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
