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Received a fellowship from the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation for their project, "Comparison of Educational Values of Irish Mothers in Ireland to Educational Values of Puerto Rican Mothers in Puerto Rico." 

Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation


Matos, J. M. (2024). 鈥淚f it鈥檚 not one thing, it鈥檚 your mother!鈥: My origin story as a researcher. In E. B. King, Roberson, Q., & Hebl, M. (Eds.). Research on Social Issues in Management: Perspectives on International Research (Volume 5). Information Age Publishing.


Stewart, D., Myeong, H., Silver, E., King, E., Matos, J., Thomas, H., Hebl, M. (2024). Discrimination in organizations on the basis of race/ethnicity/color. Special Issue: Diversity in Organizations. Current Opinion in Psychology, 60(101909), 1-6.


Matos, J. M. (2024). Pedagogies of the home and terquedad in transgender parenting and teaching. Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education.


Matos, J. M. (forthcoming). Social justice dialogues in the classroom: Having and holding difficult conversations. Routledge.


Matos, J. M. (2024). Est谩s en su Casa: 鈥淔reedom Dreaming鈥 Liberation for Latinx Students in Residence Halls, Journal of College and University Student Housing, 50(3), 68-81.


Matos, J.M. (2021) Utilizing Latinx Cultural Capital for the Retention and Graduation of Latinx Students in Higher Education, Journal of Latinos and Education, DOI: 10.1080/15348431.2021.1941030


Matos, J.M.M. (2019). La familia and other secret ingredients to Latinx student success. New York: Peter Lang.


Matos, J.M.D. & Norskey, G.E. (2018). 鈥淐hoosing Each Other: Love, Friendship, and Racism鈥 in M.R. Hall & K. Smith (Eds.), Uncommon Bonds: Women Reflect on Race and Friendship. New York: Peter Lang.


Matos, J.M. (2018). Book Review: Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations about Race (Beverly Tatum, 2017, Basic Books), for Humanity and Society DOI: 10.1177/0160597618761471