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Recent IIR speaker at the Vietnamese Boat People 50th Anniversary Commemoration Event, Hanh Bui, Featured in Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent's Weekly Reflections newsletter.

The Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) work on Nobel Laurates is cited in the Ames Tribune.

IIR Affiliate and HEP faculty Dr. Graziella Pagliarulo McCarron was awarded the NASPA Faculty Council Excellence in Teaching Award.

The IIR Welcomes Oguzhan Dursun as Affiliate Faculty and Visiting Scholar. At IIR, Oguzhan will focus on the Turkish and Greek diaspora communities, studying their interactions, conflicts, and emotional dynamics.

IIR Graduate Research Assistant, Anand Cherian’s recent article, “Middle-class Indian students: Migration recruiters and aspirations” was published in Population, Space and Place. Using ethnographic research as well as conducting in-depth and narrative biographical interviews, this article explores the perspectives of Indian middle-class aspirations regarding international migration and how they navigate educational mobility.

The Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) is excited to welcome Elyse Adams as program coordinator beginning in August 2024. Elyse has worked as an administrative assistant for the IIR since January of 2024, performing logistical, organizational, and operational duties for the institution while completing her graduate degree.

“This is the hottest labor market that has existed in two generations,” said Michael Clemens, an economist at George Mason University who specializes in international migration. “That means there have never been as many opportunities for immigrants and natives to mutually benefit each other through economic interaction in the last half century.”

Immigrant experiences continually shape the United State’s evolving narrative. For this reason, Fall for the Book and George Mason’s Institute for Immigration Research are proud to celebrate the seventh New American Voices Award–a post-publication book prize recognizing the work of first-generation American writers. Judges Myriam J.A. Chancy, V.V. Ganeshananthan, and Karin Tanabe have put together a powerful longlist.