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Catalina Valdez is a graduate student pursuing a joint PhD in Sociology, focusing on Civil Society and Community Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her primary research interests center on contemporary racial ideologies in the United States. She is particularly interested in the care and well-being of immigrants and immigrant families, examining the link between heritage language use and the quality of parent-child relationships. Valdez also assists research on racial inequality in K-12 education, particularly perceptions of school safety and the proliferation of school security technology in U.S. schools. She employs a variety of methodologies including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods, aiming to incorporate community-based participatory research principles to enhance the impact of her work.
Department: Department of Computer Sciences