Sara Villalta
Assistant Professor of Sociology | Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Education (3)
University of California at Irvine: Ph.D., Sociology 2022
University of California at Irvine: M.A., Sociology 2018
University of California at Irvine: B.A., Sociology 2012
Areas of Expertise (5)
Race and Ethnicity
Education
Immigration
Adolescent Peer Relationships
Social Network Analysis
Accomplishments (3)
Outstanding Research Award, Department of Sociology, UC Irvine
2019
Dean’s Honors List, UC Riverside, Multiple Quarters
2010 - 2012
Chancellor’s Honors List, UC Riverside
2010 - 2011
Affiliations (3)
- American Sociological Association (ASA) : Member
- Population Association of America (PAA) : Member
- International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) : Member
Event Appearances (3)
Examining Reliability and Validity Across Skin Color Scales and Investigating 2022 Discrimination by Color and Race
Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association Los Angeles, CA
2022-01-01
Above and Beyond Racial Homophily: How Overlooked Phenotype Stratification 2022 Masks Racial Segregation in Adolescent Friendship Networks
Sunbelt International Social Networks Conference Cairns, Australia
2022-01-01
The Influence of Friendships on Biracial Adolescent Ethnic-Racial Saliency
Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence New Orleans, LA
2022-01-01
Articles (1)
Adolescent Partnership Quality and Emotional Health: Insights from a Diary Study
Social Forces2022
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