Academic Publications
Duarte, Katie. 2026. “Unruly Curly Hair: The Role of Latina Hair Stylists in Disrupting Beauty Hierarchies.” Sociological Perspectives. 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/07311214261471896
Duarte, Katie. 2026. “Detangling Beauty, Curly Hair, and Race: (Re)Interpreting Beauty and Latinx Racial Identities through Natural Hair Narratives.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 12(3):360-374. https://doi.org/10.1177/23326492251334306
Public Writing
2023, Mambela, Ricardo and Katie Duarte. “Visualizing the Racial Wealth Gap: ACLU.” American Civil Liberties Union, Blog.
2023, Katie Duarte (Contributor). “Digital Dystopia: The Danger in Buying What the EdTech Surveillance Industry is Selling.” American Civil Liberties Union, Research Report.
Public Engagement & Media Coverage
2026, Hernández-Medina, Esther. “Plátano Power en la academia de EE.UU.” [“Plátano Power in US Academia”]. Acento. (Dominican Republic). [Dr. Esther Hernández-Medina features the growing presence of Dominican scholars in U.S. sociology, spotlighting Dr. Katie Duarte as one of the rising sociologists in the cohort.]
2025, Mejia, Zameena. “Watching Becky G Embrace Her Gray Hair Helped Me Change How I See Mine,” Refinery 29. [Dr. Katie Duarte is quoted on Latina beauty standards and natural hair.]
2023, “Tangled: Conversations about Hair, Identity, and Empowerment,” Invited to Panel, Latine & Black and Nonbinary Women’s Employee Resource Groups, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY
2023, “Research for Social Change: On Campus, in Communities, and as a Career,” Invited to Panel, ACLU National Advocacy Institute 2023, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY
2021, “Academia Panel,” Invited to Panel, National Dominican Student Conference, Harvard University, Boston, MA