Educational Experiences
Morales Hernandez, Martha and Laura E. Enriquez. 2021. “Life After College: Liminal Legality and Political Threats as Barriers to Undocumented Students’ Career Preparation Pursuits.” Journal of Latinos and Education 20(3): 318-331. (Equal authorship)
Enriquez, Laura E., Karina Chavarria, Victoria E. Rodriguez, Cecilia Ayón, Basia Ellis, Melissa J. Hagan, Julián Jefferies, Jannet Lara, Martha Morales Hernandez, Enrique Murillo Jr., Jennifer Nájera, Carly Offidani-Bertrand, Maria Oropeza Fujimoto, Annie Ro, William Rosales, Heidy Sarabia, Ana K. Soltero López, Mercedes Valadez, Zulema Valdez, and Sharon Velarde Pierce. 2021. “Toward a Nuanced and Contextualized Understanding of Undocumented College Students: Lessons from a California Survey.” Journal of Latinos and Education 20(3): 215-231.
Enriquez, Laura E., Martha Morales Hernandez, Daniel Millán, and Daisy Vazquez Vera. 2019. “Mediating Illegality: Federal, State, and Institutional Policies in the Educational Experiences of Undocumented College Students.” Law & Social Inquiry 44(3): 679-703.
Mental Health
Morales Hernandez, Martha. Josefina Flores Morales, and Laura E. Enriquez. “Centering Agency: Examining the Relationship between Acts of Resistance, Anxiety, and Depression Among Undocumented College Students.” Society and Mental Health (2024): 21568693241241296
Hagan, Melissa., Martha Morales Hernandez, Laura E. Enriquez, Cecilia Ayón. “Immigration Status, Legal Vulnerability, and Suicidal/Self-harm Ideation Disparities Among Immigrant-Origin Latinx Young Adults in the US.” Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (2023): 1-12.
Enriquez, Laura E., William E. Rosales, Karina Chavarria, Martha Morales Hernandez, and Mercedes Valadez. 2021. “COVID on Campus: Assessing the Impact of the Pandemic on Undocumented College Students.” AERA Open 7: 1-19.
Enriquez, Laura E, Martha Morales Hernandez, and Annie Ro. 2018. “Deconstructing Illegality: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Dimensions of Illegality, Stress, and Health among Undocumented College Students.” Race and Social Problems 10(3): 193-208. (Equal authorship)
Social Justice-Oriented Research Approaches
Enriquez, Laura E., and Martha Morales Hernandez. “Centering social justice in public sociology: Lessons from the undocumented student equity project.” The Routledge International Handbook of Public Sociology. Routledge, 2021. 250-261. (Equal authorship)
Martha Morales Hernandez, PhD 