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William E. Rosales
 Graduate Trainee - SociologyAdvisors: Professor Robert Mare Year Entered Doctoral Program at UCLA: 2008 Masters Degree: Public Policy, University of Rochester Juris Doctor: University of Wisconsin Law School Undergraduate School/Major: Political Science, University of Rochester Email: Research: Currently, my research examines the extent to which neighborhood context explains racial and ethnic group differences in civic engagement and social participation. Using the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey, I examine the influence of individual level factors such as SES, household and demographic characteristics as well as environmental level factors related to the social context of one’s neighborhood on various acts of civic engagement and social participation. Publications and conference presentations: Dethroning Economic Kings: The Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 and its Modern Awakening, 2004 WIS. L. REV. 1497, reprinted at JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL & FOOD INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION: VOL. 3: NO. 2, ARTICLE 4. Sentence Adjustment Petitions: An Update, THE WISCONSIN DEFENDER, Winter/Spring 2007, available at http://www.wisspd.org/html/publications/publications2.asp (last visited Nov. 2007). Negotiating Legal Boundaries, University of California-Santa Barbara, May 14-16, 2009, Presenter. Engaging in What?: Examining Variations in Levels of Immigrant Civic Engagement in Los Angeles”, University of California-Irvine, May 9, 2009, Presenter Honors and awards: UCLA-NSF IGERT Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program Trainee (2009-2011) UCLA Sociology Department Fellowship 2008-2009 Ford Fellowship (Honorable Mention) Winner of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section’s Student Writing Competition Samson Law School Fellowship Vicki and Brent Orrico Scholarship Frederick C. Suhr Award Andre M. Saltoun Award Current hobbies, interests, extracurricular activities: Running, reading history, watching Indie films, and listening to Indie rock/Latino rock. |
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