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Wayne A. Cornelius is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego, in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with a focus on several subfields, including Sociology and Political Science, Communication, Demography, Clinical Psychology, and Cultural Studies.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics related to migration and social dynamics. Main themes include Migration, Refugees, and Integration; Social Media and Politics; Diaspora, Migration, Transnational Identity; Migration and Labor Dynamics; Migration, Health and Trauma; Immigration and Intercultural Education; and Human Rights and Immigration.

Recent academic contributions by Wayne A. Cornelius consist of several papers published between 2021 and 2024. These include:

  • "Transnational Political Engagement and the Civic Incorporation of Mexican Immigrants in the United States," published in 2021 in Revista Latinoamericana de Opinión Pública
  • "Subnational immigration policymaking in the United States: the role of issue entrepreneurs in California, Texas, and Florida," published in 2024 in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
  • "La inmigración como tema en las elecciones estadounidenses y su importancia," published in 2024 in Revista Mexicana de Sociología

Wayne A. Cornelius frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Co-authors include James A. McCann, David L. Leal, Rachel Navarre, and Monica W. Varsanyi.

Their findings have appeared in several scholarly venues, notably Revista Latinoamericana de Opinión Pública, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, and Revista Mexicana de Sociología.

Best Publications

  • Controlling Immigration: A Global Perspective.

    Martin Brockerhoff;Wayne A. Cornelius;Philip L. Martin;James F. Hollifield

  • Death at the Border: Efficacy and Unintended Consequences of US Immigration Control Policy

    Wayne A. Cornelius

  • Politics and the Migrant Poor in Mexico City

    Wayne A. Cornelius

  • Controlling ‘Unwanted’ Immigration: Lessons from the United States, 1993–2004

    Wayne A. Cornelius

  • IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS

    Wayne A. Cornelius;Marc R. Rosenblum

  • Transforming State-Society Relations in Mexico: The National Solidarity Strategy

    Julián F. Bertranou;Wayne Cornelius;Ann Craig;Jonathan Fox

  • Does border enforcement deter unauthorized immigration? The case of Mexican migration to the United States of America

    Wayne A. Cornelius;Idean Salehyan

  • Interviewing undocumented immigrants : methodological reflections based on fieldwork in Mexico and the U.S.

    Wayne A. Cornelius

  • Subnational Politics and Democratization in Mexico

    Kenneth Maxwell;Wayne A. Cornelius;Todd A. Eisenstadt;Jane Hindley

  • California's Immigrant Children: Theory, Research, and Implications for Educational Policy

    Rubén G. Rumbaut;Wayne A. Cornelius

  • Mexican migration to the United States

    Wayne A. Cornelius

  • Differential effects of migration and deportation on HIV infection among male and female injection drug users in Tijuana, Mexico.

    Steffanie A. Strathdee;Remedios Lozada;Victoria D. Ojeda;Robin A. Pollini

  • Impacts of the 1986 US immigration law on emigration from rural Mexican sending communities.

    Wayne A. Cornelius

  • The transformation of rural Mexico : reforming the ejido sector

    Wayne A. Cornelius;David Myhre

  • Controlling immigration : a global perspective

    James Frank Hollifield;Philip L. Martin;Pia M. Orrenius

  • Deportation along the U.S.-Mexico border: its relation to drug use patterns and accessing care.

    K. C. Brouwer;R. Lozada;W. A. Cornelius;M. Firestone Cruz

  • The Mexican political system in transition

    Wayne A. Cornelius;Ann L. Craig

  • Impacts of border enforcement on Mexican migration : the view from sending communities

    Wayne A. Cornelius;Jessa M Lewis

  • The uncertain connection: free trade and rural Mexican migration to the United States.

    Wayne A. Cornelius;Philip L. Martin

  • Utilization of Health Services by Mexican Immigrant Women in San Diego

    Leo R. Chavez;Wayne A. Cornelius;Oliver William Jones

  • Mexican migration and the U.S. economic crisis : a transnational perspective

    Wayne A. Cornelius

  • Reforming the administration of justice in Mexico

    Wayne A. Cornelius;David A. Shirk

  • Mexican immigrants and southern California : a summary of current knowledge

    Wayne A. Cornelius;Leo R. Chavez;Jorge G. Castro

  • The Changing Profile of Mexican Migrants to the United States: New Evidence from California and Mexico

    Wayne A. Cornelius;Enrico A. Marcelli

  • Mexican politics in transition : the breakdown of a one-party-dominant regime

    Wayne A. Cornelius

  • Controlling Immigration: A Global Perspective.

    Leah Haus;Wayne A. Cornelius;Philip L. Martin;James F. Hollifield

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip L. Martin
Philip L. Martin University of California, Davis
Steffanie A. Strathdee
Steffanie A. Strathdee University of California, San Diego
Carlos Magis-Rodriguez
Carlos Magis-Rodriguez University of California, San Diego
Idean Salehyan
Idean Salehyan University of North Texas
Leo R. Chavez
Leo R. Chavez University of California, Irvine
Janet L. Lauritsen
Janet L. Lauritsen University of Missouri–St. Louis
Robert J. Sampson
Robert J. Sampson Harvard University
Terrie E. Moffitt
Terrie E. Moffitt Duke University
James F. Wilson
James F. Wilson University of Edinburgh

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