Sara Villalta
Assistant Professor of Sociology Loyola Marymount University
Education
University of California at Irvine
Ph.D.
Sociology
2022
University of California at Irvine
M.A.
Sociology
2018
University of California at Irvine
B.A.
Sociology
2012
Social
Areas of Expertise
Race and Ethnicity
Education
Immigration
Adolescent Peer Relationships
Social Network Analysis
Accomplishments
Outstanding Research Award, Department of Sociology, UC Irvine
2019
Dean’s Honors List, UC Riverside, Multiple Quarters
2010 - 2012
Chancellor’s Honors List, UC Riverside
2010 - 2011
Affiliations
- American Sociological Association (ASA) : Member
- Population Association of America (PAA) : Member
- International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) : Member
Event Appearances
Examining Reliability and Validity Across Skin Color Scales and Investigating 2022 Discrimination by Color and Race
Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association Los Angeles, CA
2022-01-01
Above and Beyond Racial Homophily: How Overlooked Phenotype Stratification 2022 Masks Racial Segregation in Adolescent Friendship Networks
Sunbelt International Social Networks Conference Cairns, Australia
2022-01-01
The Influence of Friendships on Biracial Adolescent Ethnic-Racial Saliency
Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence New Orleans, LA
2022-01-01
Articles
Adolescent Partnership Quality and Emotional Health: Insights from a Diary Study
Social Forces2022
