Publications

  • Muñoz, Ed A. and Rebecca Y. Owen. 2022. “Diversion and Restorative Justice: Salt Lake Peer Court Disrupting Disproportionate Minority Contact?” Latina/o/x Criminology “Hot Off the Press” Essay. https://www.latcrim.org/hot-off-the-press/diversion-and-restorative-justice-salt-lake-peer-court-disrupting-disproportionate-minority-contact. Published, 03/27/2022.
  • Muñoz, Ed. A., Rebecca Y. Owen, Moisés Próspero, and Daniel E. Adkins. 2022. “Diversion and Restorative Justice: Salt Lake Peer Court Disrupting Disproportionate Minority Contact?” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 8(2): 284-300. https://doi.org/10.1177/23326492221078860. Published, 02/18/2022.
  • Muñoz, Ed A. 2021. ‘“Why Not Nuevo Mexicano Studies?’: Interrogating Latinidades in the Intermountain West, 1528 - 2020.” Genealogy. 5(3): 68. (Open access at https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/5/3/68/htm).. Published, 07/22/2021.
  • Muñoz, Ed A. 2013. “Gang Life in Two Cities: An Insider’s Journey, By Robert J. Durán.” For, Thoughts about Books: Occasional Essays Inspired by Provocative Reading. The Criminologist: The Official Newsletter of the American Society of Criminology. 38(6): 52-55. Published, 11/2013.
  • Muñoz, Ed A., Greg S. Weaver, and Martín Echeverría Victoria. 2013. “Historical Mexican Emigration and Its Association with Crime in Mexico.” The International Journal of Contemporary Sociology. 50(1): 133-149. Published, 06/2013.
  • Muñoz E. & Freng A. (2007). Age, racial/ethnic minority status, gender and misdemeanor sentencing. (pp. 29-57). Vol. 5, Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice. Published, 12/01/2007.
  • Muñoz E., Lopez D. & Stewart E. (1998). Misdemeanor sentencing decisions: The cumulative disadvantage effect of "gringo justice". (pp. 298-319). Vol. 20, Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences. Published, 08/01/1998.

Research Keywords

  • Latinx Sociology
  • Latinx Criminology
  • Community Engaged Learning

Presentations

  • Early, Hannah, Ed A. Munoz, Valentina Duenas, and Javier Guerrero. “Increasting Cultural Competency Through Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Pedagogy.” Poster presentation at the annual Fall UROP Symposium. University of Utah. Poster, Presented, 12/02/2022.
  • Dueñas, Valentina, Javier Guerrero, Hannah Early, and Ed A. Munoz. “Through the Students’ Eyes: Dominant-Minority Relations in International Context.” Poster presentation at the annual International Virtual Exchange Conference. Valencia, Spain. Poster, Presented, 10/27/2022.
  • Munoz, Ed A. and Rebecca Y. Owen. “Salt Lake Peer Court, Cultural Framing, and Disproportionate Minority Contact” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. Los Angeles, CA. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/07/2022.
  • Muñoz, Ed A., Rebecca Y. Owen, Moisés Próspero. 2021. “Salt Lake Peer Court: The Importance of Volunteers’ Motivations and Training for Program Success.” Paper presented with Rebecca Y. Owen and Moisés Próspero at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Chicago, IL. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/18/2021.
  • Munoz, Ed A. and Javier Guerrero. 2021. “Dominant-Minority Relations in International Context.” Paper presented with Javier Guerrero at the First Latin American COIL Network Conference, Zoom Virtual Presentation. Conference Paper, Presented, 06/18/2021.
  • Rebecca Owen and Ed A. Munoz. “Peer Court: The Effects of Offense Severity on Recidivism.” Paper Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/16/2019.
  • Ed A. Munoz, Rebecca Y. Owen, and Moises Prospero. “Restorative Justice: Salt Lake Peer Court Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline?” Paper Presented with Rebecca Owen and Moisés Próspero at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY. Conference Paper, Accepted, 03/06/2019.
  • Ed A. Munoz. “The Gang Paradox: Inequalities and Miracles on the U.S.-Mexico Border, By Robert J. Durán.” Author Meets Critic Panel Session. American Society of Criminology Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA, November, 2019. Panel, Accepted, 02/25/2019.
  • Ed A. Munoz and Sarah Orozco. “We are Race Swami!: Cultivating a Critical Cultural Framework through Community Engaged Learning.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies, Albuquerque, NM. Conference Paper, Accepted, 01/02/2019.
  • Ed A. Munoz. “Construyendo Latinidad: The Hispanic Mexican Mestizo Influence in Intermountain West, 1650 – 2005.” Fall Symposium. Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska—Lincoln. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/19/2018.
  • Ed A. Munoz, Rebecca Owen, and Moieses Prospero. “Restorative Justice: Exploring Pillars for Success.” Paper Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/16/2017.
  • Rebecca Y. Owen, Ed A. Munoz, and Moises Prospero. “Restorative Justice: Salt Lake Peer Court Recidivism to Juvenile Court.” Paper Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, LA. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/18/2016.
  • Munoz, Ed A., Cathleen Power, Moises Prospero, and Rebecca Owen. "Restorative Justice: Salt Lake Peer Court Practices." American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/20/2015.
  • Munoz, Ed A. “Gang Life in Two Cities: An Insider’s Journey, By Robert J. Durán.” Author Meets Critic Panel Session. American Society of Criminology Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA, November. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/2013.
  • Munoz, Ed A. “Construyendo Latinidad: One Chicano’s Sociological Journey.” Induction Ceremony Keynote for Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society. Department of Sociology, Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO, April. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2013.

Grants, Contracts & Research Gifts

  • Community Based Research Grant. PI: Ed A Munoz. Office of Vice President for Research, University of Utah, 12/02/2019 - 12/02/2020. Total project budget to date: $20,000.00
  • National Humanities Center (NHC) Summer Fellowship. PI: Ed A Munoz. National Humanities Center, College of Humanities, Vice President for Rsearch, 06/03/2019 - 06/28/2019. Total project budget to date: $7,000.00

Languages

  • Spanish, functional.

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • Mexico
    Learning Abroad.
  • Puerto Rico
    Learning Abroad.