Metropolitan Washington Workshop on Immigration & Race
Metropolitan Washington Workshop on Immigration & Race
The Metropolitan Washington Workshop on Immigration & Race (MWWI&R) is a network of scholars dedicated to conducting research and advancing understanding of immigrant networks, social and economic integration, immigrant entrepreneurship, and challenges of exclusion and resentment among native-born populations in one of the top five destinations for newcomers in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
MWWI&R was first conceived by Dr. Katharine Donato and Dr. Marie Price and began in Spring 2019 at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University with the intent to rotate across universities in the metropolitan DC area from year to year.
During the 2019 - 2020 academic year, thanks to funding provided by The George Washington University Seminars Funding Program, MWWI&R brought together scholars from universities and think tanks to conduct seminars at the George Washington University with the goal to foster collaboration that leads to sponsored research, increased data sharing and the framing of questions around how metropolitan areas respond, benefit and adapt to racial, ethnic and demographic shifts in population brought on by large scale immigration.
With our unique focus on the Washington Metropolitan area and the need for more visibility of the social sciences around pressing issues, we encourage scholars to consider how Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter protests are impacting immigrant and racial/ethnic groups in the region.
Our gatherings will provide an important venue for scholars across the social sciences to share their research regarding the far-reaching impacts of this deadly virus and subsequent civil rights protests. We don’t expect all of the talks to address these topics, but we are encouraging some reflection of how this region is responding to these major events. Return to this page often for updates on the plans for the upcoming year.
Upcoming Seminars
Workshops are hosted in-person on the GW campus unless otherwise noted.
- January 20th, 12:00 pm EST: Joshua Rodriguez (George Washington)
The Relationship between Immigrant Labor and Americans' Aging Decisions - February 17th, 12:00 pm EST: Dr. Austin Kocher (Syracuse)
Making Sense of Immigration Data: A Conversation with Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse - March 24th, 12:00 pm EST: Dr. Andrew I. Schoenholtz (Georgetown Law)
The US Asylum System: Understanding the Challenges - April 14th, 6:00 pm EST: Dr. Brandi Summers (UC Berkeley)
Black in Place: The Spatial Aesthetics of Race in a Post-Chocolate City
Making Sense of Immigration Data: A Conversation With TRAC
Friday, 2/17/2023, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
MWWI&R event scheduled for Friday, February 17, 2023.
Past Seminars
The Relationship Between Immigrant Labor and Americans' Aging Decisions
Friday, 1/20/2023, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Presentation will investigate the growing role of immigrants in the home health aide industry, how their numbers and characteristics have changed over time.
On Demand Racial Justice in Washington, D.C.
Friday, 3/25/2022, 12:00pm - 7:59pm
The dramatic growth of Uber has transformed many aspects of life in Washington, D.C. but what accounts for Uber’s success in the city?
MWWIR: Turkey's Ethno Sexual Others: Migrant Women as the "Scarlet Lettered" ones of the New Turkey
Friday, 2/25/2022, 12:00pm - 6:59pm
Dilek Cindoğlu is a Fulbright Senior Scholar at Georgetown University ISIM and a Professor of Sociology at Kadir Has University. She is a graduate of Bogazici U
MWWIR: The Fiscal Impact of Immigration in the United States
Friday, 1/28/2022, 12:00pm - 6:59pm
Anna Maria Mayda is an Associate Professor of Economics at Georgetown's School of Foreign Service and in the Department of Economics.
Friday, 11/19/2021, 12:00pm - 6:59pm
Lauren Carruth is a medical anthropologist specializing in humanitarian assistance, global health, food security, refugees, and the Horn of Africa.
MWWIR: How Skilled Migrants Enter and Stay in the U.S. Labor Market
Friday, 10/15/2021, 12:00pm - 7:59pm
Elizabeth Jacobs is a Postdoctoral Fellow with Georgetown's institute for the study of international migration and Massive Data Institute.
MWWI&R: Transnational Communities in the Smartphone Age
The Korean Community in the Nation’s Capital
Saturday, 4/18/2020, 12:00pm - 7:59pm
Dae Young Kim, a professor of Sociology at George Mason University to speak on the Korean Community in the Nation’s Capital, as part of the Metropolitan Washing
MWWI&R: The Violence of Dis/Investment
White flight, Black displacement, and Gentrification in Washington, DC
Friday, 2/21/2020, 12:00pm - 6:59pm
Tanya Golash-Boza, University of California-Merced, will present on her research as part of the Metropolitan Washington Workshop on Immigration & Race.
MWWI&R: Salvadoran Migration to Washington, D.C.
Friday, 1/17/2020, 12:00pm - 6:59pm
Patrick Scallen, a professor of History at Georgetown University, spoke on Salvadoran Migration to Washington, D.C.
MWWI&R: Building Racial & Physical Walls: Black & Latinx Intertwined Histories & Destinies
Speaker: Ernesto Castañeda, Assistant Professor of Sociology American University
Friday, 11/1/2019, 12:00pm - 7:59pm
Ernesto Castañeda presented his new book Building Racial & Physical Walls: Black & Latinx Intertwined Histories & Destinies.