The Architecture of Failure: The Institutional Origins of Europe’s Refugee Crises / Sara Wallace Goodman (University of California, Irvine)
Explaining Attitudes towards Refugees in Europe / Lamis Abdelaaty (Syracuse University) & Liza G. Steele (SUNY, Purchase College)
Tragedies of Post-Coloniality: How Piracy Off the Somali Coast Accelerates the Country's Refugee Crisis / David Monda (CUNY Graduate Center)
LGBTIQ Refugees from the Former Soviet Republics: The First Pride and Its Challenges / Lyosha Gorshkov (RUSA LGBT) & Tanzilya Oren (Fordham University)
Moderator: Daniel Naujoks (The New School & Columbia University)
A Usable Past: Chinese Americans and the Enforcement of U.S. Immigration Policy before 1965 / Charlotte Brooks (Baruch College, CUNY)
Climate of Fear: Impacts of Trump Administration's Policies on Immigrants and Refugees in Dayton / Theo Majka (University of Dayton) & Miranda Cady Hallett (University of Dayton)
Red State, Blue Laws: The Utah Compact, Eight Years Later / Jackie Vimo (New School for Social Research and NILC)
Immigration Federalism and Advocacy Organizations: How Colorblind and Color-Conscious Orientations Affect State Immigration Politics / Hana Brown (Wake Forest University) & Jennifer Jones (University of Notre Dame)
Sanctuary Cities: Exploring Public Attitudes towards Enforcement Collaboration between Local Police and Federal Immigration Authorities / Jason P. Casellas (University of Houston) & Sophia J. Wallace (University of Washington)
Constructing the Person with a Migration Background: The Role of Quantitative Indicators of Integration in German Immigrant Advocacy / Martin Petzke (University of Lucerne)
Access to Justice in Turbulent Times / Sonia Lin (NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs)
Access to Voting for New and LEP Citizens / Kavita Pawria-Sanchez (NYC Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs)
Moderator: John H. Mollenkopf (CUNY Graduate Center)
The Role of Refugees in the Reconfiguration of the Urban and the Development of Local Asylum / René Kreichauf (Vrije Universiteit Brussel & Freie Universität Berlin)
On the Sidelines: Undocumented College Students Not Involved in Dreamer Activism / Sofya Aptekar (University of Massachusetts, Boston) & Amy Hsin (Queens College, CUNY)
Gender (In)Equality in the Undocumented Youth Movement / Fanny Lauby (William Paterson University)
Ethnic Identity in the Age of Trump: Filipino and Filipino American Concerns / Daniela Pila (University of Albany, SUNY)
Moderator: Phil Kasinitz (CUNY Graduate Center)
5:15-5:30pm Closing remarks
This conference is made possible with generous support from the Baruch College Weissman School of Arts and Sciences.