Charlene Cruz Cerdas

Charlene Cruz-Cerdas’ research interests include race, ethnicity, and immigration; social stratification, as well as the social mobility and educational attainment of Latinos in the U.S. Using the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 she is working on a paper that examines the persistent inequality in Latino educational attainment and the impact this has on Latino social mobility in the U.S. Charlene also conducted a qualitative study where she looked at how a Puerto Rican community in Philadelphia negotiates marginality through a community based organization.