Carolina Bank Munoz
Professor
Sociology
Location: 3101 James Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x1773
Fax: 718.951.4639
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Carolina Bank Muñoz's work focuses on immigration, globalization, labor, work, and Latin America. Her book, Transnational Tortillas: Race, Gender and Shop Floor Politics in Mexico and the United States (Cornell ILR 2008), was the winner of the Terry Book Award. Her recent books include, Building Power From Below: Chilean Workers Take on Walmart (Cornell ILR 2017) and Walmart in the Global South with Bridget Kenny and Antonio Stecher (University of Texas Press 2018), and A People's Guide to New York City with Penny Lewis and Emily Tumpson Molina (UC Press 2022). Her current research project looks at Black migration to Chile and the politics of national identity. Apart from scholarly endeavors, she is Chair of her union chapter at Brooklyn College. She is also active with the Immigrant Student Success Office (ISSO).
Education:
Ph.D., University of California - Riverside - 2004 (Sociology)
MA, University of California, Riverside - 1999 (Sociology)
BA, University of California, Riverside - 1996 (Linguistics, minor Sociology)
Areas of Expertise:
Immigration, labor and work, race/ethnicity, gender globalization, Latin America (Mexico and Chile).
Books and Publications
A People's Guide to New York City, with Penny Lewis and Emily Tumpson Molina, University of California Press (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2022
Walmart in the Global South: Workplace Culture, Labor Politics, and Supply Chains. University of Texas Press (with Bridget Kenny and Antonio Stecher) (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2018
Building Power from Below: Chilean Workers Take On Walmart. Cornell University Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2017
Bank Muñoz, Carolina and Daisy Rooks. "Brilliant, Bored or Badly Behaved?: Media Coverage of the Charter School Debate in the U.S." Teachers College Record. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015
Review of We Are in This Dance Together: Gender, Power and Globalization at a Mexican Garment Firm. Contemporary Sociology. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2013
"A Dream Deferred: Undocumented Students at CUNY." Radical Teacher 84. (To be reprinted in February 2013 by Anderson/Collins.)
(Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2012
Review of They Used to Call Us Witches: Chilean Exile, Culture and Feminism? by Julie Shayne. Contemporary Sociology 40.2: 220-21. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2011
"A Dream Deferred: Undocumented Students at CUNY." Radical Teacher. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2009
Transnational Tortillas: Race, Gender and Shop Floor Politics in the United States and Mexico. Cornell University Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2008
Armbruster Sandoval, Ralph, Carolina Bank Muñoz and Ellen Reese. "Race, Class, and Revolution: Reflections on Edna Bonacich's Career and the Struggle for Social Justice." Critical Sociology. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2008
"The Tortilla Behemoth: Sexualized Despotism and Women's Resistance in a Transnational Mexican Tortilla Factory." The Wages of Empire: Women's Poverty, Globalization, and State Transformations. Eds. Amalia Cabezas, Marguerite Waller and Ellen Reese. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2007
Review of Globalization and Cross Border Labor Solidarity in the Americas: The Anti-Sweatshop Movement and the Struggle for Social Justice, by Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval. Labor Studies Journal 32.3: 342-43. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2007
"The Mighty, Mighty Union: New York City's Transit Strike." Critical Solidarity 6.1: 1, 5-6. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2006
"Mobile Capital, Immobile Labor: Inequality and Opportunity in the Tortilla Industry." Social Justice: Special Issue of Justice for Workers in a Global Economy 31.3: 21-39. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2004
Wong, Kent and Carolina Bank Muñoz. "Don't Miss the Bus: The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride." New Labor Forum 13.2: 60-66. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2004
Bank Muñoz, Carolina, Jazmin Ochoa and Cristina Vazquez. "Sewing It Up at Hollander: Black and Latino/a Workers UNITE!" New Labor Forum 12.1: 43-49. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2003
Bonacich, Edna and Carolina Bank Muñoz. "Labor Exploitation and Labor Organizing." Analyzing Social Problems. 2nd ed. Eds. Dana Dunn and David V. Waller. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 1999
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Advanced Research Consortium Fellowship at CUNY Graduate Center (Grants and Fellowships) 2022
PSC CUNY Grant $6000 for project on Black immigrants in Chile (Grants and Fellowships) 2021
PSC CUNY Grant $6000 for project on Black Immigrants in Chile (Grants and Fellowships) 2020
Tow Professorship (Grants and Fellowships) 2018
PSC-CUNY Grant $3000 for Wal-Mart in the Global South (Grants and Fellowships) 2015
PSC-CUNY Grant, for research and writing for Wal-Mart Chile project. $5,900. (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
Tow Travel Award, for follow-up research in Chile. $3,400. (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
Fulbright Fellowship, to study the impact of Wal-Mart in Chile and to teach at the University Alberto Hurtado in Spring 2011. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
Wolfe Fellowship. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
Research Activities
A Peoples Guide to New York City (Edited Volume)- Under Contract with University of California Press 2015
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Presentation at the Latin American Studies Meeting (zoom) (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020
Keynote Speaker at Crossing Borders Conference California State University, Long Beach (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019
"Wal-Mart Workers in Chile: A Case of Union Democracy, Militancy, and Strategic Capacity." University of Chicago (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
"Labor and Global Solidarity: The U.S., China and Beyond." New York, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
"Fighting Goliath: Chilean Workers' Take on the World's Largest Corporation." World Affairs Conference. University of Nebraska, Kearney. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"From Transnational Tortillas to Wal-Mart in Chile: Challenges and Opportunities in the Supply Chain." University of California Santa Cruz. February. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Wal-Mart in Chile: Women, Organizing and Resistance" keynote address. City College Center for Worker Education. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Dignity and Respect: The Case of Wal-Mart Chile." American Sociological Association. Las Vegas, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Transnational Processes." American Sociological Association. Las Vegas, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2011
"Talking Tortillas: Race, Class and Gender on the Line." University of Cincinnati. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
"Tortilleras: Mexican Women in the Global Economy" keynote address for Women's History Month. Albion College, Mich. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
"From Sociology Dissertation to Book" session organizer and participant. American Sociological Association, San Francisco. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
"Immigration in New York City and Beyond" session organizer. American Sociological Association Annual Conference. New York, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
"Transnational Tortillas: Race, Class, and Gender on the U.S.-Mexico Border." Sociology Department, Rutgers University, October 17. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
Professional Leadership
Chair, Department of Sociology. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2014
Chair, Master Planning, Educational Policy and Budget Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2014
Chair, Department of Sociology. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2012
Council member, American Sociological Association, Gender, Race and Class Section. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
Past chairwoman, American Sociological Association Labor Section. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2011
Chairwoman, American Sociological Association Labor Section. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2010
Council member, American Sociological Association, Gender, Race and Class Section. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Chair-Elect, American Sociological Association Labor Section. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2009
Council member, American Sociological Association, Gender, Race and Class Section. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Community Activities
Make the Road by Walking (Se Hace el Camino al Andar), a community organization in Bushwick, Brooklyn. 2007
