Immigration Events
1. 10/1, Washington, DC - House hearing on implementation of an entry-exit system
2. 10/2, Washington, DC - Discussion on the challenges and opportunities in immigration reform
3. 10/7, Houston, TX - House field hearing on combating human trafficking in major U.S. cities
4. 10/10-12, Lincoln, NE - Conference on human trafficking
5. 10/11-12, Hartford, CT - Conference on the challenges of diversity in new immigrant destinations
6. 10/15-18, Washington, DC - Certificate program course on global trends in international migration
7. 10/18-19, Ottawa, Canada - Conference on the economics of immigration
8. 10/22, Cambridge, MA - Seminar on women migrants in southern Mozambique, 1945-75
9. 10/24, Washington, DC - Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman’s third annual conference
10. 10/28-29, Trier, Germany - Annual conference on EU migration law
11. 10/28-29, Warsaw, Poland - Conference on the feasibility of creating a European system of border guards
12. 10/31, Washington, DC - Immigration law and policy conference
13. 11/19, Cambridge, MA - Workshop on transnational health services utilization among immigrants in the U.S.
1.
Implementation of an Entry-Exit System: Still Waiting After All These Years
1:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 1, 2013
House Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/113th/hear_10012013.html
Witness list:
Janice Kephart
Former Special Counsel at U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee; Former Counsel to the 9/11 Commission
James Albers
Sr. Vice President, Washington Operations MorphoTrust USA
Janice Kephart
Former Special Counsel at U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee; Former Counsel to the 9/11 Commission
Julie Myers Wood
Compliance, Federal Practice and Software Solutions, Guidepost Solutions LLC
David Heyman
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department of Homeland Security
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2.
Immigration Reform: Challenges and Opportunities
1:30-3:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Cannon Office Building, Room 122
Washington, DC
https://docs.google.com/a/berkeley.edu/forms/d/1YYJ9A8vAtKnJXDvXk8HSnfNf...
Description: The California Program on Access to Care and the Health Initiative of the Americas at the University of California, Berkeley are extending an invitation for your participation in a forum at the Cannon Office Building. The intent of this event is to present the dilemmas and the opportunities facing congressional decision makers in the coming weeks and months as immigration reform is being considered in Washington and health care reforms are being implemented throughout the nation. The perspectives being presented will draw heavily on the experiences from California-based policy analysts and from the event co-sponsors including: the National Council of la Raza and Farmworker Justice
Presentations:
Implications of Immigration Reform on Health and Access to Healthcare
Virginia Ruiz, Director of Occupational and Environmental Health, Farmworker Justice
Status of Immigrant Health Coverage in the United States
Jennifer Ng'andu, Director, Health and Civil Rights Policy Project, National Council of La Raza
Binational Opportunities for Immigrant Coverage
Arturo Vargas Bustamante, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, UC Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health
Opportunities in Health Care Reform for Immigrants: a california Perspective
Gilbert M. Ojeda, Director, California Program on Access to Care UC Berkeley, School of Public Health
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3.
Combating Human Trafficking in Our Major Cities
1:00 p.m., Monday, October 7, 2013
Walter J. McCoy Auditorium
Texas Southern University
3100 Cleburne St. Houston, TX 77004
http://homeland.house.gov/hearing/field-hearing-combating-human-traffick...
Webcast available at link at time of event
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4.
Human Trafficking Conference
Thursday-Saturday, October 10-12, 2013
Embassy Suites, Lincoln, Nebraska
http://humantrafficking.unl.edu/info.aspx
Preliminary conference program information:
The conference will begin Thursday evening, October 10, with a reception and opportunity for participants to network. Friday will begin with an opening speech by our keynote speaker, then break into a day's worth of three concurrent sessions, with two sets of sessions before lunch and two sets of sessions after lunch. With two presentations in each 80-minute session, presenters should plan on speaking for 25 minutes, and allowing 15 minutes for discussion. Lunch and dinner will be served and will provide networking opportunities.
Saturday will continue the concurrent sessions up through later afternoon, when there will be a wrap-up speech by our keynote speaker. Lunch will be provided. Saturday supper is on your own.
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5.
The Challenges and Opportunities of Diversity in New Immigrant Destinations
Sponsored by the Trinity Political Science Department
Friday-Saturday, October 11-12, 2013
Trinity College
Hartford, CT
http://www.trincoll.edu/Academics/MajorsAndMinors/Political/Pages/NewImm...
Description: The transatlantic conference will convene approximately 20 American and European scholars who will address the major challenges and opportunities posed by the increasing dispersion of immigrants to new destinations – i.e., countries, regions, and cities in the United States and Europe – that until relatively recently have not been home to immigrants for at least a century. Such destinations often lack a pre-existing infrastructure to support immigrant integration, thus raising questions about how governments are responding and how well immigrants are currently being incorporated. The conference will be divided into three pairs of panels, each with a consecutive U.S. and European session, followed by a joint roundtable discussion, and it will be organized around the following themes:
* Political Incorporation of Immigrants in New Destinations
* Integration Policies amidst Immigrant Dispersion
* Migration to Regions of Historical Ethnic/Racial Conflict
Program:
Friday, October 11, 2013
1:15–2:30 p.m.
Immigrant Political Incorporation in New Destinations: US
“Integration as Social Process: New Immigrant Arrivals in Philadelphia”
Michael Jones Correa, Cornell University
“ ‘Make Yourself at Home’: Adjusting to Immigrants in Small Towns”
J. Celeste Lay, Tulane University
“Accommodating Immigrants, Discomfiting Constituents: Local Responses to Immigrants and Inter/Intra-group Relations”
Abigail Fisher Williamson, Trinity College
Discussant: Benjamin J. Newman, University of Connecticut
2:45–4:00 p.m.
Immigrant Political Incorporation in New Destinations: Europe
“Immigrant Political Incorporation in the Republic of Ireland”
Bryan Fanning, University College Dublin
“The Challenges of Immigrant Incorporation in the Context of Multiple Transition Processes: The Case of Poland”
Aleksandra Grzymala-Kazlowska, University of Warsaw & Magdalena Lesinska, University of Warsaw
“Immigration, Organizations and Mobilization: The Role of Ethnic, Pan-Immigrant and Native Organizations in the Political Mobilization of Immigrant-Background Minorities in Europe”
Katia Pilati, University of Geneva & Laura Morales, University of Leicester
“Political Participation of Migrants in Latvia: Lessons Learnt?”
Dace Akule, Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS
Discussant: Elitsa Vladimirova Molles, Boston College
5:00-6:15 p.m.
“Challenges and Opportunities of Diversity in New Immigrant Destinations: the case of Spain in the context of Southern Europe.”
Keynote Address, Joaquin Arango, Complutense University of Madrid
Saturday, October 12, 2013
8:30-9:45 a.m.
Integration Policies amidst Immigrant Dispersion: US
“Immigrant Incorporation in Local Schools: School Policy and Practices in New vs. Established Destinations”
Melissa Marschall, Rice University
“Immigration and Policing Practices in New Destinations”
Monica Varsanyi, with Marie Provine, Paul Lewis, and Scott Decker, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
“Somali Incorporation in Columbus, Ohio”
Stefanie Chambers, Trinity College
Discussant: Diana Evans, Trinity College
10:00– 11:15 a.m.
Integration Policies amidst Immigrant Dispersion: Italy, Spain, and Europe
“Changing Frames of Immigrant Integration in Italy: A Multilevel Governance Perspective”
Tiziana Caponio, University of Turin
“Varieties of Immigrant Integration in Italy and Spain”
Roxana Barbulescu, University of Sheffield and European University Institute
“Gender Gaps in Educational Outcomes among Children of New Migrants: The Interplay of Social Integration Policies and Cultural Background”
Xavier Escandell, University of Northern Iowa & Pau Marí-Klose, University of Zaragoza
Discussant: Janet Bauer, Trinity College
11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
“Dilemmas of Diversities and Destinations in Immigration Politics”
Lunch Address, Rodney Hero, University of California, Berkeley, and President-elect, American Political Science Association
1:30–2:45 p.m.
Immigration in Regions of Historical Ethnic/Racial Conflict: US
“Out of Context: The Unexpected Absence of Spatial Variation in U.S. Immigrants' Perceptions of Discrimination”
Daniel J. Hopkins, Georgetown University, & Jonathan Mummolo, Victoria Esses, Cheryl Kaiser, Helen Marrow, and Monica McDermott
“ ‘Yeah, But They Didn’t Come Over on a Boat’: Hispanic Racial Incorporation and Changing Intergroup Relations in the American South’s Black Belt”
Helen Marrow, Tufts University
“How HB 56 Transformed Black Birmingham”
Kim Williams, Portland State University
“Between History and Diversity: Situating Immigrant Settlement in the U.S. South”
Jamie Winders, Syracuse University
Discussant: Ronald Flores, Connecticut College
3:00-4:15 p.m.
Immigration in Regions of Historical Ethnic/Racial Conflict: Europe
“Subjective Experience of (Group) Discrimination in the Cities of Antwerp and Brussels”
Ahu Alanya, University of Leuven & Marc Swyngedouw, University of Leuven
“Immigrants and Integration in a Divided Society: The Case of Northern Ireland”
Chris Gilligan, University of the West of Scotland
“Migrations, Language and Social Mobility in Catalonia”
Amado Alarcón, Rovira i Virgili University
Discussant: Xiangming Chen, Trinity College
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Roundtable Discussion and Conclusions
Contact: Mary Beth White, mary.white@trincoll.edu
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6.
Certificate in International Migration Studies
XCPD-700 - Global Trends in International Migration
Course Description:
Worldwide international migration is a large and growing phenomenon, with more than 200 million people now living outside of their home countries for extended periods. Understanding the complex dynamics behind international migration is essential to improved policies and programs to address the multiple causes and consequences of these movements of people.
This course provides an overview of international migration numbers and trends, causes of population movements, the impact of international migration on source and receiving countries, and policy responses to population movements. The course also provides an introduction to the major theories underpinning the study of international migration, including the new economics of labor migration, dual labour market theory, world systems theory, cumulative causation, and migration networks theory. The course focuses attention on domestic and international legal regimes regarding migration, examining laws, major legal cases and regulatory frameworks.
Course Objectives:
At the completion of the course, a successful student will be able to:
* Discuss domestic and international legal regimes regarding migration.
* Examine laws, major legal cases, and regulatory frameworks.
* Produce a policy-oriented research report or memo on a topic of interest using current migration data and sources of information.
Location:
640 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
http://scs.georgetown.edu/departments/course_nc.cfm?ref=program&dId=5&cI...
Class Meets: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, October 15-18, 2013
Tuition: $995.00, 32 contact hours
Instructor: Susan Martin
Register: https://portal.scs.georgetown.edu/coursebasket/publicCourseBasket.do?met...
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7.
Canada in a Globalized World: Maximizing the Economic Contribution of Migration to Canada
Conference on the Economics of Migration
Friday-Saturday, October 18 and 19, 2013
FSS Building, 120 University, 4th Floor
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/grei-rgei/eng/index.asp
Program:
Friday, October 18, 2013
8:45-10:15 a.m.
Session 1: Immigration Levels
Annual Levels of Immigration and Immigrant Earnings
Feng Hou, Statistics Canada and Garnett Picot, Statistics Canada
Modeling Migration in an OLG Framework: The Case of UK Migration Policy
Katerina Lisenkova, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London and Marcel Mérette, Université d’Ottawa
Estimating Canada’s Future Immigration Requirements: An Optimal Immigration Approach
Ernie Stokes, The Centre for Spatial Economics
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Session 2: Immigrant Selection Issues
“Linguistic Distance” and the evolution of language skills among immigrants to Canada
Miles Corak, University of Ottawa and Seda Gunduz, University of Ottawa
Foreign Education and the Earnings Gap between Immigrants and Canadian-Born Workers
Nicole Fortin, University of British Columbia; Thomas Lemieux, University of British Columbia; and JavierTorres, University of Peru, Lima
12:15-1:45 p.m.
Luncheon Keynote address: How Immigration Helps Firms Trading Services
Giovanni Peri, University of California at Davis
2:00-3:30 p.m.
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session 3: Provincial Government Involvement in Immigrant Selection and Integration: Taking Stock
Provincial Nominee Program: Growth, Program Variation and the Federal Response
Leslie Seidle, Institute of Research on Public Policy, Montreal
Provincial Nominee Programs: An Evaluation of the Earnings and Settlement Rates of Nominees
Manish Pandey, University of Winnipeg and James Townsend, University of Winnipeg
The Links Between Immigrant Selection and Settlement Policy Approaches in Canada
Iain Reeve, Queen’s University
Session 4: Temporary Foreign Workers and Recognition of Foreign Qualifications
Economic performance and its impacts on newcomers in Toronto East with reference to the informal economy
Nasima Akter, Bangladesi-Canadian Community services, Toronto; Sevgul Topkara-Sarsu, WoodGreen Community Services, Toronto; and Diane Dyson, WoodGreen Community Services, Toronto
British Columbia’s Foreign Recognition Qualifications Review: Collaboration to Action
Keith Godin, Ministry of Jobs, Tourism & Skills Training, British Columbia
3:45-5:15 p.m.
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session 5: Immigration and the global economy
Business cycles and international migration among OECD countries
Michel Beine, University of Luxembourg; Pauline Bourgeon, Université Paris 1; and Jean-Charles Bricongne, Banque de France
What happened to the Canada-US Brain Drain in the 1990s?
James B. Davies, University of Western Ontario; Richard E. Mueller, University of Lethbridge; Stanley Winer, Carleton University
Session 6: The Labour Market Performance of Immigrants
The Earnings Attainment of Generation 1.5 in Canada 1990-2005
Krishna Pendakur, Simon Fraser University and Ravi Pendakur, University of Ottawa
A regional comparison of the earning differential between immigrants and non-immigrants in Canada
Ather H. Akbari, Saint Mary’s University and Yigit Aydede, Saint Mary’s University
The economic benefits of improving labour market outcomes of recent immigrants
Mohsen Bouaissa, ESDC
7:30 p.m.
Dinner keynote address: Immigration and its Discontents: Lessons in Unintended Consequences
Marta Tienda, Princeton University
Saturday, October 19, 2013
8:30-10:00 a.m.
Session 7: Immigration, Discrimination and Networks
Are Immigrant Women Secondary Workers?
Alicia Adserà, Princeton University and Ana Ferrer, University of Waterloo
9-11 and Entry Labour Force Outcomes of Muslims in Canada
Joshua Lewis, University of Montreal; Arthur Sweetman, McMaster University; Casey Warman, Dalhousie University
Immigrant Networks, Occupational Choice, and Match Quality
Herbert Schuetze, University of Victoria and Jonathan Wood, University of Victoria
10:15-11:45 a.m.
Policy Roundtable: Making the Best of the Economic Contribution of Immigration
Participants: Gilles Berube, ESDC; Herbert Grubel, Simon Fraser University; Martha Justus, CIC; and Ravi Pendakur, University of Ottawa
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Making their Way -- Women Migrants in Southern Mozambique, 1945-1975
The Myron Weiner Seminar Series on International Migration
Sponsored by the Center for International Studies, Center for International Studies, Inter-University Committee on International Migration
4:30–6:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Pye Room, E40-496
Center for International Studies
1 Amherst Street, E40-400
Cambridge, MA 02142
http://web.mit.edu/cis/www/migration/seminars.html
Speaker:
Jeanne Penvenne, Tufts History Department
Contact: Sarah Jane Vaughan, svaughan@mit.edu
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9.
Government and Stakeholders Together: Improving Immigration Services
Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman’s Third Annual Conference
9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Thursday, October 24, 2013
National Archives Building
Washington, D.C.
http://www.dhs.gov/topic/cis-ombudsman
Registration information to be posted soon.
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10.
Focus on Revisions to the Common European Asylum System
Annual Conference on EU Migration Law 2013
Monday-Tuesday, October 28-29, 2013
ERA Conference Centre
Metzer Allee 4, Trier, Germany
https://www.era.int/upload/dokumente/14987.pdf
Description: The Stockholm Programme and the “EU agenda for better responsibility-sharing and more mutual trust” both aim to create common rules in the area of asylum law so as to increase mutual trust between Member States. After landmark judgments such as MSS v Belgium and Greece in the Strasbourg court and NS and ME in the Luxembourg court, the foundations of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) appeared to be shaken. The recently agreed legislative reform of the CEAS is a chance to repair damage to mutual trust and solidarity and improve EU-wide asylum policies. This conference will focus on the new legislative rules and will assess whether the second phase CEAS can achieve the objective of ensuring common standards in all Member States, based on a high level of protection.
Key topics:
* The legislative reform package for the Common European Asylum System
* The proposed Early-Warning System
* Fundamental rights considerations
* Update on further recent EU legislation
* Relevant case law of the European courts in Luxembourg and Strasbourg in the area of EU asylum law
Conference program:
Monday, October 28, 2013
I. THE REFORM OF EU ASYLUM LAW
9:30 a.m.
Reforming the Common European Asylum System: achievements, challenges and deficiencies
Steve Peers
Panel discussion:
Antonio Caiola
Matthias Oel
Member State representative
12:00 p.m.
The recast Dublin Regulation: panacea or placebo?
Neil Falzon
II. MEMBER STATE SOLIDARITY AND MUTUAL TRUST IN THE REFORMED CEAS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRACTICAL COOPERATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON THE GROUND
2:30 p.m.
Effective consultation and dialogue with civil society to enhance intra-EU solidarity tools
Kris Pollet
4:00 p.m.
Coordinating solidarity: the potential for an evaluation and early-warning mechanism – crystal ball or useful tool?
Matthias Oel
Panel discussion:
Michele Cavinato
Kris Pollet
Member State representative
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
III. COMPLETING THE PICTURE
9:00 a.m.
Implementing the new EU asylum legislation: challenges for Member States
Member State representative
10:00 a.m.
Between a rock and a hard place: the challenges facing national judges in asylum cases in the aftermath of the reformed CEAS
Harald Dorig
IV. CATCH-UP SESSION: LATEST CASE LAW DEVELOPMENTS
11:30 a.m.
Recent jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union in asylum cases
Lars Bay Larsen
12:15 p.m.
Recent jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in asylum cases
Johannes Silvis
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THE FEASIBILITY OF A EUROPEAN SYSTEM OF BORDER GUARDS: A PRACTITIONERS’ PERSPECTIVE
Monday-Tuesday, October 28-29, 2013
Frontex Headquarters
DAGO Centrum, Rondo ONZ 1
Warsaw, Poland
https://www.era.int/upload/dokumente/15043.pdf
Objective:
The feasibility of the creation of a European System of Border Guards (ESBG), as indicated in the Stockholm Programme, is closely linked to the debate on the long-term development of Frontex and, as such, will influence its future as an EU Agency. This conference aims to provide input to the debate on the feasibility of a European System of Border Guards by looking, from a practitioner’s point of view, at the added value that such a system could bring. By focusing the discussion around different aspects such as the legal framework, the operational challenges, the necessary capacities as well as interagency cooperation- different stakeholders will be able to provide their views on the feasibility of an ESBG, notably which gaps it would fill, and what shape it should take - if any.
Key topics:
* Legal perspectives and possibilities under the Treaty of Lisbon for an ESBG.
* Options for enhanced operational coordination and integration of national border control operations.
* A more European approach in the development of national border management capacities.
* Integrated Border Management (IBM) with a focus on new avenues for cooperation with other agencies and bodies that would ensure more efficient cooperation at the EU’s external borders.
* There are three different workshops: Operations, Capacities and IBM - Interagency Cooperation
* Please indicate the workshop you would like to register for in the relevant part of the registration form.
Conference program:
Monday, October 28, 2013
2:45 p.m.
Legal aspects of a European System of Border Guards (plenary)
The Treaty of Lisbon and Frontex – EU competences in the field of law enforcement and Integrated Border Management (IBM)
Rafael Fernández-Pita y González, Philippe de Bruycker, Jorrit J. Rijpma
4:45 p.m.
Study on the feasibility of a European System of Border Guards (plenary):
* Context and objectives of the study
Danny de Temmerman
* State of play of the ESBG study
Unisys
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
9:30 a.m.
Operations
Strategic aspects in the coordination of joint operations
Klaus Roesler
EU policy cycle – impact on operational coordination of external borders
Tomas Zilinskas
Operational structures, command and control in EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) operations
Joelle Vachter
Sea border control operations in situations of mass influx
Rosa Maria Preteroti
Capacities
Key aspects in the building of capacities in the Member States
Director of Capacity Building Division, Frontex
Solidarity in practice: developing capacities in border management
Danny de Temmerman
An EU perspective on law enforcement training
Ferenc Banfi
Implementation of the IBM action plan: staff, infrastructure and equipment
Zoran Niceno
IBM Interagency Cooperation
Inter-agency cooperation in Frontex: key strategic aspects
Richard Ares Baumgartner
Coordination of customs and border controls at border control posts (BCP) and green borders
Aleksandra Swiatecka
Border control cooperation in the Baltic Sea: regional inter-agency cooperation
Arto Niemenkari
Integration of border control: migration and customs at external borders
Mandie Campbell
2:30 p.m.
Panel reports & discussion (plenary)
Rapporteur & Moderators:
* Operations:
Robert Strondl
* Capacities:
Leszek Elas
* Inter-agency cooperation:
Vesa Blomqvist
4:00 p.m.
Conclusions and the way forward (plenary)
Emilio De Capitani & Peter Hobbing
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10th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Monday, October 31, 2013
Georgetown University Law Center
Bernard P. McDonough Hall, Hart Auditorium
600 New Jersey Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20001
(Entrance on 2nd Street, NW between F St. & Mass. Ave.)
Washington, DC 20001
https://secure.migrationpolicy.org/o/6170/p/salsa/event/common/public/?e...
List of speakers and agenda to be added soon. Access link to register.
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13.
Transnational Health Services Utilization Among Immigrants in the United States
4:00-6:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 19, 2013
CGIS South Building, Room S250
1730 Cambridge St.
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
http://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/event/rocio-calvo-mary-waters-marie-lau...
Speakers:
Rocio Calvo, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Social Work, Boston College
Mary C. Waters, M.E. Zukerman Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
Marie-Laure Mallet, Fulbright Scholar; Fellow in Sociology, Harvard University
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