Immigration: Transforming America
In the final installment of our recap of the Wilson Center May 2015 Alumni Conference, an expert panel explores the ongoing ways that immigration is transforming America. That’s the focus of this edition of REWIND.
Part 1, a REWIND recap of a conversation between Madeleine Albright and Jane Harman, can be found here:
Part 2, a REWIND recap of a panel addressing the notion of an America in decline can be found here:
Speakers
Susan J. Terrio, Professor of Anthropology, Georgetown University
Jonathan Fox, Professor, School of International Service, American University
Karthick Ramakrishnan, Professor and Associate Dean, School of Public Policy, University of California at Riverside
Edward Schumacher-Matos, Public Policy Fellow, Wilson Center
Duncan Wood, Director, Mexico Institute, Wilson Center
Guests
Susan Terrio
Professor of Anthropology and French Studies, Georgetown University
Jonathan Fox
Professor, Development Studies, School of International Service, American University; Director, Oxfam America
Karthick Ramakrishnan
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California-Riverside
Edward Schumacher-Matos
Duncan Wood
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Mexico Institute
The Mexico Institute seeks to improve understanding, communication, and cooperation between Mexico and the United States by promoting original research, encouraging public discussion, and proposing policy options for enhancing the bilateral relationship. A binational Advisory Board, chaired by Luis Téllez and Earl Anthony Wayne, oversees the work of the Mexico Institute. Read more
Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
