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Department: International Migration Studies

Director: Professor Els de Graauw

The Graduate Center

365 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10016

Email: els.degraauw@baruch.cuny.edu

https://www.gc.cuny.edu/ims

FACULTY

Jean Beaman, Marcella Bencivenni, Mucahit Bilici, David Brotherton, Heath Brown, Margaret Chin, Els de Graauw, Nancy Foner, Ismael García Colón , Kenneth Guest, David Halle, Robin Harper, Ramona Hernandez, Tarry Hum, Philip Kasinitz, Jamie Longazel, John Mollenkopf, Richard Ocejo, Francois Pierre-Louis, Maritsa Poros, Holly Reed, Van Tran, Anahi Viladrich

THE PROGRAM

The Master of Arts in International Migration Studies is an interdisciplinary program open to applicants with any relevant academic or professional background.

Today, 250 million people live outside their countries of birth—43 million in the United States alone. These migrants and their children are reshaping the social, cultural, economic, and political life of their new host societies, while also creating unprecedented levels of ethnic, racial, and religious diversity in immigrant-receiving nations around the world. Nowhere is this more apparent than in super-diverse global cities like New York. Understanding the causes and effects of international migration is now more important than ever.

The M.A. Program in International Migration Studies at The Graduate Center prepares students for growing and exciting opportunities to work with and advocate on behalf of international migrants and refugees, who are facing a rising tide of racism and xenophobia. Studying international migration in New York City offers opportunities to learn about a diverse array of immigrant communities. Here, students will have extraordinary access to organizations that are at the forefront of immigration outreach, services, research, policy, and advocacy.

Students will also have the opportunity to study with leading immigration scholars from throughout The City University of New York, spanning fields such as sociology, political science, English, history, anthropology, international affairs, education, and urban planning. These faculty study migrants from all parts of the world, often through a comparative lens, and use methods ranging from advanced quantitative techniques to in-depth ethnographies of urban communities. They explore migrants’ struggles for upward mobility; the experiences of immigrant children in schools; the forging of new race and gender identities; the effects of refugee resettlement in different types of communities; and the building of political power in, by, and for immigrant communities.

With this degree, students will be ready for a range of positions at policy, human rights, and advocacy organizations, ethnic studies centers in schools and universities, and government and service agencies. Our program also provides excellent preparation for doctoral study.