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Daniel E Martinez

  • Associate Professor, Sociology
  • Assistant Professor, School of Geography and Development
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
  • Associate Professor, Mexican American Studies
  • Distinguished Scholar
Contact
  • mada0102@arizona.edu
  • Bio
  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Sociology
    • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
    • The Crossing Experience: Unauthorized Migration along the Arizona-Sonora Border
  • M.A. Sociology
    • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
  • M.S. Mexican American Studies
    • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
  • B.A. Business Economics and Spanish
    • St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States

Work Experience

  • School of Sociology, University of Arizona (2017 - Ongoing)
  • Department of Sociology, George Washington University (2013 - 2017)
  • Department of Sociology, Catholic University of America (2012 - 2013)

Awards

  • SBS Borderlands Research Award
    • College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona, Spring 2026
  • Public Sociology in International Migration Award
    • International Migration Section, American Sociological Association, Summer 2025
  • 5-Star Teaching Award (Semi-Finalist)
    • The Honors College, University of Arizona, Spring 2025 (Award Finalist)
  • 2024 Immigration Fellow
    • FWD.us, Spring 2024
  • Coramae Richey Mann Award
    • American Society of Criminology’s (ASC) Division of People of Color and Crime (DPCC), Fall 2022
  • 5-Star Teaching Award (Award Nominee)
    • The Honors College, University of Arizona, Spring 2022 (Award Nominee)
  • Distinguished Scholar Award
    • Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, University of Arizona, Spring 2022
  • Louis Wirth IM Best Article Award (Honorable Mention)
    • International Migration Section, American Sociological Association, Summer 2021
  • HSI Faculty Fellow
    • Office of the Provost, University of Arizona, Fall 2020
  • Donal MacNamara Award
    • Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Spring 2020
  • Morris Rosenberg Award
    • DC Sociological Society (DCSS), Spring 2016
  • Crime and Justice Summer Research Institute
    • Racial Democracy, Crime, and Justice Network, Summer 2015

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Interests

Research

Immigration; Unauthorized Migration; Criminology; Race and Ethnicity; Drugs and Society; Transnational Crime; Juvenile Delinquency

Teaching

Immigration; Unauthorized Migration; Criminology; Race and Ethnicity; Drugs and Society; Transnational Crime; Juvenile Delinquency

Courses

2026-27 Courses

  • Criminology
    PA 342 (Fall 2026)
  • Criminology
    SOC 342 (Fall 2026)
  • Dissertation
    SOC 920 (Fall 2026)
  • Independent Study
    SOC 699 (Fall 2026)
  • Transnational Crime
    LAS 440 (Fall 2026)
  • Transnational Crime
    MAS 440 (Fall 2026)
  • Transnational Crime
    SOC 440 (Fall 2026)

2025-26 Courses

  • Dissertation
    SOC 920 (Spring 2026)
  • Punishment & Society
    POL 617 (Spring 2026)
  • Punishment & Society
    SOC 617 (Spring 2026)

2024-25 Courses

  • Adv Topics in Research
    SOC 596A (Spring 2025)
  • Dissertation
    SOC 920 (Spring 2025)
  • Practicum
    SOC 394 (Spring 2025)
  • Research
    SOC 900 (Spring 2025)
  • Dissertation
    SOC 920 (Fall 2024)
  • Independent Study
    GEOG 699 (Fall 2024)
  • Research
    SOC 900 (Fall 2024)
  • Transnational Crime
    LAS 440 (Fall 2024)
  • Transnational Crime
    MAS 440 (Fall 2024)
  • Transnational Crime
    SOC 440 (Fall 2024)

2023-24 Courses

  • Dissertation
    SOC 920 (Spring 2024)
  • Honors Thesis
    PPEL 498H (Spring 2024)
  • Race and Ethnicity
    SOC 560 (Spring 2024)
  • Criminology
    PA 342 (Fall 2023)
  • Criminology
    SOC 342 (Fall 2023)
  • Dissertation
    SOC 920 (Fall 2023)
  • Honors Thesis
    PPEL 498H (Fall 2023)
  • Research
    MAS 900 (Fall 2023)

2022-23 Courses

  • Criminology
    PA 342 (Spring 2023)
  • Criminology
    SOC 342 (Spring 2023)
  • Honors Thesis
    SOC 498H (Spring 2023)
  • Independent Study
    SOC 499 (Spring 2023)
  • Criminology
    PA 342 (Fall 2022)
  • Criminology
    SOC 342 (Fall 2022)
  • Honors Thesis
    SOC 498H (Fall 2022)
  • Independent Study
    MAS 699 (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Criminology
    PA 342 (Spring 2022)
  • Criminology
    SOC 342 (Spring 2022)
  • Independent Study
    MAS 599 (Spring 2022)
  • Criminology
    PA 342 (Fall 2021)
  • Criminology
    SOC 342 (Fall 2021)
  • Transnational Crime
    LAS 440 (Fall 2021)
  • Transnational Crime
    SOC 440 (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • Criminology
    PA 342 (Spring 2021)
  • Criminology
    SOC 342 (Spring 2021)
  • Honors Thesis
    SOC 498H (Spring 2021)
  • Criminology
    PA 342 (Fall 2020)
  • Criminology
    SOC 342 (Fall 2020)
  • Dissertation
    SOC 920 (Fall 2020)
  • Honors Thesis
    SOC 498H (Fall 2020)
  • Independent Study
    MAS 599 (Fall 2020)
  • Independent Study
    SOC 599 (Fall 2020)

2019-20 Courses

  • Criminology
    PA 342 (Spring 2020)
  • Criminology
    SOC 342 (Spring 2020)
  • Dissertation
    SOC 920 (Spring 2020)
  • Race and Ethnicity
    SOC 560 (Spring 2020)
  • Thesis
    LAS 910 (Fall 2019)

2018-19 Courses

  • Criminology
    PA 342 (Fall 2018)
  • Criminology
    SOC 342 (Fall 2018)

2017-18 Courses

  • Ethnic Relations/U S
    AFAS 260 (Spring 2018)
  • Ethnic Relations/U S
    SOC 260 (Spring 2018)
  • Honors Thesis
    SOC 498H (Spring 2018)
  • Special Topics in Sociology
    SOC 496 (Spring 2018)
  • Race and Ethnicity
    SOC 560 (Fall 2017)

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