Dr. Sofya Aptekar

Sofya Aptekar is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at MMG.  She is studying superdiversity in public spaces in a neighborhood in Queens, New York.  She holds a PhD in Sociology from Princeton University, where she also served as a postdoctoral research associate.  Her previous work has focused on citizenship and naturalization in the US and Canada, political incorporation of immigrants, and context of exit in migration from the Baltic countries.  Sofya has worked as a lecturer in sociology at Rutgers University.

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

[in press] ‘Citizenship Status and Patterns of Inequality in the United States and Canada.’ Social Science Quarterly.

[2012] ‘Immigration and customs enforcement.’ In P. Hayes (Ed.), The making of modern immigration: an encyclopedia of people and ideas (pp. 305-320). Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO.   Link

[2012] ‘Naturalization ceremonies and the role of immigrants in the American Nation.’ Citizenship Studies 16(7):937-952.  Link

[2009] ‘Contexts of Exit in the Migration of Russian Speakers from the Baltic Countries to Ireland.’ Ethnicities 9(4):507-526.

[2009] ‘Organizational Life and Political Incorporation of Two Asian Immigrant Groups: A Case Study.’ Ethnic and Racial Studies 32(9):1511-1533.

Book Chapters

[2008] ‘Highly-Skilled but Unwelcome in Politics: Asian Indians and Chinese in a New Jersey Suburb.’ In Civic Hopes and Political Realities: Immigrants, Community Organizations, and Political Engagement, edited by S. Karthick Ramakrishnan and Irene Bloemraad. New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press.

[2007] (with Katherine Newman)  ‘Sticking Around: Delayed Departure from the Parental Nest in Western Europe and Japan.’ In The Price of Independence: The Economics of the Transition to Adulthood, edited by Sheldon Danziger and Cecilia Rouse. New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press.

Projects