The Migration Working Group is an interdisciplinary group for faculty, post-docs, and graduate students to present works-in-progress related to migration. We meet roughly biweekly on Tuesdays from 12-1pm at the PSTC, and welcome new members from any discipline! If you would like to join the mailing list, please email Neha Lund.
All are welcome to attend the presentations and events organized by the Migration Studies Initiative.
Upcoming Events:
Migration Working Group Meeting—Guest Speaker Sofya Aptekar
March 19, 2024; 4:30-6pm; Nicholson House (71 George St.), Conde Room
Migration Working Group Meeting
April 9, 2024; 12-1pm; Mencoff Hall Seminar Room
Migration Working Group Meeting—Guest Speaker Tiffany Joseph
April 30, 2024; 12-1:30pm; Sayles Hall, Room 104
Past Events:
Migration Working Group Meeting
February 27, 2024; 12-1pm; Mencoff Hall Seminar Room
Migration Working Group Meeting
February 13, 2024; 12-1pm; Mencoff Hall Seminar Room
Migration Working Group Meeting
October 11, 2023; 12-1pm; Mencoff Hall Seminar Room
Migration Working Group Meeting
October 25, 2023; 12-1pm; Mencoff Hall Seminar Room
Migration Working Group Meeting
November 8, 2023; 12-1pm; Mencoff Hall Seminar Room
Migration Working Group Meeting
November 29, 2023; 12-1pm; Mencoff Hall Seminar Room
September 27, from 12-1pm; PSTC seminar room
First Migration Working Group meeting of the Fall 2023 semester
December 6, 2021 10:00-11:00am
Argenis Hurtado Moreno, Anthropology
December 13, 2021 10:00-11:00am
Grazia Deng, PSTC
November 22, 2021 10:00-11:00am
Kevin Escudero, American and Ethnic Studies, book proposal; Tate Kihara, sociology, dissertation chapter
November 8, 2021 10:00-11:00am
Erin Mellett, Anthropology, dissertation chapter
October 25, 2021 10:00-11:00am
CLACS postdoc Kristin Kolenz will present work from her book project, an analysis of the transnational movements and community-building practices of Central Americans subjected to forced migration, dangerous crossing conditions, and confinement.
Monday, April 12th - 5:00pm
We Are Not Dreamers: A Book Launch and Discussion
Join the Migration Studies Initiative (MSI) book launch of We Are Not Dreamers: Undocumented Scholars Theorize Undocumented Life in the United States (Duke University Press, 2020). All are welcome to learn and discuss how we can move forward in supporting undocumented youth without replicating the Dreamer narrative.
Wednesday, April 14 - 1:00pm
Sociology graduate student and PSTC trainee Chantel Pheiffer will present some of her dissertation research on how migration affects the risk of non-communicable diseases.
Monday, April 26 - 1:00pm
Deborah Frempong, Graduate Student, Anthropology
Wednesday, May 5 - 12:00pm
Grazia Deng, Postdoctoral Research Associate, PSTC
Wednesday, May 5 - 12:00pm
Grazia Deng, Postdoctoral Research Associate, PSTC
Monday, April 26 - 1:00pm
Deborah Frempong, Graduate Student, Anthropology
Wednesday, April 14 - 1:00pm
Sociology graduate student and PSTC trainee Chantel Pheiffer will present some of her dissertation research on how migration affects the risk of non-communicable diseases.
Monday, April 12th - 5:00pm
We Are Not Dreamers: A Book Launch and Discussion
Join the Migration Studies Initiative (MSI) book launch of We Are Not Dreamers: Undocumented Scholars Theorize Undocumented Life in the United States (Duke University Press, 2020). All are welcome to learn and discuss how we can move forward in supporting undocumented youth without replicating the Dreamer narrative.
Wednesday, March 17 - 12 pm
Cyril Bennouna, Graduate Student, Political Science
"The Role of Culturally Responsive Social and Emotional Learning in Supporting Refugee Inclusion and Belonging: A Thematic Analysis of Service Provider Perspectives."
In this talk, Bennouna will discuss the opportunities that schoolwide social and emotional learning (SEL) efforts may present for supporting refugee integration and belonging, particularly for young refugees resettled to the U.S. from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, who face significant acculturative stressors.