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A group of Colombian and Mexican scholars has been awarded a grant from the Fundación Universitaria Popayán (Colombia) for the project “Narrativas de migración forzada, desplazamiento, violencia y procesos de retorno en Colombia y México desde una perspectiva transnacional,” which will permit the collaboration of teams of scholars in Mexico and Colombia in UC Davis’ Humanizando la Deportación project.
More information here. 

Congratulations to GMC Graduate Affiliate Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana, who accepted a tenure track job in the Black and Latino Studies department of Baruch College (City University of New York).

Read more here. 

“Migration Dialogues”: An initiative of Alianza UCMX and UC Davis Global Migration Center

Academic Year 2021-2022

What are Migration Dialogues?

Last week, Kevin Johnson was recognized as the most-cited immigration law professor in the United States during the period of 2016-2020. Kevin Johnson has had an impressive 560 citations in the past 5 years. 

Gabriel (Jack) Chin is also recognized on this list with 520 citations, though he is considered to only partially work in immigration law. Their 

To see the rankings, click here.

On the 25th of this month, GMC program director Linn Normand and colleagues will be giving a presentation about their project titled "Our Migration History". To get an understanding of the goals of the project before attending, we encourage you to watch an animated short that describes their research.  You can find it by clicking the link below.

Our Migration History Video

We are excited to announce our Winter 2021 Event Lineup!

Humanizing Deportation presenta una conversación con el migrante, activista y artista Douglas Oviedo sobre su recién publicado drama testimonial Caravaneros, con Debra Castillo (Cornell University) y Julia Medina (University of San Diego), moderada por Robert McKee Irwin (University of California, Davis) y Sarah Ashford Hart (University of California, Davis) el lunes, 30 de Noviembre, a las 2:00pm (hora de California) en Zoom (asistencia abierta por conexión directa: no hay que reservar): https:

A new essay by Giovanni Peri for the Center for Growth and Opportunity emphasizes the role that immigrants can play in the economic recovery after the COVID-19 crisis, and urges a reversal of the restrictive immigration policies proposed by the Trump administration.

Click to read How Immigrants Can Help the “Transition to a Great Economy” after COVID-19

GMC Affiliate Kevin R. Johnson recently published Trump's Latinx Repatriation in the U.C.L.A. Law Review. Read the abstract below or click here for the full article.

The Economics of Migration seminar series features regular presentations on the latest research in migration economics by prominent researchers and Ph.D candidates, all from a variety of institutions. 

The first in our new series, "Policy Briefs and Reports" focuses on the work of GMC affiliate Robert Irwin and Juan Antonio Del Monte from El Colegio de la Frontera Norte on the impact of COVID-19 on immigrants in Tijuana. Specifically, the public health risks of limited health and medical supplies among migrants in Tijuana, with the potential for an especially devastating impact.

Read here.

We are excited to announce our new series, "Policy Briefs and Reports". This series is focused on informing policy-makers with key facts and evidence from a variety of disciplines. Each piece is authored by academics affiliated with the Global Migration Center. There is a specific focus on immigration into the United States and California, but there will also be pieces relative to immigrants in other countries as well. 

Access the main page here.

Photographer/activist Leopoldo Peña is among the artists whose work is being featured through the end of the year at Oakland’s Asian Cultural Center in the group exhibition Transgressions on Humanity: Walls, Border Detentions, and Prisons.

This event was a public lecture at Kansas State University.