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Folklore faculty and director of the Institute for Immigration Research, Lisa Gilman has been selected as a recipient of Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards for 2026-2027.

George Mason University’s Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) hosted a two-day working symposium: Leaving and Belonging: Making an Impact on Immigration and Displacement through Arts, Culture, and Storytelling.

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.