Dr. Diego Morales

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Associate Professor · Sociology, Urban Studies & Economics

Dr. Morales studies immigration, demographic change, and neighborhood transformation in U.S. gateway cities. His longitudinal research tracks how immigrant settlement patterns reshape commercial corridors, housing markets, and civic institutions.

HIST-200 SOC202 SOC501

Contact & office

✉ dmorales@urbanicity.space

🏢 Merrick Hall 315

Office hours: Mon 1:00 PM-3:00 PM · Merrick Hall 315 | Thu 10:00 AM-12:00 PM · Virtual (Zoom)

College

Ph.D. Sociology — UCLA (2015)

M.A. Demography — Princeton University (2011)

B.A. Sociology — University of Texas at Austin (2009)

Family

Border family, first-generation college; married last spring, a newborn at home.

Spouse: Elena Morales — newly married, one newborn at home

Teaching now — SOC501

Last #5 · Lesson 5: Institutional Economics & Path Dependence ↗

Current #6 · Lesson 6: Social Ties and Structure ↗

Next #7 · Lesson 7: Paper I: Theoretical Framework Development ↗

Recommends

Urban Institute ↗

Reading list

Street Corner Society ↗

William Foote Whyte · from the syllabus

Palaces for the People ↗

Eric Klinenberg · from the syllabus

The House on Mango Street ↗

Sandra Cisneros · fiction

Field

Immigration sociology, demographic change, gateway cities, ethnic enclaves, commercial corridor revitalization