PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Pila, Daniela. 2016. “ ‘I’m not good enough for anyone’: Legal Status & the Dating Lives of Undocumented Young Adults.” Sociological Forum 31(1): 138-158.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Pila, Daniela. 2020. Conducting Research with Undocumented and Mixed-Status Families During COVID: Ethics, Practices, and Methods, Edited by Carolina Valdivia and Rachel Freeman. Invited

Pila, Daniela. March 2020. “Reprogramming” In Whiter: Asian American Women on Skin Color and Colorism, Edited by Nikki Khanna. New York, NY: New York University Press.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES

Pila, Daniela. August 2025. ”Legal Regimes and Governance on Filipino Migration.” Routledge Handbook of The Filipino Diaspora, (eds) Kristine Aquino, and Earvin Cabalquinto, Valerie A. Francisco-Menchavez. England, UK.

Pila, Daniela. 2014. “Racism” in Encyclopedia of Social Deviance, (eds) Craig J. Forsyth and Heith Copes. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Pila, Daniela. 2013. “Refugees” in Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia, (eds) Carlos E. Cortés. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

MEDIA MENTIONS

Pila, Daniela. 2017. “‘Hiya’ hinders accurate study of Filipino immigration in US”. Inquirer.net. Op-Ed. 11/19: http://usa.inquirer.net/6718/hiya-hinders-accurate-study-filipino-immigration-us

Featured in Los Angeles Times, by Journalist Agnes Constante. Oct 2021. “How the Philippines’      colonial           legacy                         weighs       on            Filipino     American             mental           health”, https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2021-10-12/colonial-history-behind-filipino-american- mental-health.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Pila, Daniela. ‘Through the Needle’: Filipinos Avoiding Illegality. Book manuscript in preparation for the University of California Press.

Pila, Daniela. August 2025. “Legal Status Fluidity: Theorizing Legal Status Transitions and How Filipinos Navigate Immigration Pathways.” Invited submission for special issue of Social Sciences titled “Migration, Citizenship and Social Rights”. Editors: Alexis Silver and Kara Cebulko. Available upon request.

Pila, Daniela. August 2025. “Undocumented and Precariously Legal Filipino Immigrants in the US: Research Strategies and Barriers.” Invited submission for special issue of Frontiers titled “Methodological Innovations in Undocumented Migration Studies”. Editors: Fanny Lauby and Stephen Ruszczyk.

Pila, Daniela. Summer 2027. “Legal Status Fluidity: Transitions from Documented, Undocumented, and Back To Documented.” Invited Book Chapter for “Enduring migratory precarity over time and across generations: Life course and longitudinal perspectives” University of Illinois Press. Editors: Jacob Lind, Joanna Dreby, and Michelle Peterie.

Unson, Christine and Daniela Pila. Working Paper. 2024. Overcoming Barriers to Work life Extension: The Experience of Older Philippine Women. Article in preparation for Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology.

Pila, Daniela. “Researching illegality and precarious legal status as a non-citizen.” Article in preparation for Sociological Methodology.