2008 Forum Videos
MIGRATION, RIGHTS, & IDENTITIES: Examining the Range of Rural and Local Goals
Thursday, February 28
Welcome and Preliminaries
Steve Ott, George Cheney, Aleta TewPanel:Conceptions, Categories and Definitions
The Rights of Aliens in International Law: An Historical Overview
Tony Anghie, Law
Migration, Human Rights, and Shared Citizenship
Deen Chatterjee, Philosophy
Shedding Light on a Shadowy Existence: From Illegal to Undocumented to Documented
to?
Ken Jameson, Economics, & Julie Stewart, Sociology
Legal Regimes Affecting Migration
Wayne McCormack, Law
Moderator: Erika George, Law
International Migration in the New Millennium: Who Migrates and Why?
Richard Bilsborrow, Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill
To Welcome the Stranger: Realities and Misconceptions about Immigration to the U.S
Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, Sociology, Princeton
Moderator: Kim Korinek, Sociology
Keynote Address: The Great Immigration Debate: Facts and Fictions, Ideals and Illusions
Seyla Benhabib, Philosophy, Yale
Panel: Reasons, Causes and Patterns
Social, Political and Economic Impact of Migration: Variance of Remittance Effects
in Latin American Countries
Isabel Dulfano, Languages & Literatures
Immigration of People and Ideas in the Arab World
Ibrahim Karawan, Political Science, & Mahmoud Hamad, Political Science
Undocumented Immigrants in Utah as Observed in the Utah Population Data Base: Demographics,
Residence, and Geographic Mobility
Tom Maloney, Economics, & Tom Kontuly, Geography
What War is Good For: Exploring the Development of Social, Political and Human Capital
of War Refugees
Julie Stewart, Sociology
Moderator: Garth Mangum, Economics
Panel: Experiences, Effects, and Implications
How Should Corporate Social Responsibility Address Human Labor Migration and Human
Rights, Especially in Light of Trend in Corporate Globalization?
Esther Agyeman-Budu, Communication Studies, Kent State University, Erin Ortiz & George
Cheney, Communication
Collective Identity and Everyday Discrimination among Bosnian Refugee Youth
Monisha Pasupathi and Cecilia Wainryb, Psychology
Distinctions in National Identity and the Immigration Problem: Nationalism, Construal
of Identity, and Emotional Prejudice Toward Immigrants
Ben Peterson, Psychology
International Migration and Human Development: A Cross-National Analysis of Developing
Countries
Matt Sanderson and Jeff Kentor, Sociology
Personal, Social, and Ecological Factors of Loneliness and Life Satisfaction among
Rural-Urban Migrants in Shanghai, China
Ming Wen, Sociology, and Guixin Wang, Fudan University, China
Moderator: Johanna Watzinger-Tharp, Linguistics
Friday, February 29, 2008
Panel: Security Implications
The Spillover Effect: Homeland Conflicts and Canada's Migrant Communities
Stewart Bell, National Post, Canada
Terrorist Radicalization in the Diaspora
Kim Cragin, RAND, Washington, D.C.
Migrants, Migrant Communities, Social Capital and Violence
Ben Judkins, Political Science, & Steve Reynolds, Economics
Moderator: Bruce Hoffman, Georgetown University and IPIA, University of Utah
Guest Scholars
Bridging Multiple Worlds: Cultures, Immigrant Youth Identities, and Pathways to College
Catherine Cooper, Psychology and Education, UC-Sanata Cruz
Home but Far Away from Home: The Case of Utah Refugees
Macleans Geo Ja-Ja, Economics and Education, BYU
Moderator: Monisha Pasupathi, Psychology
Keynote Address: Bridging the Gap: Ethnic Organizations and the Political Incorporation Process of Immigrants in the United States
Alejandro Portes, Sociology, Princeton
Community Panel
Aden Batar: Refugee Resettlement Director, Catholic Community Services
Agnes Chiao: Community Impact Manager, United Way
Bart Hill: Director of LDS Humanitarian Center, Deseret Industries
Elissa McConkie: Program Specialist, International Rescue Committee
Alice Steiner: Co-President, League of Women's Voters
Moderators: Julie Stewart, Sociology, and Bishop John Wester, Catholic Diocese of
Salt Lake City
Wrap-up Discussion of Policy Implications for All Sectors Participants
Moderators: Ken Jameson, Economics, and Cecilia Wainryb, Psychology