Conference Schedule (subject to change)
| 8:30-9:00 | Breakfast and Registration |
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcoming Remarks: Emilio Parrado, University of Pennsylvania |
| 9:30-10:30 | Workshop Session 1* |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:20 | Panel 1: Refugees* |
| 12:20-1:20 | Lunch |
| 1:30-2:30 | Workshop Session 2* |
| 2:45-4:00 | Panel 2: Past and Future of Immigration Research* |
| 4:00-4:30 | Break |
| 4:30-5:30 | Thematic Session Round Tables* |
| 5:30 | Reception, Book Raffle, and Closing Remarks |
*Space is limited for workshop, panel, and round table sessions and seating is on a first-come first-served basis.
Conference Program (subject to change)
8:30-9:00 Breakfast and Registration
9:00-9:15 Welcoming Remarks: Emilio Parrado, University of Pennsylvania
• Talking to Reporters with Dominik Doemer, Room 107
• Doing Applied Research or Working Outside of Academia with Audrey Singer and William Kandel, Lounge
• Teaching Immigration in the Trump Era with Tanya Golash-Boza, Zulema Valdez, Monika Gosin, and Jennifer Bickham Mendez, Room 108
• Publication Workshop: Books with Dean Birkenkamp and Joanna Dreby, Conference Room, 2nd Floor
• Use of Experts in Court with Robert Smith and Hon. Dorothy Harbeck, NAIJ*, Room 107 Balcony (see General Reading list and PowerPoint presentations)
*The presenter is the Eastern Regional Vice President of the National Association of Immigration Judges. The views expressed here do not necessarily represent the official position of the United States Department of Justice, the Attorney General, or the Executive Office for Immigration Review. The views represent the author’s personal opinions, which were formed after extensive consultation with the membership of the NAIJ.
• Moderator: Rebbeca Tesfai (Assistant Professor, Temple University)
• Social Science, Law, and Public Policy with Jaya Ramji-Nogales (Professor of Law,
Temple University)
• Prospects for Refugee Integration with Rawan Arar (Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego)
• New Directions and Reflections for Refugee Related Research in Sociology with Alice Bloch (Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester)
• Exclusion of Refugee Groups on Security Grounds: What is the Impact on “Them?” What is the Impact on “Us?” with Mark Hetfield (President and CEO, HIAS)
• How to Write Op-eds with Dominik Doemer, Room 107
• Dealing with Misinformation and Alternate Facts: How to Effectively Frame Immigration Debates with Marisa Pineau and Moira O’Neil, Room 108
• Publication Workshop: Articles with John Solomos and Jacqueline Hagan, Conference Room, 2nd Floor
• Community Partnerships with Helen Marrow and Shannon Gleeson, Room 107 Balcony
• How to Conduct Team Research with Frank Bean and Veronica Terriquez, Lounge
2:45-4:00 Panel 2: Past and Future of Immigration Research
• Moderator: Amada Armenta (Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles)
• Reflections on Immigrant America: From the Great Inclusion to the Great Exclusion
with Rubén Rumbaut (Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine)
• Racial Formations and the Challenge of Diversity with Dina Okamoto (Professor of Sociology, Indiana University Bloomington)
• Gender, Families, and Future Directions for International Migration Research with Katharine Donato (Director & Donald G. Herzberg Professor of International Migration, Georgetown University)
• Why Border Enforcement Backfires with Douglas Massey (Professor of Sociology,
Princeton University)
4:30-5:30 Thematic Session Round Tables
• Assimilation, Incorporation, and the Second Generation with Tomás Jiménez, Stanford University and Natasha Warikoo, Harvard University, Conference Room, 2nd Floor
• Immigration: “Illegality” and Racialization with Amada Armenta, University of California, Los Angeles and Tanya Golash-Boza, University of California, Merced, Room 107
• Immigrant Health with Irma Elo, University of Pennsylvania and Claire Altman, University of Missouri, Room 107 Balcony
• Gender and Migration with Leah Schmalzbauer, Amherst College and Gul Ozyegin, College of William & Mary, World Forum
• African Immigrants with Kevin Thomas, Pennsylvania State University and Cawo Abdi, University of Minnesota, Lounge
• Immigration and Education with Cynthia Feliciano, University of California, Irvine and Van Tran, Columbia University, Room 108
5:30 Reception, Book Raffle, and Closing Remarks: David FitzGerald, University of California, San Diego
