Jesús Cisneros brings his knowledge of higher education research and practice to highlight the intersection of education and immigration. His research moves gender, sexuality, and immigration status, and their conceptual margins, to the center of analysis in an effort to explore and understand the way politics and identity interact with various axes of inequality. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communications from New Mexico State University; a master's degree in Higher Education Administration from Texas A&M University; and a doctoral degree in Educational Policy and Evaluation from Arizona State University.

• Provost Faculty Fellow - UTEP (06/01/2022-06/30/2022)
• Certificate in Effective College Instruction - Association of College and University Educators (05/01/2022-05/31/2022)
• HyFlex Academy Certificate - UTEP (05/01/2022-05/31/2022)
• Microcredential in Inclusive Teaching for Equitable Learning - Association of College and University Educators (05/01/2022-05/31/2022)
• UTEP Edge Fellow (cohort III) - University of Texas at El Paso (05/01/2022-05/31/2022)
• AAHHE Book of the Year 2022 - American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (03/10/2022)
• Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions Affiliate - University of Pennsylvania (11/01/2017-11/30/2017)
• Distinctive Growth in On-Ground Teaching 2017 - University of Central Arkansas (04/01/2017-04/30/2017)
• Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award 2015 - Arizona State University (04/01/2015-04/30/2015)
• Changemaker Award for Social Change 2014: DREAMzone - Arizona State University (04/01/2014-04/30/2014)
• GPSA Outstanding Mentor Award 2014 - Arizona State University (04/01/2014-04/30/2014)
• NASPA Excellence Silver Award 2014: DREAMzone - NASPA (03/01/2014-03/31/2014)
• 40 Hispanic Leaders Under 40 2013 - Univision (04/01/2013-04/30/2013)
• CLFSA Cesar E. Chavez Community Award 2013: DREAMzone - Chicano and Latino Faculty and Staff Association (04/01/2013-04/30/2013)
• Clinton Global Initiative University 2013 Commitment Challenge Winner: DREAMzone - Clinton Global initiative (04/01/2013-04/30/2013)
• NASPA LKC Mena-Valdez Outstanding New Professional Award 2013 - NASPA (03/01/2013-03/31/2013)

• Ph D in Education Policy and Evaluation, Arizona State University (2015)
• MS in Higher Education Administration, Texas A&M University (2010)
• BA in Journalism & Mass Communications, Advertising / Foreign Languages, Spanish, New Mexico State University (2008)

• Not just statistics: Exploring the experiences of Mexican immigrants following deportation. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development (2022), Anna Lopez, Jesus Cisneros, Ioana Marcus.
• Keep Fighting for Existence: Undocumented Student Resource Centers as Counter-Spaces within Community Colleges Community College Review (2022), Rachel Freeman, Trisha Mazumder, Jesus Cisneros.
• UndocuSAPro reflections of the DREAM Act NASPA 2022 (2022), Alonso R. Reyna Rivarola, Laura Bohorquez Garcia, Diana Valdivia Ordorica, Jesus Cisneros.
• Undocu-Ally trainings: Reducing stigma and prejudice via educational interventions Lexington Books (2021), Jesus Cisneros.
• “I’m here to fight along with you”: Undocumented student resource centers creating possibilities. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education (2021), Jesus Cisneros, Diana Valdivia, Alonso Reyna Rivarola, Felecia Russel.
• The development and evaluation of the Stigma of Illegality and Marginalization of Latinxs (SIML) scale: Links to psychological distress DuBois Journal 18 2 (2021), Carlos Santos, German Cadenas, Cecilia Menjivar, Jesus Cisneros.
• Introduction Routledge (2021), Nichole M. Garcia, Cristobal Salinas, Jesus Cisneros.
• Studying Latinx/a/o students in higher education: A critical analysis of concepts, theory, and methodologies Routledge (2021), Cristobal Salinas, Nichole Garcia, Jesus Cisneros.
• Undocuqueer Brill 4 (2021), Alonso Reyna Rivarola, Jesus Cisneros.
• Manuscript rejection and shame resilience in early career Faculty of Color: A collaborative autoethnography Taboo: Journal of Culture and Education 19 5 (2020), Rene Guillaume, Jesus Cisneros, Edna Martinez.
• Undocumented Student Resource Centers Journal of College Student Development 61 5 (2020), Jesus Cisneros, Alonso Reyna Rivarola.
• Against unseeing: Choosing an embodied ethics of disidentification and spiritual grounding. Qualitative Inquiry 26 8-9 (2020), Keon McGuire, Jesus Cisneros.
• Explorando el impacto psicológico del proceso de deportación en inmigrantes Mexicanos Revista Interamericana de Psicologia/ Interamerican Journal of Psychology 54 2 (2020), Anna L. Lopez, I Torres Fernandez, J Rodriguez-Herrera, Jesus Cisneros, J Castro.
• Ally Competency and Self-Efficacy for Working with Undocumented Students Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice 57 3 (2020), Jesus Cisneros, Anna L. Lopez.
• Undocuqueer stress: How safe are "safe" spaces, and for whom Journal of Homosexuality 67 11 (2020), Jesus Cisneros, Christian Bracho.
• Detrimental effects of color-blind racial attitudes in preparing a culturally responsive teaching workforce for immigrants Journal of Career Development (2020), German Cadenas, Jesus Cisneros, Lisa B. Spanierman, Nathan Todd, Jacqueline Yi.
• Dual language programs: Questions of access in the state of Arizona Education Policy Analysis Archives 28 18 (2020), Laura Gomez, Jesus Cisneros.
• “We are legit now”: Institutionalizing Undocumented Student Resource Centers on campus Journal of College Student Development 61 1 (2020), Jesus Cisneros, Diana Valdivia.
• Creating a welcoming environment of mental health equity for undocumented students Routledge (2019), German Cadenas, Diana Peña, Jesus Cisneros.
• Undocumented and unafraid; queer, trans, and unashamed: How undocuqueer immigrants are redefining the traditional classroom Michigan State University Press (2019), Jesus Cisneros.
• Undocuqueer: Coming out of the shadows and the closet. Routledge (2019), Jesus Cisneros.
• Undocumented Student Resource Centers: Institutional supports for undocumented students NASPA (2019), Jesus Cisneros, Diana Valdivia Ordorica, Kevin Graham.
• Coming out of the shadows and the closet: Visibility schemas among undocuqueer immigrants Journal of Homosexuality 66 6 (2019), Jesus Cisneros, Christian Bracho.
• College as the great liberator: Undocuqueer immigrants’ meaning making in and out of higher education. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education 12 1 (2019), Jesus Cisneros.
• Undocuqueer: Beyond the shadows and the closet Routledge (2019), Jesus Cisneros.
• The semester of struggle: Male junior college transfer student-athletes’ experiences Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics 11 (2018), Jonathan Burgess, Jesus Cisneros.
• Working with the Complexity and Refusing to Simplify: Undocuqueer Meaning Making at the Intersection of LGBTQ and Immigrant Rights Discourses Journal of Homosexuality 65 11 (2018), Jesus Cisneros.
• Undocumented Student Resource Centers: Institutional Supports for Undocumented Students Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions (2018), Jesus Cisneros, Diana Valdivia.
• DREAMzone: Testing two vicarious contact interventions to improve attitudes toward undocumented immigrants Journal of Diversity in Higher Education 11 3 (2018), German Cadenas, Jesus Cisneros, Nathan Todd, Lisa B. Spanierman.
• Public schools are no place for immigration enforcement. The Texas Tribune (2018), Jesus Cisneros, David E. DeMatthews.
• “What Does It Mean to Be Undocuqueer?” Exploring (il)Legibility within the Intersection of Gender, Sexuality, and Immigration Status QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking 5.1 2018 (2018), Jesus Cisneros, Julia Gutierrez.
• Applying Racist Nativism Theory to K-12 education policy in Arizona, 2000-2010 University of Washington Press (2018), Oscar Jimenez Castellanos, Jesus Cisneros, Laura M. Gomez.
• What educators can do to help DACA students El Paso Times (2017), Jesus Cisneros, David E. DeMatthews.
• Other theories related to minority identity development Springer Publishing Company (2017), Jesus Cisneros.
• DREAMer-ally competency and self-efficacy: Developing higher education staff and measuring lasting outcomes Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice 54 2 (2017), Jesus Cisneros, German Cadenas.
• Intersections at a (heteronormative) crossroad: Gender and sexuality among Black students’ spiritual and religious narratives Journal of College Student Development 58 2 (2017), Keon McGuire, Jesus Cisneros, Donte McGuire.

• Critical concepts, theory, and methodologies for Latinx/a/o/* students in higher education (2021), Volume San Juan, PR, Cristobal Salinas, Jesus Cisneros, Nichole Garcia.
• Interrogating the meaning of conducting research “with and for” undocumented immigrant students in higher education (2021), Volume San Juan, PR, Cynthia Salazar, Jesus Cisneros, Carlos Aguilar, Alonso Reyna Rivarola, Felecia Russel.
• Humanizing research methodologies with and for undocumented students: Maintaining confidentiality (2021), Volume Virtual, Kayon Hall, Jesus Cisneros, Gloria Montiel, Toko Oshio.
• Growing our own: Developing and supporting tomorrow’s Latino college leaders (2021), Volume El Paso, TX, Arturo Olivarez, Jesus Cisneros, Eduardo Arellano, Edna Martinez.
• Launching UTEP's Hispanic Servingness Research Council (2021), Volume UTEP, Christina Convertino, Jesus Cisneros, Lucia Dura, Danielle Morales, Azuri Gonzalez , Cole Joslyn, Edna Martinez, Jeffrey Olimpo.
• Educational innovation in times of crisis (2021), Volume Virtual, Jesus Cisneros, Desa K. Daniel, Justin Ortagus, Kyndra Middleton, Anisha Singh, Viji Sathy.
• Undocumented student resource centers at community colleges: Establish, build, institutionalize (2021), Volume virtual, Rachel Freeman, Rachel Mazumder, Jesus Cisneros.
• Theorizing the insider-outsider binary: Reflections of higher education professionals with minoritized sexual and gender identities. (2020), Volume virtual, Jesus Cisneros.
• Institutional support for undocumented students at community colleges: Undocumented Student Resource Centers at community colleges. (2020), Volume cancelled, Rachel Freeman, Mazumder Trisha, Jesus Cisneros.
• Students as activists: Making the world better, one grad student at a time. (2020), Volume cancelled, Jesus Cisneros.
• Undocu-Ally trainings: Reducing stigma and prejudice via educational interventions. (2020), Volume cancelled, Jesus Cisneros.
• Manuscript rejection and motivation in early career faculty of color: A collaborative autoethnography (2019), Volume Portland, OR, Rene Guillaume, Jesus Cisneros, Edna Matinez.
• “We are legit now”: Institutionalizing Undocumented Student Resource Centers on campus (2019), Volume Portland, OR, Jesus Cisneros, Diana Valdivia.
• The role of undocumented student resource centers at community colleges in serving local communities (2019), Volume Portland, OR, Jesus Cisneros, Diana Valdivia.
• “I’m not here to be your savior”: Undocumented student support services and resource centers. (2019), Volume Portland, OR, Jesus Cisneros, Diana Valdivia, Alonso Reyna-Rivarola, Felecia Russel.
• Undocuqueer stress: How safe are “safe” spaces and for whom? (2019), Volume Portland, OR, Christian Bracho, Jesus Cisneros.
• Resources and tools for Latinx leaders in higher education (2019), Volume Seattle, WA, Guadalupe Corona, Cristobal Salinas, Jesus Cisneros.
• Ally competency and self-efficacy for working with undocumented students (2019), Volume Toronto, ON, Canada, Jesus Cisneros, Anna Lopez.
• Dreamer Resource Centers as culturally responsive practices within higher education (2019), Volume Toronto, ON, Canada, Jesus Cisneros, Diana Valdivia.
• DREAMzone, Undocu Ally, and Undocu Peers: Reducing stigma and prejudice via educational interventions. (2019), Volume Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Jesus Cisneros.
• Educational interventions for responding to the presence and needs of undocumented students. (2019), Volume Toronto, ON, Canada, Jesus Cisneros.
• Fire side chat: Links & shoulders (2019), Volume Toronto, ON, Canada, Jesus Cisneros.
• Undocuqueer stress: How safe are “safe” spaces and for whom? (2019), Volume Toronto, ON, Canada, Jesus Cisneros, Christian Bracho.
• Facilitating research and advocacy partnerships to build data capacity in support of undocumented students (2018), Volume Tampa, FL, Jesus Cisneros, Tracey Buenavista, Dario Fernandez, Blanca Villagomez, Susana Muñoz, Matt Matera, Edwin Hernandez, Robert Teranishi.
• Identity, history, geography, and policy: Complicating monolithic narratives of undocumented immigrant students in higher education (2018), Volume Orlando, FL, Cristobal Salinas, Susana Muñoz, Nienhusser Kenny, Kyra Hall, Jesus Cisneros, Keith Southern.
• Job searches and career advancement in the academy (2018), Volume Tampa, FL, Jesus Cisneros.
• LGBTQ: We are Still Here (2018), Volume El Paso, TX, Jesus Cisneros, Oralia Loza, Joel Estrada, Sofia Lopez.
• Contradictions and complexities of DACA elimination amidst rhetoric of freedom, democracy, and sanctuary (2018), Volume New York, NY, Jesus Cisneros.
• Dreamer resource centers: Institutional supports for undocumented students at Hispanic-serving institutions (2018), Volume Philadelphia, PA, Jesus Cisneros.
• Institutional supports for undocumented students at Hispanic-serving institutions (2018), Volume New Orleans, LA, Jesus Cisneros.
• Leadership in times of social change (2018), Volume New Orleans, LA, Alonzo Flowers, Rosie Banda, Jesus Cisneros.
• “Excuse me? Did I hear you correctly?: Narratives of microaggressions as experienced by junior faculty of color in the classroom (2018), Volume New Orleans, LA, Alonzo Flowers, Rosie Banda, Robinson Petra, Jesus Cisneros.
• College as the great liberator: Undocuqueer immigrants' meaning making in and out of higher education (2017), Volume Houston, TX, Jesus Cisneros.
• Activismo y organizacion: Creando espacios informales para inmigrantes indocumentados LGBTQ (2017), Volume La Habana, Cuba, Jesus Cisneros.
• Coming out of the shadows and the closet: Visibility schemas among undocuqueer immigrants (2017), Volume Minneapolis, MN, Christian Bracho, Jesus Cisneros.
• Improving attitudes toward undocumented immigrants using two vicarious contact interventions (2017), Volume Albuquerque, NM, Jesus Cisneros, German Cadenas, Nathan Todd, Lisa B. Spanierman.
• But who cares? Researchers’ (shifting) positionalities in liminal spaces (2017), Volume San Antonio, TX, Jesus Cisneros, Keon McGuire.
• Educational research for achieving the promise of equal educational opportunity: Diverse methodologies and perspectives for addressing ongoing inequality (2017), Volume San Antonio, TX, Jesus Cisneros.
• The transition from graduate student to assistant professor (2017), Volume San Antonio, TX, Jesus Cisneros, Jessica Holloway, Taucia Gonzalez.

• UndocuScholars Project