The Ethnic Project: Transforming Racial Fictions into Ethnic Factions

The Ethnic Project: Transforming Racial Fictions into Ethnic Factions

by Dr. Vilna Bashi Treitler Stanford University Press (August 21, 2013) Race is a known fiction—there is no genetic marker that indicates someone’s race—yet the…

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Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age

Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age

PHILIP KASINITZ MARY C. WATERS JOHN H. MOLLENKOPF JENNIFER HOLDAWAY Russell Sage Foundation Publications; 3.2.2010 edition (April 1, 2010)   Winner of the 2010 Distinguished…

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Local Shops:  Immigration, Globalization, and Gentrification in New York City

Local Shops: Immigration, Globalization, and Gentrification in New York City

Beginning in fall 2010, Philip Kasinitz and Sharon Zukin have worked with a team of more than a dozen students in the PhD Program in…

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[Interview] Dr. Philip Kasinitz: "Immigration, Demographic Change, and Racial Justice"

[Interview] Dr. Philip Kasinitz: “Immigration, Demographic Change, and Racial Justice”

2012 Interview with Dr. Philip Kasinitz  In 2012, Philip Kasinitz, professor of sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, was…

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Events

Events

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2013

2013

SOCIOLOGY Immigration in an Era of Globalization,Professors Richard Alba and Nancy Foner Tuesdays, 4:15 – 6:15 p.m. This course will provide an overview of the literature…

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New Directions in Immigration: Interdisciplinary Research Perspectives

New Directions in Immigration: Interdisciplinary Research Perspectives

The Immigration Working Group of the City University of New York Graduate Center presents New Directions in Immigration: Interdisciplinary Research Perspectives A Graduate Student Conference…

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What Merit Means: Admissions, Diversity, and Inequality at Elite Universities in the United States and Britain

What Merit Means: Admissions, Diversity, and Inequality at Elite Universities in the United States and Britain

Natasha Kumar Warikoo, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation Time: Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 4:30-6:00 PM  Place: The Graduate Center, The City University…

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2012

2012

Fall 2012 SOCIOLOGY Professor Richard Alba, Soc. 84600 Quantitative reasoning in the study of immigration {19155}
Tuesdays, 2:00 – 4:00, Room TBA, 3 Credits The goal…

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2011

2011

Fall 2011 SOCIOLOGY Middle Eastern Diasporas, Professor Mehdi Bozorgmehr Soc. 82100 Middle Easterners have been coming to America since the 19th century, but their influx…

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