Research

Peer-reviewed Publications:

Effects of Mandatory Sexual Misconduct Training on University Campuses
SOCIUS: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
forthcoming, 2022
Mala Htun, Francesca Jensenius, Justine Tinkler, Melanie Sayuri Dominguez, and Carlos Contreras

Field research when there’s limited access to the field: Lessons from Japan.
PS: Political Science and Politics
forthcoming, 2022
Kenya Amano, Melanie Sayuri Dominguez, Timothy Fraser, Etienne Gagnon, Trevor Incerti, Jinhyuk Jang, Charles McClean, Austin M Mitchell, Sayumi Miyano, Colin Moreshead, Harunobu Saijo, Diana Stanescu, Ayumi Teraoka, Hikaru Yamagishi, Charmaine Willis, Yujin Woo, and Charles Crabtree

Immigration and Gender as Social Determinants of Mental Health during the COVID-19 Outbreak: The Case of US Latina/os
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
18(11), 2021
Bárbara Gómez-Aguiñaga, Melanie Sayuri Dominguez, and Sylvia Manzano

Voting in a pandemic: Explaining variation in support for absentee ballots for all
Politics and Gender 16(4), 2020
Melanie Sayuri Dominguez, Edward D. Vargas, and Gabriel R. Sanchez

Other academic works:

Work on COVID-19:
Compliant but unprotected: Communities of Color take greater action to prevent the spread of COVID-19 but remain at risk
Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science
Alexandra Hernandez-Vallant, Bárbara Gómez-Aguiñaga, Brooke Abrams, Carmela Roybal, Desa Karye Daniel, Edward D. Vargas, Gabriel R. Sanchez, Juan Peña, and Melanie Sayuri Dominguez

Structural Inequalities and Not Behavior Explain COVID-19 Racial Disparities
Latino Rebels, Latino Decisions, and Contexts.org
Gabriel R. Sanchez, Melanie Sayuri Dominguez, and Edward D. Vargas
May 1, 2020

Public Behavior Change to Combat the Spread of the Coronavirus has Unfortunately Become a Partisan Issue
Latino Decisions
Gabriel R. Sanchez, Melanie Sayuri Dominguez, and Edward D. Vargas
April 10, 2020

Other Work:
Changing Home Styles in the Digital Age
Midwestern Political Science Association Conference 2020, 2021
John K. Wagner and Melanie Sayuri Dominguez

Does Mandatory Sexual Misconduct Training Make Campuses Safer?
The Gender Policy Report
Carlos Contreras and Melanie Sayuri Dominguez