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D-Index
37
Citations
15251
World Ranking
6050
National Ranking
2883

Overview

Patricia Gurin is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with particular attention to cultural studies and education.

Their work involves several main topics, including:

  • Service-Learning and Community Engagement
  • Latin American and Latino Studies
  • Asian American and Pacific Histories

The scholar has collaborated frequently with colleagues such as Biren A. Nagda and Aída Hurtado.

Patricia Gurin has authored book publications through the University of Arizona Press. One notable title is Chicana/o Identity in a Changing U.S. Society, published in 2023, which has garnered citations in academic literature.

Their contributions span both broader social science inquiry and more specialized subfields. In cultural studies, they explore complex identity and community issues, while their education-related work adds another dimension to their academic profile.

Patricia Gurin's interdisciplinary approach includes engagement with topics centered on diverse ethnic and cultural histories, reflecting intersections among community, identity, and social structures.

Best Publications

  • Diversity and Higher Education: Theory and Impact on Educational Outcomes

    Patricia Gurin;Eric L. Dey;Sylvia Hurtado;Gerald Gurin

  • Internal-External Control in the Motivational Dynamics of Negro Youth.

    Patricia Gurin;Gerald Gurin;Rosina C. Lao;Muriel Beattie

  • Group Consciousness and Political Participation

    Arthur H. Miller;Patricia Gurin;Gerald Gurin;Oksana Malanchuk

  • The Benefits of Diversity in Education for Democratic Citizenship

    Patricia Gurin;Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda;Gretchen E. Lopez

  • Black consciousness, identity, and achievement: A study of students in historically Black colleges

    Patricia Gurin;Edgar G. Epps

  • Stratum identification and consciousness.

    Patricia Gurin;Arthur H. Miller;Gerald Gurin

  • Women's Gender Consciousness

    Patricia Gurin

  • Personal and Ideological Aspects of Internal and External Control.

    Patricia Gurin;Gerald Gurin;Betty M. Morrison

  • Hope and Independence: Blacks' Response to Electoral and Party Politics

    Patricia Gurin;Shirley Hatchett;James S. Jackson

  • Transformative Pedagogy for Democracy and Social Justice

    Biren A. Nagda;Patricia Gurin;Gretchen E. Lopez

  • Expert Report of Patricia Gurin

    Patricia Gurin

  • Properties of gender identity and their implications for gender consciousness

    Patricia Gurin;Aloen Townsend

  • Dialogue Across Difference: Practice, Theory, and Research on Intergroup Dialogue

    Patricia Gurin;Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda;Ximena Zuniga

  • Social Identities—A Framework for Studying the Adaptations of Immigrants and Ethnics: The Adaptations of Mexicans in the United States

    Aida Hurtado;Patricia Gurin;Timothy Peng

  • College Environments, Diversity, and Student Learning

    Sylvia Hurtado;Eric L. Dey;Patricia Y. Gurin;Gerald Gurin

  • Education and Understanding Structural Causes for Group Inequalities

    Gretchen E. Lopez;Patricia Gurin;Biren A. Nagda

  • Context, identity, and intergroup relations.

    Patricia Gurin;Timothy Peng;Gretchen Lopez;Biren A. Nagda

  • Taking a “Hands On” Approach to Diversity in Higher Education: A Critical‐Dialogic Model for Effective Intergroup Interaction

    Nicholas Sorensen;Biren Ratnesh A. Nagda;Patricia Gurin;Kelly E. Maxwell

  • Women, Politics and Change

    Louise A. Tilly;Patricia Gurin

  • Fostering Integrative Knowledge Through ePortfolios

    Malinda Matney;Melissa Peet;Patricia Gurin;Page Boyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Sylvia Hurtado
Sylvia Hurtado University of California, Los Angeles
Aloen L. Townsend
Aloen L. Townsend Case Western Reserve University
Greg J. Duncan
Greg J. Duncan University of California, Irvine
Hazel Rose Markus
Hazel Rose Markus Stanford University
James S. Jackson
James S. Jackson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Claude M. Steele
Claude M. Steele Stanford University

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