Immigration Working Group September 2009
The IWG will meet three times this semester.
| What |
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| When |
Sep 17, 2009 from 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm |
| Where | 0124B Cole Student Activities Bldg. |
| Contact Name | Judith Freidenberg |
| Contact Phone | 301-405-1420 |
| Attendees |
Joan Kahn, Sociology Tina Zarpour, Anthropology Karen Woodrow LaField, MPRC Amy Carattini, Anthropology Gail Thakur, Anthropology Julie Park, Sociology / Asian American Studies Judith Freidenberg, Anthropology |
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The Immigration Working Group met on
Thursday, Sept. 17, right as President Obama was addressing a packed
house at the Comcast Center. Although our attendance was small (Judith
Freidenberg, Joan Kahn, Julie Park, Karen Woodrow-Lafield, Gail Thakur,
Amy Carattini, and Tina Zarpour), the conversation was lively and the
meeting was productive.
We first introduced ourselves and our areas of interest. Then, we opened up the discussion regarding our expectations for the working group. There was consensus that we should discuss our own work but also listen to what relevant researchers on immigration had to say.
We first introduced ourselves and our areas of interest. Then, we opened up the discussion regarding our expectations for the working group. There was consensus that we should discuss our own work but also listen to what relevant researchers on immigration had to say.
FALL SEMESTER
This month, SOCY and MPRC will host 3 talks which
should be of interest to the Immigration Working Group. Please mark
them on your calendars:
Oct. 8 Lingxin Hao (Johns Hopkins
University) will speak (at 12:15 in rm. 1101 Art/Soc) on “From
Temporary to Permanent: Extended Internal Labor Markets and Skilled
Immigration to the U.S.”
Oct. 15 Kyle Crowder (UNC-Chapel Hill) will speak (at 12:15 in rm. 1101 Art/Soc) on “Immigration & Native Mobility
Decisions: The Influence of Local & Extralocal Conditions”
Decisions: The Influence of Local & Extralocal Conditions”
Oct. 22 Jennifer Glick (Arizona
State University) will speak (at 12:15 in rm. 1101 Art/Soc) on "Family
Migration Patterns: Maternal Age at Arrival & Children’s Cognitive
& Academic Performance"
Please note that the talk on Oct. 22
falls at the same time as our second scheduled Immigration Working
Group meeting for the semester. At our first meeting, the group
decided to attend the talk and then meet together afterwards.
For our final meeting of the semester on Nov. 11, we
intend to invite an outside speaker and will let you know when it has
been arranged. Please hold the date on your calendar!
SPRING SEMESTER:
There was consensus in the group that we wanted to learn about who
was conducting immigration research, where, and with which data sets.
There was interest discussed in hearing from researchers at Brookings,
the Census Bureau, and the Congressional Research Service, and also to
hear about datasets such as the New Immigrant Survey and the American
Community Survey. We ended up suggesting the following Panel
Presentations for the Spring Semester:
1. Congressional Research Service
2. New Immigrant Survey
2. New Immigrant Survey
3. Census Bureau, especially their partnering with smaller organizations for Census 2010
4. Consortium Universities with substantial immigration research
4. Consortium Universities with substantial immigration research
POSSIBLE PRODUCTS FOR THE WORKING GROUP 2009-2010:
1. A list of resources on immigration research, including
websites and data sets and possibly a review of their strengths and
limitations. This product would be presented at the end of the year
and made available to researchers
2. A lecture series on immigration at the university (announced in FYI and open to the public)
If you are interested in contributing items to the
resource list or suggesting names of possible guest speakers, please
contact Judith Freidenberg (jfreiden@anth.umd.edu) or Joan Kahn (jkahn@socy.umd.edu)
We look forward to hearing from you!!
Judith and Joan