Melissa Guzman Garcia

• Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara 
• M.A., Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
• B.S., Sociology and Philosophy, Grand Valley State University

Race, Migration, Citizenship, Punishment, Religion

• LTNS 485: Latina/o Youth, Crime, and Justice
• LTNS 430: Race, Crime, and Justice
• LTNS 215: Introduction to Latina/o Studies
• LTNS 707: Graduate Seminar in Latina/o Studies 

Coming soon.

• LTNS Department Curriculum Review Committee 2021-present
• College of Ethnic Studies Graduate Council 2018-present

• Guzman, Melissa. 2020.  “Sanctifying the Expansion of Carceral Control: Spiritual Supervision in the Religious Lives of Criminalized Latinas."  Punishment and Society.  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1462474520925328?journalCo…
• Guzman Garcia, Melissa.  2020.  “Mobile sanctuary: Latina/o Evangelicals redefining sanctuary and contesting immobility in Fresno, CA.”  Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.   https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2020.1761780?journ…
• Guzman Garcia, Melissa.  2018.  “Spiritual Citizenship:  Immigrant religious participation and the management of deportability.”  International Migration Review. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1111/imre.12306
• Rios, V.M., Morin J.L, Martinez I., and Guzman, Melissa. 2015.  Latina/o Youth and Criminal Justice. In Morin, Jose Luis Latinas/os and Criminal Justice: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO
• Guzman, Melissa. 2011. “Accomplishing “Tellable-Tellings”: Managing Displays of Faith on Live Radio.” In Detwiler and Breckenridge (eds), Pushing the Boundaries of Latin American Testimony:  Meta-morphoses and Migrations.  Palgrave McMillan.  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057%2F9781137012142
• Guzman, Melissa. 2006.  “Inducing the Holy Spirit through the Pentecostal Message.”  McNair Scholars Journal, 10:1.