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Lynch School of Education faculty will discuss the realities of US immigration policy, as highlighted by the experiences of newly arrived immigrant children and families whose members achieve varying degrees of legal status, at a Lynch School colloquium on Oct. 20 at noon in Campion 139.
Hon. David S. Nelson Professor Anderson J. Franklin will chair the event, titled “Lessons for Immigration Policy from Newcomer Youth and Mixed Status Families,” the first in the Lynch School’s Endowed Chairs and Policy Committee Colloquium Series, which focuses on education policy in the 21st century.
Joining Franklin as the featured speakers will be Professor Brinton Lykes and Associate Professor Leigh Patel.
Lykes, whose research interests include immigration and the effects of deportation, is associate director of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice. Patel, whose studies a range of sociological issues in education, is the author of the 2013 book Youth Held at the Border: Immigration, Education and the Politics of Inclusion.