Google Scholar URL
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=E7SGEMEAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Interests
Rafael Martinez’s research interests include: immigration and migration, undocumented youth social movements and identities around illegalization and DACAmented status.
He approaches these research themes and topics through research medthods such as: oral histories, testimonials, storytelling, digital humanities and digital archives, and media productions.
Book (Forthcoming)
Martínez, Rafael A. Illegalized: Undocumented Youth Movements in the United States. University of Arizona Press, 2024.
Publications (Peer-Reviewed Articles)
Martínez, Rafael A., “Transnational DREAMer Narratives: Following the Deportation and Return-Migration Trails of Mexican Immigrant Youths.” Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, Vol. 49, Issue 1, 2024, 79-100.
Cadenas, Germán A., Martínez, Rafael A., Aguilar, Carlos. “Critical Consciousness Development among Undocumented Youth: State of the Science, Historiography of Immigration Policy, and Recommendations for Research and Practice.” Critical Consciousness: Expanding Theory, Methods, and Measurements. Cambridge University Press, 2023. https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/psychology/developmental-psychology/developing-critical-consciousness-youth-contexts-and-settings?format=HB
Martínez, Rafael, Orozco, Froilan, Canales-Navarrete, Nancy. “‘Even if you’re not going to plant, use your water:’ Forging Identity Through Cultural Practices.” Chamisa: A Journal of Literacy, Performance, and Visual Arts of the Greater Southwest, vol. 1, no. 1, 2021, p. 101-116. https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/chamisa/
Martinez, Rafael A., Schreiber, Rebecca, “Sovereignty and Sanctuary: A Roundtable,”Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures. Indiana University, 2018. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/chiricu.3.issue-1
Martínez, Rafael. “Transformative Borders in Cinema: Evolving Concepts of Migrant Crossings.” La Frontera: Reflections on Borders in American Culture, edited by Judit Agnes Kadar and Andras Tarnoc. Americana eBooks, 2017. https://ebooks.americanaejournal.hu/books/la-frontera/