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Rhacel Salazar ParrenasProfessor of Sociology and Gender StudiesChair Contact Information E-mail: parrenas@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-3533 Office: KAP 352 LINKS Curriculum Vitae Google Scholar - Citations Faculty Spotlight |
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| Rhacel Salazar Parreñas is Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies and Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Southern California. She is known for her work on women's labor and migration in economic globalization. She has received more than 100 invitations to share her work at universities, government and nongovernmental institutions, and research think-tanks throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, including the United Nations and the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. Her research has been featured in various news media outlets including NPR's The World, Bloomberg News, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, de Volkskrant, and American Prospect. Her dissertation was made into a documentary, The Chain of Love (2000), by the public broadcasting station VPRO-TV in the Netherlands. Professor Parreñas has co-edited three anthologies and has written four monographs as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles. Her latest book Illicit Flirations: Labor, Migration and Sex Trafficking in Tokyo (Stanford, 2011) won the Distinguished Book Award in the Labor and Labor Movements Section of the American Sociological Association. She has received research funding from the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and National Science Foundation, and has received fellowship invitations from the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, NJ. Her work is translated into French, Spanish, Italian, German, Polish, Korean, and Japanese. | |
Education |
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 Ph.D. Comparative Ethnic Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender and Sexuality, University of California, Berkeley, 5/1998
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A.B. Peace and Conflict Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 5/1992
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Postdoctoral Training |
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President's Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA, 1998-2000
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Tenure Track Appointments |
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Professor of American Studies, Brown University, 2008-2010
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Professor of Asian American Studies, University of California, Davis, 2007-2008
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Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, University of California, Davis, 2003-2007
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Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2000-2003
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Visiting and Temporary Appointments |
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Edith Kreeger Wolf Distinguished Professor of Women's Studies, Northwestern University , 05/2010
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Visiting Research Professor, University of South Australia, 05/2009
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Distinguished Research Professor of Gender Studies, Ochanomizu University, 2005-2006
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Description of Research |
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Research Specialties |
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| Gender, Migration, Families, Intimacy, Economic Globalization, Women and Work, Feminist Theory, Asian American Studies, Philippines and Southeast Asian Studies | |
Funded Research |
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Contracts and Grants Awarded |
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Southeast Asia Care Migration (SSHRC), Rachel Silvey, Rhacel Parrenas, Daniella Balenger, Brenda Yeoh, $200,000, 03/01/2013-02/28/2018
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Workshop on Intimate Industries in Asia (SSHRC - Canada), Rachel Silvey, Rhacel Parrenas, $10,000, 2012-2013
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Intimate Labors (University of California Labor and Research Grant), Rhacel Parrenas, Eileen Boris, $20,000, 2007-2008
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Hostess Work (Ochanomizu University), Rhacel Parrenas, $50,000, 2005-2006
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USC Funding |
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Center for International Studies Grant. Conference on Human Trafficking: The conference links labor migration and human trafficking. Its goal is to refocus anti-trafficking campaigns from prosecuting traffickers to empowering groups susceptible to human trafficking. , $8,000, 2012-2013
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Social Justice Research Fellowship. Will I Ever Retire? The Plight of Elderly Caregivers in Los Angeles: Project examines the labor and security of elderly caregivers in the context of their exclusion from the Fair Labor Standards Act., $9,000, 2012-2013
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Advancing Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Bonded Servitude of Foreign Domestic Workers in the US, UAE, and Denmark: Project compares the legal servitude of domestic workers in countries with different migrant and welfare regimes. It bridges discussions on female labor migration and human trafficking., $20,000, 2011-2012
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Conferences and Other Presentations |
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Conference Presentations |
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"Rethinking Asia in Asian American Studies", Association for Asian American Studies, Roundtable/Panel, Invited,
Spring
2012
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""Queering International Marriages"", Conference on Pin@y Queers, Keynote Lecture, University of California, Santa Barbara, Invited,
Fall
2011
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""The Intimate Labor of Transnational Communication" ", Conference of TRaNS (Trans-Regional and National Studies) Journal, Talk/Oral Presentation, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea , Institute for Southeast Asian Studies at Sogang Un, Invited, 12/02/2011-12/03/2011
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""When Domestic Workers Get Old"", Forum on Domestic Work, Plenary Lecture , Geneva, Switzerland , Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS), Invited, 10/11/2011
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"Gender and Transnational Social Support", Conference on Transnational Social Support , Keynote Lecture, University of Mainz, Germany, University of Mainz, Germany , Invited, 10/01/2011-10/02/2011
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"The Ghost of Orientalism", Conference on Asia Rising and the Rise of Asian-America, Keynote Lecture, Pomona College, Pomona College , Invited, 06/17/2011-06/19/2011
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""Push and Pull of Migration: Children of Global Migration" ", Symposium edition of Journal of Juvenile Law and Policy, Roundtable/Panel, University of California, Davis, UC Davis Law School , Invited, 02/05/2010
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Other Presentations |
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"Keynote Speaker", Conference on International Migration, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI,
Fall
2012
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"Keynote Speaker", Conference on Transnational Aging, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany,
Fall
2012
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"Keynote Speaker", 50th Anniversary Ford Fellows Conference, Ford Foundation FellowshipProgram, Irvine, CA,
Fall
2012
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"Briefing on Sex Trafficking: A Gender-Based Violence", U.S. Civil Rights Commission,
Spring
2012
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"Illicit Flirtations: Filipina Hostesses in Tokyo", Department Colloquium, Department of Sociology, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, 12/06/2011
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"Indentured Mobility", Invited Lecture, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, 11/21/2011
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""The Moral Continuum of Love and Money"", USC Gender Studies Fall Colloquium , USC Gender Studies, University of Southern California , 10/27/2011
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"Moral Imperialism and the U.S. War on Trafficking", Colloquium, Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University, 03/10/2011
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""Sexual Citizenship"", Colloquium, Department of Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 02/24/2011
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""The Indentured Mobility of Migrant Women: How Gendered Protectionist Laws Leave Filipina Hostessess Susceptible to Forced Labor"", Borders, Bodies and Violence Research Cluster Lecture, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California , 01/27/2011
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Publications |
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Book |
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Parrenas, Rhacel, and Joon Kim (Ed.).
(2011).
Special Issue on Multicultural East Asia. (Vol. 37, Sussex, England: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
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Parrenas, R. S.
(2011).
Illicit Flirtations: Labor, Migration and Sex Trafficking in Tokyo. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
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Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar (Ed.).
Migration and Forced Labor. New York City: Open Society. Soros Foundation
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Boris, Eileen and Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar (Ed.).
(2010).
Intimate Labors: Cultures, Technologies and the Politics of Care. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
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Eileen Boris, Stephanie Gilmore, and Rhacel Parrenas (Ed.).
(2010).
Special Issue on Sexual Labors. (Vol. 13, Essex, England: Sexualities Journal.
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Parrenas, R. S.
(2008).
The Force of Domesticity: Filipina Migrants and Globalization. New York, New York: New York University Press.
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Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar and Lok Siu (Ed.).
(2007).
Asian Diasporas: New Conceptions, New Formations. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
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Parrenas, R. S.
(2005).
Children of Global Migration: Transnational Families and Gendered Woes. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
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Parrenas, R. S.
(2001).
Servants of Globalization: Women, Migration and Domestic Work. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
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Book Chapter |
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Parrenas, R. S.
(2012).
Partial Citizenship and the Ideology of Women's Domesticity in State Policies on Foreign Domestic Workers. 35th Congress of the German Society for Sociology (Vol. DGS Conference Edition). Frankfurt: DGS: Deutschen Gesellschaft Fur Soziologie.
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Parrenas, R. S.
(2012).
"Sex Work as Care Work". Cuidados e cuidadoras: as varias faces do trabalho do "care".
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Parrenas, R. S.
(2011).
The Gender Revolution in the Philippines: Migrant Mothering and Social Transformations. How Immigrants Impact their Homelands Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
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Parrenas, R. S.
(2010).
Interview with Rhacel Parrenas. Sociologists Backstage: Answers to 10 Questions... New York: Routledge.
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Parrenas, R. S.
(2010).
Partial Citizenship and the Ideology of Women's Domesticity in State Policies on Foreign Domestic Workers. Care und Migration pp. 127-140. Opladen, Germany: Verlag Barbara Budrich.
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Boris, E., Parrenas, R. S.
(2010).
Introduction. pp. 1-12. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford.
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Parrenas, R. S.
(2009).
Hostess Work: Negotiating the Morals of Money and Sex. Research in the Sociology of Work (Vol. 19). Bingley, England: Economic Sociology and Work.
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Journal Article |
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Parrenas, R. S., Hwang, M., Lee, H.
(2012).
What is Human Trafficking?. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society.
Vol. 37 (4), pp. 1015-1029.
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Parrenas, R. S.
(2012).
"The Indentured Mobility of Migrant Women: How Gendered Protectionist Laws Lead Hostesses to Forced Sexual Labor". Journal of Workplace Rights.
Vol. 15 (3-4), pp. 327-339.
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Parrenas, R. S.
(2012).
The Reproductive Labor of Migrant Workers. Global Networks.
Vol. 12 (2), pp. 269-275.
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Parrenas, R. S., Kim, J.
(2011).
Multicultural East Asia: An Introduction. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
Vol. 37 (10), pp. 7.
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Parrenas, R. S., Kim, J.
(2010).
Multicultural East Asia: Introduction. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
Vol. 37 (10)
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Hwang, M., Parrenas, R. S.
(2010).
Not Every Family: Selective Reunification in Contemporary U.S. Immigration Laws. International Labor and Working Class History.
Vol. 78 (1), pp. 100-109.
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Parrenas, R. S.
(2010).
Homeward Bound: The Circular Migration of Entertainers Between Japan and the Philippines. Global Networks.
Vol. 10 (3), pp. 301-323.
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Parrenas, R. S.
(2010).
Transnational Mothering: A Source of Gender Conflicts in the Family. University of North Carolina Law Review.
Vol. 88 (5), pp. 1825-1856.
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Boris, E., Gilmore, S., Parrenas, R. S.
(2010).
Sexual Labors: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Toward Sex as Work. Sexualities Journal.
Vol. 13 (2), pp. 131-137.
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Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works |
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Op-Ed, Parreñas, Rhacel. "What I Learned by Being a Migrant Sex Worker (Part
2): Parrenas," Bloomberg View, Op-Eds, October 13, 2011
• Reprinted in Business Week, San Francisco Chronicle, and Manila Standard
, 10/13/2011
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Op-Ed, "What I Learned by Being a Migrant Sex Worker (Part
1): Parrenas," Bloomberg View, Op-Eds, October 12, 2011
• Reprinted in Business Week, San Francisco Chronicle, and Manila Standard
, 10/12/2011
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Honors and Awards |
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American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarly Book Award in the Area of Labor or Labor Movements, 2012
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Residency at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 2010-2011
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Residency at the Institute for Advanced Study, declined, 2010-2011
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2008 Association for Asian American Studies Social Science Book Award , 2008-2009
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Rockefeller Residential Fellowship - University of Hawaii,
Spring
2005
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Ford Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2001-2002
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National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1994-1997
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Service to the University |
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Committees |
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Member, Center for International Studies Advisory Committee, 2012-2013
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Member, Social Sciences Personnel Committee, Dornsife College,
Spring
2012
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Review Panels |
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National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship Office -Sociology and Geographic Sciences, 2012-2013
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Service to the Profession |
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Administrative Appointments |
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Department Chair, 2012-2013
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Conferences Organized |
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Co-Organizer, From Prosecution to Empowerment: Fighting Trafficking and Promoting the Rights of Migrants, USC, Davidson Hall, an international conference, 2012-2013
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Co-Organizer, Intimate Industries in Asia, Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College, an international workshop, 2012-2013
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Co-Organizer, Intimate Labors, UC Santa Barbara ,
Fall
2007
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Editorships and Editorial Boards |
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Editorial Board, Contexts, 07/01/2011-06/30/2014
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Associate Editor, Women's Studies International Forum, 2012-2013
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North America Regional Editor, Women's Studies International Forum, 2011-2012
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Review Panels |
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National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship Office -Sociology and Geographic Sciences, 2012-2013
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