Tag: Immigrants
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Teresa Mares, University of Vermont – Migrants and the Other Border
Where do the migrants who successfully cross the southern border go? Teresa Mares, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Vermont, details one seemingly unlikely place. Teresa Mares is an associate professor of Anthropology at the University of Vermont and is affiliated with the Transdisciplinary Research Initiative in Food Systems. She received her B.A. (Summa…
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Christopher Salas-Wright, University of Texas at Austin – Immigrant Mischaraterization
Are immigrants wrongly portrayed as being criminals in the public sphere? Christopher Salas-Wright, assistant professor in the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin at time of airing and now faculty at Boston University, explains his research into this newsworthy topic. 2016-present Assistant Professor School of Social Work, Boston University 2013-2016 Assistant…
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Jason Silverman, Winthrop University – Abraham Lincoln & Immigration
Lately, the topic of immigration is in the news every single day. In today’s Academic Minute, we turn to history as Jason Silverman of Winthrop University discusses Abraham Lincoln’s stances on the subject. A specialist in the history of the Old South and Civil War, Dr. Jason Silverman received his undergraduate degree at the University…