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Four CUNY Professors Win Grants for Latino Humanities Research
The faculty members will lead interdisciplinary research projects as part of the Crossing Latinidades Collaborative.
IN GUIDING REFUGEE RESEARCHERS, MASTER’S STUDENTS SEE THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR EYES
By Bonnie Eissner As a student in the Graduate Center’s International Migration Studies master’s program, Harry Frey has read a great deal about refugees and their experiences. It was only when he started working with refugees in East Africa and...
THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES AND UNDERSERVED STUDENTS IN AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST GO TO COLLEGE BECAUSE OF THIS ALUMNA
By Bonnie Eissner Graduate Center alumna Chrystina Russell (Ph.D. ’17, Urban Education) made a life-altering decision in 2013 when she left her job as the founding principal of a middle school in Harlem to bring college education to youth in...
Professor Robert C. Smith Wins the Award for Public Sociology in International Migration
Professor Robert C. Smith was recently named winner of the American Sociological Association's Award for Public Sociology in International Migration.
To White People Who Want to Be "One of the Good Ones"
In an opinion piece in the New York Times, Maeve Higgins, a student in the M.A. Program in International Migration Studies, discusses what it means to learn about racism and examine racial privileges as a white person in the United...
For DACA Applicants, Community Support Can Make a Difference
How do community factors impact whether and how someone applies for DACA? A new paper co-authored by Professor Els de Graauw sheds light on the challenges that line the path to DACA.
Q&A: Professor Margaret M. Chin on the New York City Garment Industry
Professor Margaret M. Chin, author of Sewing Women: Immigrants and the New York City Garment Industry, discusses the history and current state of garment work in New York City in the Asian Pacific American Heritiage Month post on the Columbia University Press blog.
The 'Women's Work' of the Pandemic
Professor Margaret M. Chin is quoted in an article in Vox on how women are shouldering the burden of pandemic preparedness.
Faculty Publication: Professor Els de Graauw
Professor Els de Graauw's article, "Metropolitan Context and Immigrant Rights Experiences: DACA Awareness and Support in Houston" (co-authored with Professor Shannon Gleeson at Cornell University), was published in Urban Geography.
"It's Heartbreaking for Us." Syrian Students' Struggle to Study in the U.S.
In an opinion piece in TIME, Maeve Higgins, a student in the MA in International Migration Studies Program discusses Syrian refugees' integration into American society via educational mobility.