ASA Int'l Migration

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Navigating Methodological & Ethical Challenges in Migration Research. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Navigating Methodological & Ethical Challenges in Migration Research. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Register here: newschool.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

What are some of the key risks and challenges facing migration researchers in our current political climate? How do we protect our interlocutors and ourselves? Join our panelists for a discussion on methodology and ethics in contemporary migration research.

Register for our winter mentoring webinar:

Navigating Methodological & Ethical Challenges in Migration Research

Friday, February 6 at 2 PM EST / 11 AM PST

with @hebagowayed.bsky.social Nilda Flores-Gonzalez, & Ariela Schachter

Call for Proposals (Due: March 2, 2026) Asylum in the City: New York’s Past, Present, and Future Conference Date: May 15, 2026 Baruch College-CUNY in New York City New York City has long served as a primary point of arrival, reception, and ...

🗽 Call for Proposals: Asylum in the City: NYC’s Past, Present & Future Conference

📍 Baruch College–CUNY, May 15, 2026

We welcome academic & practitioner papers on urban asylum governance in NYC and beyond.

🗓 Proposal deadline: March 2, 2026

👉 Info & submit here: forms.gle/4fEKtrXeFNJy...

How immigration myths from the past still shape today's debates Professor Nancy Foner on the myths regarding early 20th century immigration to the U.S. and the claims of Vice President Vance on their assimilation.

ICYMI: Listen to ASA member Nancy Foner @huntercollege.bsky.social provide insights on how immigration myths from the past still shape today's debates. @npr.org bit.ly/4srDelW

Stateside: Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 Venezuelan asylum seekers in Michigan face new uncertainty in the U.S. after the detention of President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces.

ASA member Silvia Pedraza @umich.edu was a guest on Stateside @aprilbaerradio.bsky.social from Michigan Public Radio @michiganpublic.bsky.social to discuss the uncertainty facing Venezuelan asylum seekers in Michigan. Pedraza's commentary starts at minute 12:55.

Meet us in Midtown! ASA is thrilled to return to the heart of NYC for #ASA2026. It promises to be an incredible time of connection and learning—make plans to join us this summer! https://bit.ly/ASA2026. 

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"To achieve immigrant well-being is to achieve well-being for all Americans." - @drernestocast.bsky.social

Learn more about Dr. Castañeda in our new ¡Hablemos! interview series article here: iwbcollab.org/hablemos-wit...

Be the change! We're still shy of our goal to raise funds to assist 50 emerging scholars with attending the ASA Annual Meeting. We need your help to get there! Support the future of sociology by giving to the ASA Student Travel Fund today! https://www.asanet.org/donate.
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Please see our Fall 2025 newsletter here! www.asanet.org/communities-...

Help shape a dynamic and impactful program of sociology research at ASA 2026 Annual Meeting in NYC, August 7-11! The online portal is open for submissions until Feb. 25. https://bit.ly/ASA26portal

SFAB is hosting a virtual workshop, From Surviving to Thriving: Your Graduate School Roadmap, on Thursday, December 4th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET. This session will feature a panel of scholars sharing strategies for a fulfilling academic and professional path.

We hope to see you there!

📚 Join us TU 11/18, 4:15-6:15pm EST for a book talk with Dr. Filiz Garip on "Predictability of Human Mobility Across Borders."

👉 Info & register: bit.ly/FilizGarip

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@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
@migcitizenapsa.bsky.social
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Interested in learning more about the MA Program in International Migration Studies at CUNY? Please join our Virtual Open House on W 11/19, 6:30-8:30pm EST!

Register here: baruch.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Section Award Nomination Calls | American Sociological Association Many ASA Sections offer awards to recognize achievement in their respective areas of academic interest.  Following are the most recent calls for nominations

Please nominate yourself and others for our section awards @asanews.bsky.social !! Deadline March 15th: www.asanet.org/communities-...

Section members: please share your member news for our next newsletter here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

What shapes immigrant youth’s political interest—identity or opportunity? Across Europe, @madem2876.bsky.social's and coauthor Patricia McManus's findings point to the enduring power of resources over ethnicity.
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What is assimilation, how do we measure it, and how do we know if a group has assimilated? - Theory and Society Theory and Society - Assimilation theories explain a process whereby newcomer and majority groups become similar. This paper revisits the meaning of assimilation and its complex link to its...

CMS affiliates Prof. Aryan Karimi & Prof. Rima Wilkes (UBC Sociology) revisit assimilation theory, tracing its shift from ethnoracial passing to socioeconomic mobility and calling for renewed approaches using historical data and machine learning.

🔗 Read the paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

REMINDER: Please complete our member survey and share your ideas!

International Migration Section - Panel Ideas and Volunteer Interest (2025-2026) We want your ideas and energy! Please respond by MIDNIGHT (EST) **Sunday, September 7**. The International Migration section is soliciting ideas for 2026 ASA in NYC, panel session ideas, volunteers ...

Please complete this survey to volunteer for our many committees and submit your ideas for #ASA2026 by Sunday 9/7!

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Scholars of immigration, join us tomorrow!

Join this @scholars.org webinar tomorrow 8/21 featuring 2 of our section members - @drlizaaranda.bsky.social and @drernestocast.bsky.social

Immigration: How Scholars can Engage to Inform Policy

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In "Green Card Soldiers," by @sofaptekar.bsky.social, we learn that #citizenship proves harder-than-advertised to achieve through enlistment, but it matters for immigrants’ #military service and the lives they lead afterward. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
#sociology #immigration

A Record of Vanishings: Neda Maghbouleh on the Stress Response of Seeing Iran Bombed 1 I finally learn how to record my phone screen to save my aunt’s Instagram story before it vanishes. The video opens on her silver Swatch, a date and time stamp: 28 Khordad (June 17, 2025), 12:10 …

Exploring how memory, migration, and conflict intersect, CMS affiliate Prof. Neda Maghbouleh, Assistant Professor of Sociology, reflects on the toll of violence and displacement.

Via Literary Hub 🔗 lithub.com/a-record-of-...

International Migration Section - Panel Ideas and Volunteer Interest (2025-2026) We want your ideas and energy! Please respond by MIDNIGHT (EST) **Sunday, September 7**. The International Migration section is soliciting ideas for 2026 ASA in NYC, panel session ideas, volunteers ...

Please complete this survey to volunteer for our many committees and submit your ideas for #ASA2026 by Sunday 9/7!

forms.gle/BWnoqRWmdNGF...

Sin padres, ni papeles BOOK REVIEW

Stephanie Canizales, UC Berkeley, is the winner of the Leogrande Prize from the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies & the School of Public Affairs at American University for "Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: California University Press 2024. The award recognizes important work with a $1,000 prize