The GC Immigration Working Group is a graduate student-run group where we exchange, discuss, and collaborate on ideas and research related to immigration. This semester, our workshops will take place on Thursdays at 11:30 am – 1:30 pm on Zoom.

February 10:
Maeve Higgins (International Migration Studies, CUNY Graduate Center) and Jamie Longazel (International Migration Studies, CUNY Graduate Center) “Writing Op-Eds on Immigration”
Discussant: Ivana Mellers (Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center) 

March 17:
Demetrios Lambropoulos (Rutgers University, New Brunswick) and Xuemeng Li (Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center) “Wireless Emergency Alerts on Reduction of Cellular Network Usage on Social Media Applications During Disasters”
Open Discussion

April 7:
Eric Reeves (Hunter College, CUNY) “COVID-19 and the Carceral State: How the Global Pandemic Disproportionately Effects People in U.S. Prisons and Jails”
Discussant: Xuemeng Li (Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center)

May 5:
Yinxian Zhang (Queens College, CUNY) “Media Bias in Scientific Reporting During COVID-19”
Open Discussion