Conference Program

April 10, 2008 - Redefining America:  Race, Migration and the Politics of Inclusion


Welcome    Lisa García Bedolla and Douglas Reed

Panel I:  Identity and Change:  Race and Ethnicity

  -  Latino Spin:  Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race - Arlene Dávila, American Studies and Anthropology, New York University

  -  Black &  White Americans & Latino Immigrants: A Preliminary Look at Attitudes in Three Southern Cities - Paula McClain, Department of Political Science, Duke University

  -  Darkness of a Different Color:  The Early History of Mexicans and Race in the North's Most Segregated City (Chicago, 1916-1960)  -  Michael McCoyer, Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution

 - Discussant:  Jonathan Ladd, Department of Government, Georgetown University


Panel II:  Making Citizens:  Second Generation Youth in Transnational Contexts   

  -  Generation versus Ethnicity: A Look at Political Socialization among Youth in Orange County, CA - Lisa García Bedolla Department of Political Science, UC Irvine

  -  Of Islands, Gateways, Dead-Ends and Loops:  Migration and the Boundaries of U.S. Public Education - Douglas Reed, Department of Government, Georgetown University

  -  Discussant:  Susan Martin, School of Foreign Service & Center for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University


Panel III:  Social Movements and Transnationalism   

  -  Intersectional Pan-Ethnic Activism as Bridging and Boundary Work:  Latin American Women, Artists & Indigenous Organizations in Toronto - Patricia Landolt, Department of Sociology, Univesity of Toronto

  -  Transnational Blackness: Race & Social Movements in the Americas - Mark Sawyer, Department of Political Science, UCLA

  -  Discussant, Maurice Jackson, Department of History, Georgetown University


Panel IV:  Membership, Citizenship and Race  

  -  Conceptualizing Racial Identity: Shared Status & Political Context - Jane Junn, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University

  -  Constitutional Democracy & the Obligation to Include - Rogers Smith, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

  -  Discussant:  Richard Boyd, Department of Government, Georgetown University