Faculty directory and courses on international migration at UAlbany.
Faculty with research and/or teaching interests related to international migration and refugees:
Public Administration and Policy
History
Sociology
Anthropology
Latin American, Caribbean and U.S. Latino Studies
Sociology
Geography and Planning
Political Science
Sociology
Sociology
Sociology
Geography and Planning
Political Science
Sociology
Focus on post-World War II migration between the Caribbean and the United States. Interdisciplinary course covering migration theory, U.S. migration policy and its effects on receiving and sending populations, the socio-historical background of Caribbean migration, and case studies including Cuba, the West Indies, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.
Surveys dilemmas faced by local, national and international policymakers addressing population movement. Examines political and policy dimensions including national identity debates, immigration policy, immigrant political rights, and integration policies across U.S., international and comparative contexts.
Examines the politics and policies concerning refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons. Covers the history of refugee movements, humanitarian assistance, politics of refugee return and resettlement, and policy dilemmas faced by international organizations and governments.
Graduate course examining conceptual and methodological approaches to international migration and transnationalism. Explores causes of migration, transnational relations, migration’s links to economic, cultural, political and social processes, gender and class dynamics, and global implications.
Examines values, processes and experiences associated with international migration to the United States in the context of globalization. Topics include migration theory, adaptation and assimilation, citizenship, ethnic identity formation, transnational family relations and immigrant incorporation.
Introduces core concepts and theories in migration studies. Examines why people migrate, how transnational relationships develop, and how migration interacts with political, economic, social and cultural systems globally and locally.
Examines post-World War II migration between the Caribbean and the United States including migration from Cuba, the West Indies, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Covers migration theory, U.S. migration policy impacts and socio-historical background of Caribbean migration.
Surveys the domestic and international politics of migration including labor migration, border control, immigrant incorporation, refugee policy, emigrant political participation, and the effects of migration on development, democratization and international security.
Introduction to global and regional migration patterns since the 16th century with emphasis on post-World War II migration. Covers migration theory, historical migration patterns, and strategies used by individuals, households and enterprises involved in international migration.
Examines immigration from Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1965. Topics include migration processes, community and identity, race, class and gender dynamics, socio-economic mobility, transnationalism and assimilation among second-generation immigrants.
Introduces demography and global population challenges including population growth, aging, migration and infectious diseases. Explores demographic theories, population patterns, and relationships between population dynamics, development and the environment.