The Moving Americans Conference

Interdisciplinary Conversations on Internal Migration

May 4-6, 2006    University of Washington, Seattle

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Papers
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Thursday (May 4) 7:30 Walker Ames Room

Katrina and other Catastrophes: Environment, Poverty, Policy, and Migration

Douglas Massey (Sociology, Princeton University)

“THE SOCIAL ORIGINS OF URBAN DISASTERS”

Myron Gutmann (History, University of Michigan/ICPSSR)

“Katrina in Context: Environment and Migration in the U.S.”

Friday (May 5) 9:30-11:30 HUB 310

Migration Studies: Looking Backward and Forward

Donna R. Gabaccia (History, University of Minnesota)

“Moving Americans and Global History”

Gordon F. De Jong (Sociology, Pennsylvania State University)

“REVITALIZING INTERNAL MIGRATION STUDIES”

James Gregory (History, University of Washington)

“PAYING ATTENTION TO MOVING AMERICANS: THE PRODUCTION AND CIRCULATION OF MGRATION KNOWLEDGE”

Trent Alexander (History, Minnesota Population Center)

“Global, Local, and Nowhere in Between: Data and Disciplines in the Study of U.S. Internal Migration”

Discussant: Victoria Lawson (Geography, University of Washington)

Friday 12:30-2:30 HUB 310

Bridging the Gap: Connections Between Internal and International Migration Studies

Douglas T. Gurak and Mary M. Kritz (Development Sociology, Cornell University)

“New Immigrant Destinations: Stability and Change”

Matthew Garcia (History, Brown University)
“Geographies of Latinidad: Mapping Latina/o Identity and Community formation in the Twenty-first Century”

William Frey (Sociology, University of Michigan)

"Studying Immigration and Domestic Migration in Multiethnic America"

Mark Ellis (Geography, University of Washington)

“JUST DIFFERENT SCALES OF FLOWS? THE PROMISE AND PERIL OF RESEARCH INTEGRATING INTERNAL AND INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION”

Discussant: Ileana Rodriguez-Silva (History, UW)

Friday 3:00-5:00 HUB 310

Racial Movements: Migration and Race

Nayan Shah (History, University of California, San Diego)

"Race, Mobility and Intimate Ties"

Richard Wright (Geography, Dartmouth University)

“Immigration and Mixed race geographies”

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Joe W. Trotter (History, Carnegie Mellon)

“AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND THE JAEH: THE FIRST 25 YEARS”

Discussant: Becky Pettit (Sociology, University of Washington)

Saturday (May 6) 8:30-10:30 Watertown Hotel, Wallingford Room

Family Ties: Household Organization and Gender Relations in American Migration

William A.V. Clark (Geography, UCLA)

“THREE DECADES OF CHANGE: FAMILIES IN PLACE AND OUT OF PLACE”

Thomas Cooke (Geography, University of Connecticut)

“The Future of Family Migration Research”
 

James R. Walker (Economics, University of Wisconsin)

“Economic Perspectives on Family, Migration and the Environment “

Discussant: Suzanne Withers (Geography, University of Washington)