and Occupations 35:189-95.
“Tennessee, Do a Better Job of Providing Early Intervention for All Special-Needs Kids.” The
Tennessean, April 28.
“True Face of Immigration is More Complex than Portrayed.” The Tennessean, March 7.
“The Changing Face of the Gulf Coast: Immigration to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.” In
Migration Information Source, published by the Migration Policy Institute, January (see
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=368) (with Shirin Hakimzadeh)
“In Katrina’s Wake, Who Will Return?” The Brookings Institution, Web Exclusive, September
27 (with Audrey Singer)
Review America’s Newcomers and the Dynamics of Diversity in Urban Studies 42:11
(October): 2004-05.
Review Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an Era of Economic Integration in
International Migration Review 37(3): 893-95.
Review Internal Migration of Women in Developing Countries in Population Research and
Policy Review 14: 137-39.
Review Handbook on International Migration in Contemporary Sociology 22(2): 221-22.
Review American Aliya: Portrait of an Innovative Migration Movement in American Journal of
Sociology 96(3): 796-97.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Weathering the Storm? Employment Transitions of Low-Skill Foreign-Born Mexican and U.S. Born
White Men, 2003-11, revise and resubmit (with Blake Sisk)
A Different Hue of the Gender Gap: Latino Immigrants and Ideological Conservatism in the United
States, under review (with Samantha Perez)
Something Old, Something New: When Gender Matters in the Relationship between Social Support and
Health, under review (with Gabriela León-Pérez, Kenneth A. Wallston, and Sunil Kripalini)
Mexican Children’s Family Migration Arrangements (with Samantha Perez)
Gender, Education, and U.S. Migration from Colombia and Mexico (with Gabriela León-Pérez)
The Immigrant Double Disadvantage among Blacks in the United States (with Anna Jacobs and Brittany
Hearne)
Provision of Healthcare Coverage to the U.S. Unauthorized Population: Lessons Learned and
Implications for Migrant Health in Urban China (with Van C. Tran)
Navigating the Gendered Terrain: Variation in International Migrant Populations (with Bhumika Piya)
INVITED LECTURES AND PAPERS
2015 “Gender, Education, and U.S. Migration from Colombia and Mexico.” Invited paper, El Proyecto
LAMP – Colombia sobre migración, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Bogota
2014 “Gender and International Migration: From Slavery Era to Global Present.” Invited lecture,
Department of Sociology, University of South Florida
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2012
2012
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2011
2011
2011
“Transforming America: Immigration Past and Present.” Invited lecture, Global Studies Program
and Department of Sociology, Saint Leo University
“Explaining Children’s Migration from Mexico to the United States.” Invited lecture, Department
of Sociology, University of Maryland
“The Double Disadvantage Reconsidered: Gender, Immigration, Marital Status, and Global
Labor Force Participation in the 21st Century.” Invited lecture, Center for Migration Studies,
50th Anniversary
“Gender and International Migration.” Plenary lecture at the 3rd Ruppin International Conference
on Immigration and Social Integration, Ruppin Academic Center and Tel Aviv University, Israel
“The Feminization of Migration over the Longue Durée.” Invited lecture, Office of Population
Research, Princeton University
“Healthcare Service Access by U.S. Unauthorized Population: Toward a China Comparison.”
Invited presentation for Migration, Social Development and Social Protection Common
Concerns Seminar, sponsored by Chinese Academy of the Social Sciences and Social Science
Research Council, Beijing
“Children on the Move: Prospects for México-U. S. Migration.” Invited plenary for
International Symposium on Illegality, Youth, and Belonging, Harvard University Graduate
School of Education
“Police Arrests in a Time of Uncertainty: The Impact of 287 (g) on Drivers’ License Arrests in
a New Immigrant Gateway.” Invited lecture for Latino Communities in Old and New
Destinations: Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to Assessing the Impact of Legal Reforms,
University of South Florida
“La Niñez en la Migración de México a Estados Unidos.” Invited lecture at Migration Working
Group, Universidad de San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Weathering the Storm? Employment Transitions of Low-Skill Workers in the United States.”
Invited Lecture, University of Michigan’s Institute for Survey Research, Department of
Sociology, UC-Irvine, University of Pennsylvania and SUNY-Albany
“Gender Differences in the Effects of Social Support on Health.” Invited lecture for the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars, University of Pennsylvania
“U.S. Immigration: Transforming America.” Invited lecture for the Center for the Study of
Social Justice, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
“The Migration-Family Nexus and the México-U.S. Case.” Keynote given at Comparative and
Multi-sited Approaches to International Migration, Conference on Migrations between Africa
and Europe, Paris
“Provision of Healthcare Coverage to the U.S. Unauthorized Population: Lessons Learned and
Implications for Migrant Health in Urban China (with Van C. Tran).” Presented at Social
Development and Social Protection, Academy of Social Sciences and Social Science Research
Council, Beijing
“Convergence in the Labor Market Outcomes of México-U.S. Immigrants.” Presented at
Poverty and Immigration Conference, UC-Davis
“Children on the Move: México-U.S. Migration and its Prospects for the Future.” Presented at
New Realities of Mexican Immigration to the United States, Princeton University
“Migration, Social Networks, and Child Health in Mexican Families.” Presented at the
Department of Sociology, Emory University
“How Many Men? How Many Women? Gender Balance and International Migration.” Plenary
speaker for graduate colloquium, "Women, Migration, and Immigration.” Presented at Northern
Illinois University
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2006
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2006
“Contributions of Mexican Immigrants and Implications for Assimilation.” Presented at the
Center for the Study of Wealth and Inequality, Columbia University
“Children’s Migration from México: Differences by Household Poverty.” Invited paper, The
Sources of Inequality Across the Globe, Juan March Institute, Madrid
“Mexican Immigrants and Public Resources: Costs and Contributions.” Plenary speaker for the
annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association
“Gendered Consequences of International Migration.” Keynote speaker for International
Women’s Week, by International Studies Program and Alice Drum Women’s Center, Franklin
& Marshall College
“Latino Children in Immigrant Families.” Invited discussant at Penn State’s 16th annual
Symposium on Family Issues on the Development of Hispanic Children and Youth in
Immigrant Families: Challenges and Prospects, October
“Immigrant Settlement in Nonmetropolitan Areas of the United States.” Invited lecture for the
Internal Migration and Immigrant Settlement Patterns Panel, U.S. Census Bureau Migration
Speaker Series.
“Education and the México-U.S. Migration System.” Invited lecture at México-U.S. Migration:
Rural Transformation and Development, a conference sponsored by the Lozano Long Institute of
Latin American Studies at the University of Texas Austin, April
“The Consequences of Immigration Policy for Mexican Migration to the United States.” Invited
lecture at the University of Texas San Antonio México Center, April
“Parent Involvement in Schools: A Macro-Level Analysis of Immigrant Gateway Districts.”
Invited paper for the Migration and Education Conference, Social Science Research Council,
December
“New Faces in New Places: Recent Immigrant Settlement in the United States.” Keynote
Distinguished Lecture at the Tennessee Undergraduate Sociological Symposium at Middle
Tennessee State University, November
“Changing Places, Changing Faces: Recent Immigrant Settlement in the United States and Its
Implications.” Keynote speaker for the E. James Holland University Symposium on American
Values, San Angelo University, October
“Gender and Migration in Latin America.” Invited lecture for Conference on Gender and
Migration in Global Perspective. co-sponsored by Barnard College’s Center for Research on
Women, Barnard’s Forum on Migration, and Columbia University’s Institute of Latin American
Studies, October
“Migration and Infant Health.” Invited paper at the Conference on Migration and Human
Development, Sponsored by Stanford Center for Internacional Development and México’s
United Nations Develoment Program, April
Primer Congreso Internacional “Migraciones Globales: Población en Movimiento, Familia y
Comunidades Migrantes.” Featured speaker, la Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Universidad
de Guadalajara, and el Consulado General de los Estados Unidos de Norte América en
Guadalajara.
“The Chilling Effect: Public Service Use and Tax Contributions of Mexican Migrants to the
United States.” Invited lecture, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, December
“Gender and Migration.” Organizer and presenter of workshop at the Social Science History
Association, November
“New Orleans’ Population after Hurricane Katrina.” Invited lecture at Tulane University, March
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“Migration and Health.” Invited paper as part of the Expert Group Meeting on International
Migration and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, sponsored by the Population
Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, the Consejo
Nacional de Población, the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, and the Centro
Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Demografía, México City, December
2005 “Cumulative Impact of Migration on Infant and Child Health.” Invited lecture given to the Johns
Hopkins Working Group on Migration and Health, Department of the History of Medicine and
Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, September
2005 “Immigration Policy and the Employment Conditions of U.S. Immigrants from México,
Nicaragua, and Dominican Republic.” Invited paper presented at Spring Colloquium Series at
Center for Migration and Development at Princeton University, April
2005
Invited contributor to book presentation at “Second Cumbre of the Great Plains: Re-Visioning
Latino America: New Perspectives on Migration, Transnationalism and Integration,” Office of
Latino/Latin American Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha, April
2005 “Changing Places, Changing Faces: What do Internal Census Data Tell Us About Immigrant
Settlement in Nonmetropolitan U.S. Areas?” Invited paper presented at “Immigration in the
United States: New Sources and Destinations,” Russell Sage Foundation, New York, February
2005 “The Salience of Soft Skills in A volatile Local Economy: Employer Demand for Immigrant
Workers in Southern Louisiana.” Invited paper presented at “Immigration in the United States:
New Sources and Destinations,” Russell Sage Foundation, New York, February
2004 “Implications of México-U.S. Migration on Health.” Invited paper presented at “México-United
States Migration: Consequences and Challenges for Both Nations,” a seminar organized by
México’s National Population Council (CONAPO), El Colegio de México, Center for Research
and Higher Education in Social Anthropology (CIESAS), and Center of Economic and
Managerial Sciences of the Universidad de Guadalajara, México City, December
2004 “Recent Patterns and Trends in the Cat and Mouse Game at the México-U.S. Border.” Invited
lectura at Seminario de Migracion Internacional, Colegio del Frontera Norte, Tijuana, July
2004 “Mexican Migration and Infant and Child Health over the Life Course.” Invited lecture/paper
given at the Conference on Mexican Migration over the Life Course, Brown University, May
2004 Commentary on America’s Newcomers and the Dynamics of Diversity by Frank Bean and
Gillian Stevens. Invited special session at annual meeting of the American Sociological
Association, August
2004 Commentary on Perspectives on Immigration Reform. Invited lecture sponsored by the México
Institute of Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and University of Houston Center
for Immigration Research, April
2004 “Gender, Migration and Mexican Health.” Invited lecture at the symposium, Gender and Human
Security of Immigrants in the Midwest, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
March
2004 “The Significance of Gender in Explaining the Effects of Migration on Mexican Child Health.”
Invited lecture at the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University, March
2003 “Ethnicity and Health.” Invited lecture in course, Society and Health, at Rice University, Fall
2003-05 “Immigration, Ethnicity and Hispanic Health.” Invited lecture given as part of “Disparities in
Health in America: Working Toward Social Justice,” The University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center
2002-05 “Social Determinants: Immigration, Ethnicity, Family and Health.” Invited lecture for
“Disparities in
Health in America: Working Toward Social Justice,” University of Houston
2005
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1993
“Is the United States Good for Immigrant Health?” Invited lecture for “Globetrotting with
Scholars: Celebration of the Fulbright,” supported by School of Continuing Studies, Rice
University
“Latinos in the South Symposium.” Invited as discussant of four papers, Rural Sociological
Society, Atlanta
“Women and Men at the Border: Undocumented Crossings.” Invited to present at Third
Binational Conference on México-U.S. Migration, Puerto Vallarta, México, March
“Health Consequences of México-U.S. Migration: Observations and Reflections.” Invited lecture
at “Cutoff: Impact Across Generations,” Georgetown Family Center, Washington, D.C., April
“Counting on Kin: Social Networks, Social Support and Child Health in México.” Invited lecture
at Seminario de Migracion Internacional at the Colegio de Frontera Norte, Tijuana, May
“Immigrant Families: Their Medical, Pyschological and Social Needs.” Invited lecture at the
Tenneco Community Symposium on Immigration and the Family, organized by the University of
Houston, March
“Boom to Whom? Effects of Investment Liberalization on Poverty and Income Distribution in
México.” Invited lecture at the conference, The Americas Project, James A. Baker III Institute of
Public Policy at Rice University, October
Invited discussant for the seminar, “Dialogo Migratorio México-EUA 1995-2000,” organized by
Mexican and U.S. governments in México City, October
“Health Consequences of Mexican Migration to the United States.” Invited lecture at a seminar
by the Rockefeller Foundation, Los Cabos, México, November
“Food Assistance Use: Differences by Legal Status.” Invited lecture at the Department of
Sociology,Mississippi State University
“Going to Work but Never Leaving Home: Working at Home for Pay, 1991-97.” Invited lecture
at conference, Work and Family: Today’s Realities and Tomorrow’s Visions, Boston
“The Health of Mexican Children and Families in Houston and México.” Invited lecture at the
workshop, Ethnographic Research on the Health and Well-Being of Immigrant Children and
Families, National Research Council, Board on Children, Youth, and Families in Irvine
“The Consequences of Migration for Maternal and Child Health.” Invited lecture at International
Seminar on the Consequences of Demographic and Epidemiologic Transition in Latin America,
México City, México
“Poverty, Demographic Change and the Migration of Mexican Women.” Invited lecture at the
seminar on Women, Poverty, and Demographic Change, Committee on Gender and Population,
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Oaxaca, México.
“Changes in the Employability of Minority Men, 1960-85.” Invited lecture at the Congressional
Hispanic Caucus Institute Issues Conference, Washington, DC
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Donato, Katharine M., Anna Jacobs, and Brittany Hearne.
2015 “The Immigrant Double Disadvantage among Blacks in the United States.” To be presented at
the annual meeting of the Population Association of America
Donato, Katharine M.
2014 “Migrant Adolescent Girls: What We Don’t Know, What We Need to Know, and How We
Can Do Better.” Panel discussion at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America
Donato, Katharine M. and Bhumika Piya
2014 “Gender, Immigration, and Labor Market Activity in New Global Contexts by the 21st
Century.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association
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Donato, Katharine M., Amanda Carrico, and Bhumika Piya
2014 “Economic Development and International Migration in South Asia.” Presented at the annual
meeting of the American Sociological Association
Donato, Katharine M. and Samantha Perez
2014 “Mexican Children’s Family Migration Arrangements.” Presented at the annual meeting of the
American Sociological Association
Piya, Bhumika and Katharine M. Donato
2013 “Navigating the Gendered Terrain: Variation in International Migrant Populations.” Presented
at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America
Donato, Katharine M. and Blake Sisk
2012 “Children on the Move: Prospects for México-U.S. Migration.” Presented at the annual
meeting of the Population Association of America
Sisk, Blake and Katharine M. Donato
2012 “Weathering the Storm? Employment Transitions of Low-Skill Foreign-Born Mexican and
U.S. Born White Men, 2003-2011.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of
America.
Alexander, Trent, Katharine M. Donato and Donna Gabaccia
2008 “Gender Ratios in Global Migrations: 1850-2005.” Presented at the annual meeting of the
Population Association of America
Sana, Mariano, Katharine M. Donato, and Laurie Chancey
2008 “Trends in Skilled Migration to the United States.” Presented at the annual meeting of the
Population Association of America
Wakabayashi, Chizuko and Katharine M. Donato
2007 “Health Consequences of Immigration in Women’s Later Life.” Presented at the annual
meeting of the American Sociological Association
Marschall, Melissa, Paru Shah, and Katharine M. Donato
2006 “Schools and Parental Involvement Policy: Macro-Level Analysis of Immigrant Gateway
Districts.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association
Donato, Katharine M., Douglas S. Massey, and Brandon Wagner
2006 “The Chilling Effect: Public Service Usage by Mexican Migrants to the United States.”
Presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America
Donato, Katharine M. and Audrey Singer
2006 “The Changing Face of Immigration in the Gulf States.” Presented at the annual meeting of
the Southern Sociological Society
Donato, Katharine M., Chizuko Wakabayashi, and Amada Armenta
2004 “Gender, U.S. Immigration Policy, and the Employment Conditions of Mexican Migrants.”
Presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America
Donato, Katharine M. and Shirin Hakimzadeh
2004 “Migration and Infant Mortality: Evidence from México and Peru.” Presented at the annual
meeting of the Population Association of America
Donato, Katharine M., Chizuko Wakabayashi, Amada Armenta, and Shirin Hakimzadeh
2003 “U.S. Immigration Policy Effects on the Wages of Latino Immigrants: Differences between
Men and Women.” Presented at the Conference on Migration and Development, University of
Zacatecas, México
Donato, Katharine M., Charles Tolbert, Yukio Kawano, and Alfred Nucci
2003 “Intergenerational Earnings Differences among Persons of Mexican Origin.” Presented at the
annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association
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Donato, Katharine M., Michael O. Emerson, and Chizuko Wakabayashi
2003 “Religion and Migration Effects on Adolescent Health: Race and Ethnic Differences in Risk
Behaviors.” Presented at the 2003 annual meeting of the American Sociological Association
Donato, Katharine M., Charles Tolbert, Alfred Nucci, and Yukio Kawano
2003 “Changing Places, Changing Faces: What do Internal Census Data Tell Us About Immigrant
Settlement in Nonmetropolitan U.S. Areas?” Presented at annual meeting of Rural Sociological
Society
Donato, Katharine M., Melissa Stainback, Caitlin Clare Rosenthal, and Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni
2003 “Is Migration Healthy for Boys and Girls? Sex Differences in Child Health.” Presented at the
annual meeting of the Population Association of America
Fussell, Elizabeth and Katharine M. Donato
2003 “Charting the Age of Immigrant Populations in U.S. Urban Areas: 1990-2000.” Presented at
the annual meeting of the Population Association of America
Donato, Katharine M.
2003 “Sex Differences in the Impact of U.S. Immigration Policy on Undocumented Border
Crossing.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Latin American Studies Association
Donato, Katharine M., Melissa Stainback, and Carl Bankston III
2002 “The Economic Incorporation of Mexican Immigrants in Southern Louisiana: A Tale of Two
Cities.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association
Donato, Katharine M., Melissa Stainback, and Shawn M. Kanaiaupuni
2002 “Immigrant Adaptation and Mexican Health: The Effects of U.S. Duration.” Presented at the
annual meeting of the Population Association of America
Donato, Katharine and Evelyn Patterson
2002 “Changes in the Cat and Mouse Game at the Border: New Patterns and Trends.” Presented at
the annual meeting of the Population Association of America
Donato, Katharine M., Shawn M. Kanaiaupuni, and Rebecca Carter
2001 “Fertility Preferences and Contraceptive Use: How Migration Affects the Choices of Mexican
Women.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association
Donato, Katharine M., Shawn M. Kanaiaupuni, and Melissa Stainback
2001 “Silent No More: Considering Men’s Impact on Mexican Women’s Fertility Decisions.”
Presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America
Kanaiaupuni, Shawn M. and Katharine M. Donato
2001 “Social Network Structure and Social Support Activation: The Effects of México-U.S.
Migration.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America
Donato, Katharine M., Charles Tolbert, and Alfred Nucci
2000 “Changing Places, Changing Faces: Contextual Analyses of the Foreign Born 1990-2000.”
Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association
Donato, Katharine M. and Shawn M. Kanaiaupuni
2000 “Re-examining the Epidemiological Paradox: A Binational Study of Non-migrants, Returned
Migrants and Current U.S. Immigrants from México.” Presented at the annual meeting of the
American Sociological Association
Donato, Katharine M. and Shawn M. Kanaiaupuni
2000 “Is Flexible Employment Family Friendly? Evidence from the 1990s.” Presented at the annual
meeting of the Population Association of America
Kanaiaupuni, Shawn M. and Katharine M. Donato
2000 “Networks that Count: Health of Mexican Families in the United States.” Presented at the
annual meeting of the Population Association of America
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Stainback, Melissa and Katharine M. Donato
1999 “Flexible Forms of Employment in the 1990s: Do they Mediate the Dilemmas of Working
Families?” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association
Lee, Marlene, Katharine M. Donato, and Chizuko Wakabayashi
1999 “Immigrant Status and Elderly Living Arrangements.” Presented at the annual meeting of the
American Sociological Association
Donato, Katharine M., Shawn M. Kanaiaupuni, and Rebecca Carter
1999 “Contraceptive Use and Fertility among Women in México: Effects of U.S.-México
Migration.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America
Thompson-Colón, Theresa, Shawn M. Kanaiaupuni, and Katharine M. Donato
1999 “Social Networks, Social Support and Health among Mexican Immigrant Households.”
Presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America
Donato, Katharine M. and Shawn M. Kanaiaupuni
1998 “Food Assistance and the Legal Status of Mexican Migrants.” Presented at the USDA Small
Grants Seminar, sponsored by the Institute for Research on Poverty
Donato, Katharine M., Dawn T. Robinson, and Carl Bankston, III
1998 “Being from South Texas: Mexican Immigrants in Louisiana.” Presented at the annual
meeting of the Latin American Studies Association
Donato, Katharine M. and Shawn M. Kanaiaupuni
1998 “The Effects of Migration on Fertility in México.” Presented at the annual meeting of the
Population Association of America
Stainback, Melissa and Katharine M. Donato
1998 “Race and Ethnicity of Home Laborers in the United States: 1991-1997.” Poster presented at
the annual meeting of the Population Association of America
Kanaiaupuni, Shawn Malia and Katharine M. Donato
1997 "Migration and the Reproductive Health of Mexican Women." Presented at the annual meeting
of the Population Association of America
Kanaiaupuni, Shawn Malia and Katharine M. Donato
1996 “Migradollars and Mortality: The Effects of Migration on Infant Survival in México.”
Presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America
Donato, Katharine M.
1994 “NAFTA and Mexican Migration to the United States.” Presented at the annual meeting of the
International Studies Association
Singer, Audrey, Katharine M. Donato, and Douglas S. Massey
1994 “The Social Process of Border Crossing: Mexican Migration to the United States.” Presented
at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America
Donato, Katharine M.
1993 “U.S. Policy and Mexican Migration to the United States, 1942_92.” Presented at a conference
on binational México-U.S. migration sponsored by the Mexican Studies Program at the University of
Chicago
Donato, Katharine M. and Shawn Kanaiaupuni
1993 “Migration, Marriage and the Labor Force Activity of Mexican Women and Men.” Presented
at the annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association
Donato, Katharine M. and DeAnn Gauthier
1993 “Minority Poverty: Differences between Working and Nonworking Poor Families.” Presented
at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association
Katharine M. Donato
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Donato, Katharine M. and Douglas S. Massey
1993 “Legal Status and Social Service Use: Mexican Migrants to the United States.” Presented at
the annual meeting of the Population Association of America
Donato, Katharine M.
1992 “Immigration Policy in the 1990s: Transnational Processes.” Presented at the annual meeting
of the Latin American Studies Association
Donato, Katharine M.
1992 “Current Trends and Patterns in Female Migration: Evidence from México.” Presented at the
annual meeting of the Population Association
Donato, Katharine M.
1992 “Recent Trends in Mexican Migration to the United States.” Presented at the annual meeting
of the American Sociological Association
Donato, Katharine M., Kristin Neuman, and Shawn Kanaiaupuni
1992 “Occupational Mobility of Migrants: Opportunities in México and the United States.”
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association
Donato, Katharine M. and Douglas S. Massey
1991 “Effects of the Immigration Reform and Control Act on the Wages of Mexican Migrants.”
Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association
Donato, Katharine M., Jorge Durand, and Douglas S. Massey
1991 “Stemming the Tide? Deterrent Effects of the Immigration Reform and Control Act.”
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association
Donato, Katharine, Joan M. Morris, Mary Gautier, and Wayne Villemez
1991 “Job Mobility: Employers, Employees, and the Promotional Opportunities of Jobs.” Presented
at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association
Donato, Katharine M.
1990 “Immigrants and Their Sponsors: A New Look at the Demand for U.S. Migrants.” Presented
at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association
Donato, Katharine M.
1990 “Recent Trends in U.S. Immigration.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Population
Association of America
Tienda, Marta, Hector Cordero-Guzmán, and Katharine M. Donato
1990 “Queues and Consequences: Labor Force Participation of Minority Men and Women.”
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association
Donato, Katharine M.
1989 “Why So Many Women? Cross National Variation in the Sex Composition of U.S.
Immigrants.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association
Donato, Katharine M.
1988 “Crossing International Borders: Female Immigration from the Philippines.” Presented at the
annual meeting of the American Sociological Association
Donato, Katharine M. and Andrea Tyree
1986 “Understanding the Sex Composition of Immigrants to the United States.” Presented at the annual
meeting of the American Sociological Association
TEACHING
Courses Taught
2015
Sociology of Climate Change
2014
Methods of Sociological Inquiry (graduate seminar)
Katharine M. Donato
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2010-13
2011
2008-09
2006-07
2000-06
1998-99
1994-98
1989-93
1985-88
International Migration (graduate seminar), Contemporary Mexican Society
Foundations of Medicine Health & Society
Sociological Methods and Survey Research Methods (graduate seminars)
Population & Society, Contemporary Mexican Society, U.S. Immigration
Social Statistics, Demography, Contemporary Mexican Society, Immigration and Public Health
Honors Introductory Sociology
Gender, Race and Ethnic Inequality (graduate seminar)
Population, Statistics, Gender and Work, Introduction to Sociology
Gender and Work, Sociology of Work, Introduction to Sociology
STUDENT Ph.D./M.A. COMMITTEES
Ph.D. from Vanderbilt
AY 2014-15 – Chairing committees for Samantha Perez, Bhumika Piya, Gabriela Perez Leon
2014 Ebony Duncan, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Washington University (Chair)
2014 Blake Sisk, Postdoctoral Fellow, CASPAR Undergraduate Advisor, VU (Chair)
2013 Diana Maria Orces, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Oakland University (Member)
2009 Haihong Wang, Research Associate, Cygnus Applied Research (Member)
2008 Emily Tanner-Smith, Research Associate, Peabody Institute, Vanderbilt University (Member)
M.A.
2010 Ebony Duncan (Chair)
2013 Leslie Rodriguez (Chair)
2013 Bhumika Piya (Chair)
2013 Samantha Perez (Chair)
2014 Chelsea Morgan Williams (Chair)
2011 Alyson Nunez (Chair)
Ph.D. from Louisiana State University
2000 Melissa Stainback (Chair)
2000 Rebecca Carter/Powers, Associate Professor, Sociology, East Carolina University (Chair)
2000 Michelle Livermore, Associate Professor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Member)
1996 Yanyi K. Djamba, Professor, Auburn University at Montgomery (Member)
1995 Mary L. Gautier, Senior Research Associate, Center for Applied Research, Georgetown (Member)
1995 Carl Bankston III, Professor, Sociology, Tulane University (Member)
M.A.
1996 Melissa Stainback (Chair)
1996 Rebecca Carter/Powers (Chair)
1996 Pamela R. Bennett, Associate Professor, Queens College and CUNY Graduate Center (Chair)
1995 Dana Haynie, Professor, The Ohio State University (Chair)
Honors Undergraduates VU
Nicole Chanin
Matthew Farina
LANGUAGES
Spanish and English