The Immigration Lab is directed by Dr. Ernesto Castañeda, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences at American University in Washington, DC.
The Immigration Lab conducts research on all things migration including: immigration (settling in), emigration (leaving), transnationalism, integration, categorical inequality, health disparities, demographics, social mobility, racism and exclusion, exiles and refugees, social movements and contentious politics, race and immigration history, ethnicity and space.
We are not limited to any geographic area, disciplinary approach, or methodology. Instead, we seek to engage research across disciplines and in a collaborative process at all levels. We work closely with all the students in American University’s MA program in Sociology Research and Practice (SORP).
We actively engage undergraduate and graduate students in research, thus building their research and writing skills. Lab members have co-authored scholarly articles, op-ed pieces, newsletter contributions, blog posts, and more. Several current members of the lab are going on to become fully-funded PhD students at prestigious universities.
We are also working on several larger projects that will culminate with books, op-eds, online panels and webinars to educate the greater public on issues of importance surrounding immigration.
The Immigration Lab conducts research on all things migration including transnationalism, integration, health disparities, demographics, social mobility, racism and exclusion, social movement and contentious politics, ethnicity, and space.
Presenting the latest findings and decades of interdisciplinary research in an accessible way, Ernesto Castañeda and Carina Cione emphasize the expert consensus that immigration is vital to the United States and many other countries around the world. Featuring original insights from research conducted in El Paso, Texas, Immigration Reali
Presenting the latest findings and decades of interdisciplinary research in an accessible way, Ernesto Castañeda and Carina Cione emphasize the expert consensus that immigration is vital to the United States and many other countries around the world. Featuring original insights from research conducted in El Paso, Texas, Immigration Realities considers a wide range of places, ethnic groups, and historical eras.
In Reunited, Ernesto Castañeda and Daniel Jenks explain the reasons for Central American youths’ migration, describe the journey, and document how the young migrants experience separation from and subsequent reunification with their families.
Dr. Ernesto Castañeda speaks with Soledad O'Brien on "Matter of Fact" about how dangerous language in Donald Trump's Executive Orders regarding immigration, foreign countries, and crime organizations weaken the human and civil rights of undocumented immigrants and United States citizens.
Dr. Ernesto Castañeda and student researchers break down immigration news and misconceptions.
Afro-Mexican population has lived without proper recognition from the Mexican State. This project aims to support Afro-Mexicans’ path to tell their story on their own terms, to visibilize their identities, to strengthen their sociopolitical participation, and to reduce racist and discriminatory conducts against them.
Short summary of research presentations.
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