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Dorothy S. Ruiz

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Publications

7

Citations

165

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7

Active since

1999

Affiliations

University of North Carolina at Charlotte(Current)

Western Michigan University

Dorothy S. Ruiz is an author at University of North Carolina at Charlotte specializing in african american studies, black women, and social sciences.

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Black WomenBlack StudiesSocial SciencesRaceEthnicityFamily RelationshipsAfrican American HistoryEducationSociologyDemography

Publications per year

1999–2014

7

Publications

7

The Consequences of Parental Incarceration for African American Mothers, Children, and Grandparent Caregivers

Dorothy S. Ruiz, Albert M. Kopak · The Journal of Pan-African Studies · 2014 · 49 citations

Critical Race Theory, Criminal Justice Reform, Systemic Justice +26

The Increase in Incarcerations Among Women and its Impact on the Grandmother Caregiver: Some Racial Considerations

Dorothy S. Ruiz · The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare · 2002 · 26 citations · Full text

Ethnicity, Female Incarcerations, Education +16

<i>Not</i> on Their Own Again: Psychological, Social, and Health Characteristics of Custodial African American Grandmothers

Dorothy S. Ruiz, Carolyn W. Zhu, Martha R. Crowther · Journal of Women & Aging · 2003 · 23 citations

The Changing Roles of African American Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren: An Exploratory Study in the Piedmont Region of North Carolina

Dorothy S. Ruiz · The Western journal of black studies · 2008 · 22 citations

Ethnicity, Family Members, Education +21

“Sitting With the Sick”: African American Women's Philanthropy

Iris Carlton-LaNey, Jill B. Hamilton, Dorothy S. Ruiz et al. · Affilia · 2001 · 19 citations

Social Determinants Of Health, Black Experience, African American History +24

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