Edelina M. Burciaga is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Colorado, Denver, and a faculty affiliate in the Immigration and Citizenship Law Program at CU-Boulder Law and the CU Population Center. Dr. Burciaga received her Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of California, Irvine (2016); a J.D. from Boston University School of Law (2005) and; a B.A./M.A. from Stanford University (2000).  Her research examines the experiences of undocumented immigrants who came to United States as children, and who remain in the country without a pathway to citizenship. Her research specifically examines how state and local laws and policies shape the transition to adulthood for this group. She has conducted research in California, Georgia, and Colorado. Findings from this research have been published in Mobilization, Ethnicities, Law & Policy, Law and Social Inquiry, and the Association of Mexican American Educators Journal.

2016           Ph.D.          The University of California, Irvine                 Sociology

2005           J.D.            Boston University                                             Law 

2000           M.A.          Stanford University                                           Education

1999           B.A.           Stanford University                                           English, Chicana/o Studies
                                                                                                                Honors in Education

2021          Burciaga, Edelina M. and Aaron Malone. 2021. “Intensified Liminal Legality: The Impact of the DACA Rescission for Undocumented Young Adults in Colorado.” Law & Social Inquiry

2020           Burciaga, Edelina and Lisa Martinez. “Localized Political Contexts: Undocumented Youth Mobilization During Hostile Times.” Ch. 7 in Racialized Resistance and the State: Protest and Repression in a Divided U.S. edited by Hank Johnston and Pamela Oliver. London: Routledge
         
2019           Flores, Andrea, Kevin Escudero, and Edelina M. Burciaga. “Legal-Spatial Consciousness: A Legal Geography Framework for Examining Migrant Illegality.” Law & Policy, 41(1): 12-33. 

2018           Gonzales, Roberto G. and Edelina M. Burciaga. “Segmented Pathways of Illegality: Assessing the Different and Unequal Experiences of Undocumented 1.5-generation Youth and Young Adults.”  Ethnicities, 18(2): 178-191.

2017           Burciaga, Edelina M. and Lisa M. Martinez. “How do Political Contexts Shape Undocumented Youth Movements? Evidence from Three Immigrant Destinations.”  Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 22(4): 451-471.

SOCY 3119: Qualitative Research Methods
SOCY 3020: Race and Ethnicity in the United States
SOCY 3050: Sociology of Education
SOCY 4770/5770: Race, Culture and Immigration