Selected Works
Publications (†Indicates Equal Authorship)
Alcaraz, Melissa†, Ashley Larsen Gibby†, and Nancy Luke. 2020. “Non-Parental Family Members as Brokers of Family Social Capital: Compensatory Time Use in India.” Social Sciences 9(12):217.
Alcaraz, Melissa. 2020. “Beyond Financial Resources: The Role of Parents’ Education in Predicting Children’s Educational Persistence in Mexico.” International Journal of Educational Development 75:102188..
Edmunds, Chrisse*†, and Melissa Alcaraz†. 2021. “Childhood Material Hardship and Adolescent Mental Health.” Youth & Society. (OnlineFirst).
Downey, Douglas B, David M. Quinn, and Melissa Alcaraz. 2019. “The Distribution of School Quality: Do Schools Serving Mostly White and High-SES Children Produce the Most Learning?” Sociology of Education 92(4):386-403.
Manuscripts Under Review (*Indicates Graduate Student)
Alcaraz, Melissa. Revise and Resubmit. “Marry, Attend School, or Migrate?: Adolescent Marital Aspirations within a Context of Declining Migration.” (At International Migration Review.)
Alcaraz, Melissa, Sarah R. Hayford, and Jennifer E. Glick. Revise and Resubmit. “Desired Fertility and Educational Aspirations: New Evidence from a Context of Rapid Social Change.” (At Journal of Marriage and Family.)
Manuscripts in Progress
Alcaraz, Melissa. “More than Friends: Profiles of Adolescent Romantic Relationships in Rural Mexico.”
Alcaraz, Melissa. “‘Think About your Future’: Collective Narratives and Parents’ Aspirations for their Adolescents.”
Glick, Jennifer, Sarah Miller*, Melissa Alcaraz*, and Dirgha J. Ghimire. Working Paper. “Educational Aspirations and Migration: A Comparative Approach.”
Hayford, Sarah, Melissa Alcaraz*, Jennifer Glick, and Scott Yabiku. Working Paper. “Raising Boys and Girls in a Context of Rapid Social Change.”
Awards
2019 Alumni Grants for Graduate Research, Graduate School, The Ohio State University. $5,000
2019 Silverman Research Grant, Department of Sociology. $1,800
2019 Summer Methods Training Grant, Department of Sociology. $400
2019 – 2020 Administrative supplement to “Family Migration Context and Early Life Outcomes.” Research supplement to promote diversity in health-related research; financial support for graduate student. National Institutes of Health, NICHD. With Sarah Hayford and Jennifer Glick, PIs. $66,028. Awarded for 18-month period from January 2019 – June 2020.
2018 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program – Honorable Mention
2016 – 2017 Graduate Enrichment Fellowship