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Tomás Jiménez is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Stanford University. His research and teaching focus on immigration, assimilation, social mobility, and identity. In 2005, he was the American Sociological Association Congressional Fellow in the office of Rep. Michael Honda (D-CA), where he served as a legislative aide for immigration, veterans’ affairs, housing, and election reform. Dr. Jiménez’s writing has appeared in numerous scholarly journals, and he has contributed editorials to major news outlets, including the Los Angeles Times and CNN.com. He is also the author of Replenished Ethnicity: Mexican Americans, Immigration, and Identity (University of California Press, 2010). Dr. Jiménez holds a B.S. in sociology from Santa Clara University and A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in sociology from Harvard University.
As a California-based Fellow at the New American Foundation, Dr. Jiménez wrote about immigrant assimilation. His fellowship concluded in mid-2010.
