Integration, Incorporation & Belonging

This research theme examines the processes by which immigrants and their descendants become part of a destination society across social, labor market and economic, cultural, linguistic and political dimensions. It pays particular attention to how the intersections of race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, class, legal status and other differences, as well as contextual factors such as local communities and policies shape experiences of integration and belonging.


Faculty in This Area

Oluseyi Odunyemi Agbelusi
Oluseyi Odunyemi Agbelusi

Assistant Professor and Anthropology

Attiya Ahmad
Attiya Ahmad

Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs

Heidi Bardot
Heidi Bardot

Director of the Art Therapy Program, Associate Professor

Elizabeth Chacko
Elizabeth Chacko

Professor of Geography & International Affairs

Manuel R. Cuellar
Manuel R. Cuellar

Associate Professor of Spanish Literature

Kavita Daiya
Kavita Daiya

Associate Dean of Academic Innovation; Professor of English and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Ilana Feldman
Ilana Feldman

Professor of Anthropology, History, and International Affairs

Thomas Guglielmo
Thomas A. Guglielmo

Professor of American Studies and History

Hiromi Ishizawa
Hiromi Ishizawa

Associate Professor of Sociology

Harris Mylonas
Harris Mylonas

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

Diana Pardo Pedraza
Diana Pardo Pedraza

Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs

Marie Price
Marie Price

Professor of Geography & International Affairs

Quito Swan
Quito Swan

Director, Africana Studies Program; Professor of History and Africana Studies

Elizabeth Vaquera

Director of the Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute; Associate Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration and Sociology