As part of the Institution for Immigration Research (IIR) Spring Colloquium Series, on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, the IIR welcomed speakers from across various disciplines to participate in a two-part webinar panel event. The first panel which included panelists Ann Ngoc Tran, PhD Candidate in the Department of American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California; Dr. Jana Lipman, Professor of History at Tulane University; Dr. Yến Lê Espiritu, Professor of Ethnic Studies at University of California, San Diego; and moderator, Dr. Jim Witte, Director of the Institute for Immigration Research at George Mason University; explored the history of refugees in the United States.
The second panel examined the current state of refugees around the world and in the United States. The panelists included: Dr. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, Professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University; Dr. Miriam Feldblum, Executive Director of the Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration; Dr. Yasemin Ipek, Assistant Professor in Global Affairs at George Mason University; and moderator, Dr. Michele Waslin, Assistant Director of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota.
To read a write-up of the event, click here.