Harvard Migration and Immigrant Incorporation Workshop
MII Presentations, 2003-2004
| Wed, October 8, 2003 |
| Presenter:
| Tomas Jimenez
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Harvard) |
| Discussant:
| Luisa Heredia
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Harvard) |
| Mexican Americans' Opinions and Attitudes Toward Mexican Immigrants |
| Wed, October 22, 2003 |
| Presenter:
| Maria Rendon
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Harvard) |
| Discussant:
| Mary Waters
(Professor,
Sociology, Harvard)
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| Second Generation Decline
and Socioeconomic Assimilation:
Comparing the Mexican-Origin Population, Blacks, and Whites |
| Wed, November 5, 2003 |
| Presenter:
| Mary C. Waters
(Professor,
Sociology, Harvard) |
| Discussant:
| Audrey Alforque (PhD Candidate,
Sociology, Harvard) |
| The Ever Wining Path:
Ethnic and Racial Diversity in the Transition to Adulthood |
| Wed, November 19, 2003 |
| Presenter:
| Yvonne Gastélum
(PhD Candidate, Government, Harvard) |
| Discussant:
| Dan Reichman (PhD Candidate, Anthropology, Cornell) |
| Basic Sites of Justice: Incorporating Borderlands
into Theories of Justice |
| Wed, December 5, 2003 |
| Presenter:
| Lorraine Lezama
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| Discussant:
| TBA |
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| February 19, 2004 (5:00PM William
James Hall 501) |
| Presenter:
| Eduardo Mosqueda
(PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Education, Harvard) |
| Discussant:
| Tomas Jimenez
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Harvard) |
| The Academic and Social Consequences of Tracking Immigrant Latinos in Math |
| March 4, 2004 (5:00PM William James
Hall 501) |
| Presenter:
| Dan Reichman
(PhD Candidate, Anthropology, Cornell) |
| Discussant:
| Wendy Roth (PhD Candidate, Sociology, Harvard)
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| The Migrant Haragán: Understanding Emigration in a Honduran Coffee Town |
| Thurs, March 18, 2004 (5:00PM William
James Hall 501) |
| Presenter:
| Audrey Alforque-Thomas
(PhD Candidate, Sociology, Harvard) |
| Discussant:
| Eduardo Mosqueda (PhD Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education) |
| Parent-Child Interaction and Educational Expecations of the Immigrant Second Generation |
| ANNUAL GUEST LECTURE: Tues. April
13, 2004 (4:30 PM William James Hall 1550) |
| Guest Lecturer:
| Richard Alba
(Professor of Sociology, SUNY, Albany; Visiting Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advance Study) |
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| Downward Assimilation and Mexican Americans: An Examination of Intergenerational
Advance and Stagnation in Educational Attainment |
| Thurs, April 15, 2004 (5:00PM William
James Hall 501) |
| Presenter:
| Dr. Hsiu-hua Shen
(Postdoctoral fellow, Fairbanks Center, Harvard University) |
| Discussant:
| TBA |
| The Making of a Transnational Taiwanese Capitalist Class in China |
| Thurs, April 29, 2004 (5:00PM William
James Hall 501) |
| Presenter:
| Dr. Vivian Louie
(Assistant Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education) |
| Discussant:
| TBA |
| Paths to College Among Second Generation Chinese and Dominicans:
The Role of Social Capital |
| Thurs, May 13, 2004 (5:00PM William
James Hall 501) |
| Presenter:
| Jean-Philippe Dedieu
(Doctoral Student, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France) |
| Discussant:
| TBA |
| Composite Identities: The Social History of African Legal Professionals in France |
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Our weekly workshop will be held on Thursdays from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in William James Hall 601, located at 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA.
Coordinators:
Van C. Tran
Zoua Vang
Faculty Sponsors:
Mary C. Waters
Jennifer Hochschild
Email Contact:

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