Wisconsin Migration Research Group

09/29/2022

Greetings! This group was cofounded a long time ago by myself and Steven Alvarado, and we have many grads and faculty to thank for making the group a supportive environment. Neither of us lives in the state of Wisconsin so it’s time for me at least to pass the admin torch to newer leadership. Please message me (Mytoan Nguyen Akbar) for follow up, and thank you!!!

05/29/2012

The case files -- some of them a hundred years old -- for thousands of Asian immigrants include information such as photographs, personal correspondence, birth certificates, health records, interview transcripts, visas, applications and other information on all non-naturalized alien residents, repre...

04/24/2012

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/04/23/151228083/report-immigration-from-mexico-to-u-s-comes-to-standstill

It marks a halt to a historic, four-decade migration that brought 12 million Mexicans to the U.S.

04/19/2012

St. Cloud Public Library, April 10, 2012, Topic: The Political Economy of Criminalizing Immigrants". Global Goes Local Conference co-sponsored by: • St. Clou...

02/21/2011

Jessica L., a doctoral candidate in sociology at Kent State and traveling adjunct instructor at Lewis University and Indiana University Northwest, let us know that the New York Times has an interesting interactive map that uses Census data from 1880 to 2000 to show where various immigrant groups hav

01/26/2011

Come join us for dinner on Monday January 31st at 6pm at Buraka (on State Street)

06/04/2010

New interesting article on ASR: Latino Immigrants and the US Racial Order
http://asr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/75/3/378

05/03/2010

Segment 1 - "No Quick Fix" About the conference: WHAT IS AILING U.S. ? HEALTH CARE AND IMMIGRATION—ACCESS AND BARRIERS Princeton University May 14-16, 2009 This conference was the culmination of a ...

03/26/2010

While the content of your research is of primary importance, it also has to be accessible and clearly presented. We provide here templates and guidelines for PowerPoint presentations and posters to be used in conferences and other public presentations of your work. ...

01/11/2010

leann's reading group pick: New Faces in New Places: The Changing Geography of American Immigration (Hardcover): http://www.amazon.com/New-Faces-Places-Geography-Immigration/dp/0871545861/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263233415&sr=8-1

11/21/2009

Immigrant Lives in 'The OC' & Beyond: Exhibit Online