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Demetrios G. Papademetriou is President and Co-Founder of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), a Washington-based think tank dedicated exclusively to the study of international migration. He is also the convener of the Transatlantic Council on Migration and its predecessor, the Transatlantic Task Force on Immigration and Integration (co-convened with the Bertelsmann Stiftung). The Council is composed of senior public figures, business leaders, and public intellectuals from Europe, the United States, and Canada. Dr. Papademetriou is also Co-Founder and International Chair Emeritus of Metropolis: An International Forum for Research and Policy on Migration and Cities. He has served as Chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Migration (2009-2011); Chair of the Migration Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); Director for Immigration Policy and Research at the US Department of Labor and Chair of the Secretary of Labor's Immigration Policy Task Force; and Executive Editor of the International Migration Review. Dr. Papademetriou has published more than 250 books, articles, monographs, and research reports on migration topics and advises senior government and political party officials in more than 20 countries (including numerous European Union Member States while they hold the rotating EU presidency). His most recent books include Migration and the Great Recession: The Transatlantic Experience (co-author and co-editor, 2011); Immigration Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany: Negotiating Membership and Remaking the Nation (co-author, 2010); Gaining from Migration: Towards a New Mobility System, OECD Development Center (co-author, 2007); Immigration and America's Future: A New Chapter (2006, co-author); Europe and its Immigrants in the 21st Century: A New Deal or a Continuing Dialogue of the Deaf? (2006, editor and author); Secure Borders, Open Doors: Visa Procedures in the Post-September 11 Era (2005, co-author), NAFTA's Promise and Reality (2003, co-author), America's Challenge: Domestic Security, Civil Liberties, and National Unity after September 11 (2003, co-author); and Caught in the Middle: Border Communities in an Era of Globalization (2001, senior editor and co-author). He holds a PhD in comparative public policy and international relations (1976) and has taught at the universities of Maryland, Duke, American, and New School for Social Research. For more on Dr. Papademetriou, read the Washington Diplomat’s “People of World Influence” profile of him, a Washington Post profile, or his profile in Government Executive's “Homeland Security 100: Profiles of Key Government Officials and Outside Experts.” Additional language: Greek
Michael Fix is Senior Vice President and Director of Studies at MPI, as well as Co-Director of MPI's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy. His work focuses on immigrant integration, citizenship policy, immigrant children and families, the education of immigrant students, the effect of welfare reform on immigrants, and the impact of immigrants on the US labor force. Mr. Fix, who is an attorney, previously was at the Urban Institute, where he directed the Immigration Studies Program (1998-2004). His research there focused on immigrants and integration, regulatory reform, federalism, race, and the measurement of discrimination. Mr. Fix is a Research Fellow with IZA in Bonn, Germany. He served on the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on the Redesign of US Naturalization Tests. In 2005, Mr. Fix was a New Millennium Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Columbia University's School of Social Work. His recent publications include Still an Hourglass? Immigrant Workers in Middle-Skilled Jobs (co-author), Immigrants and Welfare (editor), Los Angeles on the Leading Edge: Immigrant Integration Indicators and Their Policy Implications, Adult English Language Instruction in the United States: Determining Need and Investing Wisely, Measures of Change: The Demography and Literacy of Adolescent English Learners, and Securing the Future: US Immigrant Integration Policy, A Reader (editor). His past research explored the implementation of employer sanctions and other reforms introduced by the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. Mr. Fix received a JD from the University of Virginia and a bachelor of the arts degree from Princeton University. He did additional graduate work at the London School of Economics. Read the Washington Post profile of Michael Fix.
Kathleen Newland is Co-Founder of the Migration Policy Institute and directs MPI's programs on Migrants, Migration, and Development and Comprehensive Protection for Refugees. Her work focuses on the relationship between migration and development, governance of international migration, and refugee protection. Previously, at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, she was a Senior Associate and then Co-Director of the International Migration Policy Program (1994-2001). She sits on the Board of the International Rescue Committee, and is a Chair Emerita of the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children. She is also on the Boards of the Foundation for the Hague Process on Refugees and Migration and Kids in Need of Defense (KIND). Prior to joining the Migration Program at the Carnegie Endowment in 1994, Ms. Newland worked as an independent consultant for such clients as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Bank, and the office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations. From 1988-1992, Ms. Newland was on the faculty of the London School of Economics. During that time, she also co-founded (with Lord David Owen) and directed Humanitas, an educational trust dedicated to increasing awareness of international humanitarian issues. From 1982 to 1988, she worked at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan. She began her career at Worldwatch Institute in 1974. Ms. Newland is the author or editor of seven books, including The State of the World’s Refugees for UNHCR in 1993, No Refuge: The Challenge of Internal Displacement for the United Nations in 2003, and Diasporas: New Partners in Global Development Policy for MPI in 2010. She has also written 11 shorter monographs as well as numerous articles and book chapters. Ms. Newland is a graduate of Harvard University and the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. She did additional graduate work at the London School of Economics. Read the Washington Post profile of Kathleen Newland. Doris Meissner, former Commissioner of the US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), is a Senior Fellow at MPI, where she directs the Institute’s US immigration policy work. Her responsibilities focus in particular on the role of immigration in America’s future and on administering the nation’s immigration laws, systems, and government agencies. Her work and expertise also include immigration and politics, immigration enforcement, border control, cooperation with other countries, and immigration and national security. She has authored and coauthored numerous reports, articles, and op-eds and is frequently quoted in the media. She served as Director of MPI's Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future, a bipartisan group of distinguished leaders. The group's report and recommendations address how to harness the advantages of immigration for a 21st century economy and society. From 1993-2000, she served in the Clinton administration as Commissioner of the INS, then a bureau in the US Department of Justice. Her accomplishments included reforming the nation's asylum system; creating new strategies for managing US borders; improving naturalization and other services for immigrants; shaping new responses to migration and humanitarian emergencies; strengthening cooperation and joint initiatives with Mexico, Canada, and other countries; and managing growth that doubled the agency’s personnel and tripled its budget. She first joined the Justice Department in 1973 as a White House Fellow and Special Assistant to the Attorney General. She served in various senior policy posts until 1981, when she became Acting Commissioner of INS and then Executive Associate Commissioner, the third-ranking post in the agency. In 1986, she joined the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace as a Senior Associate. Ms. Meissner created the Endowment's Immigration Policy Project, which evolved into the Migration Policy Institute in 2001. Ms. Meissner’s board memberships include CARE-USA and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Inter-American Dialogue, the Pacific Council on International Diplomacy, the National Academy of Public Administration, the Administrative Conference of the United States, and the Constitution Society. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she earned bachelor of the arts and master of the arts degrees, she began her professional career there as Assistant Director of student financial aid. She was also the first Executive Director of the National Women’s Political Caucus.
Margie McHugh is Co-Director of MPI’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy. The Center provides in-depth research, policy analysis, technical assistance, training, leadership development, and information resource services on a broad range of immigrant integration issues. Key areas that are the focus of the Center’s current work include PreK-12 education; English literacy and workplace skills development; and the involvement of state and local governments in efforts to regulate the settlement of immigrants in their communities, including the enforcement of federal immigration laws. Prior to joining MPI, Ms. McHugh served for 15 years as Executive Director of The New York Immigration Coalition, an umbrella organization for over 150 groups in New York that uses research, policy development, and community mobilization efforts to achieve landmark integration policy and program initiatives. During her time with NYIC, Ms. McHugh oversaw research, writing, and publication of over a dozen reports dealing with issues such as the quality of education services provided to immigrant students in New York’s schools, the lack of availability of English classes for adult immigrants, the voting behavior of foreign-born citizens, and barriers faced by immigrants seeking to access health and mental health services. Prior to joining NYIC, Ms. McHugh served as Deputy Director of New York City’s 1990 Census Project and as Executive Assistant to New York Mayor Ed Koch’s chief of staff. She is the recipient of dozens of awards recognizing her efforts to bring diverse constituencies together and tackle tough problems, including the prestigious Leadership for a Changing World award. She has served as a member and officer on the boards of directors for both the National Immigration Forum and Working Today; on the editorial board of Migration World Magazine; and has held appointive positions in a variety of New York city and state commissions, most notably the Commission on the Future of the City University of New York and the New York Workers’ Rights Board. Ms. McHugh is a graduate of Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges.
James W. Ziglar, former Commissioner of the US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), is a Senior Fellow at MPI, where his work focuses on US immigration policy, border control, and security initiatives. Prior to joining MPI, Mr. Ziglar was President and CEO of Cross Match Technologies. From 1998-2001, he served as Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, a position which made him the Senate’s chief operating officer, top protocol officer, and chief law enforcement officer. He left that post in 2001 when President George W. Bush appointed him Commissioner of the INS, a position he held until December 2002 when the agency was dissolved and its missions transferred to the new Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Ziglar has more than 40 years experience in management, finance, law, and public policy, spending 17 years as an investment banker and eight years as a practicing lawyer. He began his law career as a clerk to US Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun. He later was Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School, where he taught immigration and constitutional law, and was a Fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government Institute of Politics. Among his many appointments to outside boards, he previously served as a Director of the National Immigration Forum, Human Rights First, and MPI. He also was a member of the MPI-convened Independent Task Force on Immigration and America’s Future.
Muzaffar Chishti, a lawyer, is the director of MPI’s office at New York University School of Law. His work focuses on US immigration policy, the intersection of labor and immigration law, civil liberties, and immigrant integration. Prior to joining MPI, Mr. Chishti was Director of the Immigration Project of the Union of Needletrades, Industrial & Textile Employees (UNITE). Mr. Chishti has testified extensively on immigration policy issues before various congressional committees. In 1992, as part of a US team, he assisted the Russian Parliament in drafting its legislation on forced migrants and refugees. He is a 1994 recipient of New York State Governor's Award for Outstanding Asian Americans and a 1995 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Mr. Chishti was educated at St. Stephen's College, Delhi; the University of Delhi; Cornell Law School; and the Columbia School of International Affairs. Additional languages: Hindi, Urdu.TOP
Gregory A. Maniatis oversees European programs for MPI in Washington. He is also advisor to Peter Sutherland, the UN Special Representative for Migration. Mr. Maniatis consults the European Commission, Member State governments, the European Parliament, and international organizations on all aspects of immigration and integration policy. In 2007, he led MPI's advisory work for the European Union presidencies of Germany and Portugal; in previous years, he oversaw MPI's work with the EU presidencies of Greece and the Netherlands. Prior to his positions at MPI and the United Nations, Mr. Maniatis was Founder and Publisher of Odyssey magazine, an English-language bimonthly that is the leading international magazine about Greece and Greeks around the world, with over 60,000 readers in 35 countries. He is also a writer and producer whose reportage and commentary have been featured in the International Herald Tribune, the Wall Street Journal, New York magazine, The Washington Monthly, PBS Television, and other media outlets. Mr. Maniatis is a graduate of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and a recipient of a certificat from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris. He is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Will Somerville is a Senior Policy Analyst at MPI, where he works on the International Program. Previously, he worked for the Commission for Racial Equality, the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, Cabinet Office, and the Institute for Public Policy Research. He has managed over 20 research projects and has over 25 publications to his credit. He is a regular contributor to the Guardian newspaper and has edited five welfare rights and best practice books. His most recent book, Immigration under New Labour, was published in 2007. He holds a first class degree from Leeds University and a master's with distinction in social policy from the London School of Economics, where he was awarded the prestigious Richard Titmuss Prize.
Prior to joining MPI, Dr. Capps was a researcher in the Immigration Studies Program at the Urban Institute (1993-96, and 2000-08). His published works include New Streams: Black African Migration to the United States (co-author), Delegation and Divergence: A Study of 287(g) State and Local Immigration Enforcement (co-author), Still an Hourglass? Immigrant Workers in Middle-Skilled Jobs (co-author), Immigrants and Health Care Reform: What’s Really at Stake? (co-author), Paying the Price: The Impact of Immigration Raids on America's Children, A Comparative Analysis of Immigrant Integration in Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods, Trends in the Low-Wage Immigrant Labor Force 2000-2005, and Immigration and Child and Family Policy. He has also published widely on immigrant integration at the state and local level, including a profile of the immigrant workforce and economic impact of immigrants in Arkansas; a study of immigrant workers and their integration in Louisville, KY; a description of the unauthorized labor force in California and Los Angeles; a study of tax payments by immigrants in the Washington, DC metropolitan area; an assessment of immigrants in the Connecticut labor force; and an analysis of the immigrant workforce and recommendations for immigrant integration in Maryland. Dr. Capps received his PhD in sociology from the University of Texas in 1999 and his master of public affairs degree, also from the University of Texas, in 1992.
Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias is a Policy Analyst at MPI and a Regional Research Officer at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) based in Bangkok, focusing on Asia-Pacific policy. Her areas of expertise include temporary and circular migration, particularly between Asia and the Middle East; diaspora policy; and the migration-development nexus. Her most recent publications include Labor Migration from the Colombo Process Countries, Migration's Middlemen: Regulating Recruitment Agencies in the Philippines-UAE Corridor, Closing the Distance: How Governments Strengthen Ties with their Diasporas, and Guiding the Invisible Hand: Making Migration Intermediaries Work for Development. Before joining MPI and IOM, Ms. Agunias was an Edward Weintal Scholar at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy in Washington, DC and a factory worker and part-time domestic worker in Reykjavik, Iceland. She holds a master’s degree in foreign service with honors from Georgetown University, where she concentrated in international development, and a bachelor’s degree in political science, cum laude, from the University of the Philippines. Additional language: Filipino.
Jeanne Batalova is a Policy Analyst at MPI and Manager of the MPI Data Hub, a one-stop, Web-based resource that provides instant access to the latest facts, stats, and maps covering US and global data on immigration and immigrant integration. Her areas of expertise include the impacts of immigrants on society and labor markets; the integration of immigrant children and elderly immigrants; and the policies and practices regulating immigration of highly skilled workers and foreign students. Dr. Batalova co-authored Uneven Progress: The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States, Immigration: Data Matters, and Measures of Change: The Demography and Literacy of Adolescent English Learners, among other publications. Her book, Skilled Immigrant and Native Workers in the United States, was published in 2006. She earned her PhD in sociology, with a specialization in demography, from the University of California-Irvine; an MBA from Roosevelt University; and bachelor of the arts in economics from the Academy of Economic Studies, Chisinau, Moldova. Additional language: Russian. Elizabeth Collett is a European Policy Fellow at MPI and Senior Advisor to MPI's Transatlantic Council on Migration. She is based in Brussels and works on the International Program, with a particular focus on European policy. Prior to joining MPI, Ms. Collett was a Senior Policy Analyst at the European Policy Centre, an independent Brussels-based think tank, and was responsible for its migration program, which covered all aspects of European migration and integration policy. During her time at EPC she produced numerous working papers and policy briefs focused on the future of European Union immigration policy. She has also worked in the Migration Research and Policy Department of the International Organization for Migration in Geneva and for the Institute for the Study of International Migration in Washington, DC. Ms. Collett holds a master's degree in foreign service (with distinction) from Georgetown University, where she specialized in foreign policy and earned a certificate in refugee and humanitarian studies, and a bachelor's degree in law from Oxford University. Additional language: French. Milica Petrovic Milica Petrovic is a Research Assistant at MPI, where she works for the Transatlantic Council on Migration from MPI’s Brussels office. Before joining MPI, Ms. Petrovic was a Research Assistant at GHK Consulting, where she assisted in the organization of the work of the European Migration Network (EMN). Prior to this, she was a trainee at the European Commission, in the Unit for Immigration and Integration at the Directorate-General for Home Affairs. Ms. Petrovic earned her MSc in European studies with a focus on migration from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She received her BA in French and English languages and literature, and MA in comparative literature from Ghent University. Ms. Petrovic also studied at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Additional languages: Dutch, French, Serbian.
Miryam Hazán is a Policy Analyst at MPI, where she researches issues related to US-Mexican-Central American migration policies, including development, education, workforce training, security, and immigrant integration. Dr. Hazán has worked as a visiting scholar at Rutgers University and as a research assistant for the Public Policy Clinic at the University of Texas at Austin, where she researched the political incorporation of Mexican immigrants in the United States. She received her PhD in government from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006. She earned an MA in Latin American studies from Georgetown University with a specialization in international relations, and has a BA in journalism and mass communications from the National Autonomous University in Mexico City. Dr. Hazán's dissertation work is now a book manuscript entitled Becoming Mexican and American: Mexican Immigrant Politics for a New Century, under review by Cambridge University Press. Before coming to the United States, she worked as a journalist in Mexico City, including six years at El Financiero. Additional language: Spanish. Sarah Hooker Sarah Hooker is a Policy Analyst at MPI, where she works for the National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy. Prior to joining MPI, she worked with the American Youth Policy Forum on issues and policies related to college- and career readiness, education access, and success for students from under-represented groups. She focused on the education of English Language Learners, and facilitated the dissemination of research and policy recommendations for better serving this population. Her recent publications include Success at Every Step: How 23 Programs Support Youth on the Path to College and Beyond (co-author). Ms. Hooker holds a master’s degree from the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration. While in graduate school, she provided capacity-building support to the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities. Prior to her work in Chicago, she developed a program to reconnect homeless parents with opportunities for continuing education and occupational training in Los Angeles. Ms. Hooker earned a bachelor of the arts degree in Latin American studies from Pomona College in Claremont, CA. Additional language: Spanish. Chhandasi Pandya Chhandasi Pandya is a Policy Analyst and Program Coordinator with MPI’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy. Her work focuses on various immigrant integration issues, including those related to language access. Prior to joining MPI, she worked as a Senior Analyst at the US Government Accountability Office (GAO). There, she contributed to research on the conduct of US domestic welfare programs as well as foreign affairs programs in Burma, Vietnam, and Sudan. She has also worked as a financial journalist for Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal online. Ms. Pandya holds a master’s of international affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where she specialized in international urban development. She completed her undergraduate work in journalism and economics at the University of Maryland at College Park. Additional language: Gujarati. Maki Park Maki Park is a Policy Analyst and Program Coordinator at MPI's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy. Previously, Ms. Park worked as Director of Outreach and Program Manager at WorldTeach, based at Harvard's Center for International Development, where she oversaw recruiting and admissions operations and managed the organization's program in Guyana. She has also worked as an education consultant in Malawi and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Turkmenistan. Ms. Park holds a master's in international education policy from Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, and earned her bachelor's degree with a double major in French and government with a concentration in international relations from Cornell University. Additional languages: French, Japanese. Eleanor Sohnen Eleanor Sohnen is a Policy Analyst at MPI, where she works for the Regional Migration Study Group. Her research interests include the interaction of source-country education and workforce systems and migration, and the social and economic integration of intraregional labor migrants in Latin America. Ms. Sohnen previously served as a consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), implementing workforce development and capacity-building projects in public employment services and migration management. While at IDB, she co-authored On the Other Side of the Fence: Changing Dynamics of Migration in the Americas (MPI, 2010) and The Financial Crisis and Latin American and Caribbean Labor Markets: Risks and Policy Responses (IDB, 2009). She holds a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University’s Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in international relations and international economics with a focus on Latin America and development economics, and a bachelor’s degree in Latin American Studies from Oberlin College. She has also studied at the Universidad de Chile, the Pontificia Católica Universidad de Chile, and the Universidad de Buenos Aires. Prior to earning her master’s degree, she was an editorial coordinator and freelance writer for a newsweekly in the San Francisco Bay area. Additional language: Spanish. Madeleine Sumption Madeleine Sumption is a Policy Analyst at MPI, where she works on the Labor Markets Initiative and the International Program. Her work focuses on labor migration, the role of immigrants in the labor market, and the impact of immigration policies in Europe, North America, and other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. Ms. Sumption’s recent publications include Policies to Curb Illegal Employment, Aligning Temporary Immigration Visas with US Labor Market Needs (co-author), Migration and Immigrants Two Years After the Financial Collapse (BBC World Service and Migration Policy Institute, co-editor and author), Immigration and the Labor Market: Theory, Evidence and Policy (Equality and Human Rights Commission, co-author), Migration and the Economic Downturn: What to Expect in the European Union (co-author), and Social Networks and Polish Immigration to the UK (Institute for Public Policy Research). Ms. Sumption holds a master’s degree with honors from the University of Chicago’s school of public policy. She also holds a first class degree in Russian and French from Oxford University. Additional language: French. Aaron Terrazas Aaron Terrazas is a Policy Analyst at MPI, where he serves as Project Manager for the Regional Migration Study Group. His research interests include the consequences of macroeconomic trends for immigration flows and for immigrants in the labor force, the relationship between migration and the development prospects of migrant countries of origin, and the role of diasporas in foreign policymaking. He is widely published. Mr. Terrazas holds a bachelor’s of science with honors from the Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where he majored in international affairs and earned a certificate in Latin American studies. He was awarded the William Manger Latin American Studies Award for his thesis exploring the evolution of policy attitudes toward migration and remittances in Mexico. He also studied at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris, where he was awarded the certificat. Additional languages: Spanish, French. Natalia Banulescu-Bogdan  Assistant Director, Transatlantic Council on Migration 202-266-1923 nbogdan@migrationpolicy.org Natalia Banulescu-Bogdan is Assistant Director of the Transatlantic Council on Migration. Prior to joining MPI, she was a Program Administrator at the Brookings Institution's Center for Executive Education, where she developed public policy seminars for senior government officials and coordinated the center's website and communications strategy. Ms. Banulescu-Bogdan obtained her master's with distinction in nationalism studies from Central European University. Her master's thesis focused on the political mobilization of Roma in Romania. She received her bachelor of the arts degree with distinction from the University of Pennsylvania in international relations, where she was a University Scholar. Ms. Banulescu-Bogdan also studied at the Université Lumière in Lyon and at the Eötvös Collegium in Hungary as a David L. Boren Scholar. Additional languages: French, Romanian.
Kate Brick is an Associate Policy Analyst at MPI, where she works for the International Program’s Transatlantic Council on Migration and the Regional Migration Study Group. Her publications at MPI include Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States (co-author, 2011); Primer on US Immigration Policy and Regional Migration Flows (co-author, 2011) and Regularizations in the European Union: A Contentious Policy Tool (2011). Prior to joining MPI, Ms. Brick was Program Associate for the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, where she edited and co-authored the study Local Goes National: Challenges and Opportunities for Latino Immigrants in the Nation’s Capital (2009). She is a co-author of Refugee Resettlement in the United States: An Examination of Challenges and Proposed Solutions, a report produced for the International Rescue Committee (IRC). She received her master’s in international affairs with a focus in social policy and immigration at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. While pursuing her MA, she worked with the Open Society Institute, the Open Society Foundation for South Africa, Unbound Philanthropy, and IRC. She received her BA magna cum laude from George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs in Latin American studies. Additional languages: Spanish. Susanna Groves Susanna Groves is an Associate Policy Analyst in MPI’s Migrants, Migration, and Development, and Refugee Policy programs. Before joining MPI, Ms. Groves researched human trafficking, forced labor, and child labor for the US Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs. She has also worked at the Correctional Association of New York, the New York Civil Liberties Union, and on numerous political campaigns. Ms. Groves earned a master’s in public policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. While in graduate school, she consulted for a domestic refugee resettlement organization and was affiliated with the Carr Center for Human Rights. She earned a BA with high honors in English literature, history, and Latin American and Caribbean studies from the University of Michigan. She also studied at the Universidad de la Habana. Additional languages: Spanish Sarah Flamm is a Research Assistant at MPI, where she works on the International Program and the Labor Markets Initiative. Previously, Ms. Flamm worked as a Stanford in Government Fellow at the UN International Labor Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland, focusing on child labor and trafficking issues. She studied day laborers’ access to health care in San Francisco as a Community-Based Research Fellow, working with the city health department and a local nonprofit. Ms. Flamm has also worked at the Voting Section in the Department of Justice. In 2011, Ms. Flamm obtained her bachelor of the arts degree in public policy with a concentration in immigration policy and a Spanish minor from Stanford University. Additional language: Spanish.
Kristen McCabe is a Research Assistant at MPI, where she works for the National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy and on the US Immigration Policy Program. She has co-authored a number of publications, including New Streams: Black African Migration to the United States and Labor Standards Enforcement and Low-Wage Immigrants. She is also a frequent contributor to the Migration Information Source, MPI’s award-winning online journal. Prior to joining MPI, Ms. McCabe worked as a Legal Assistant at an immigration and nationality law firm in Boston, MA. Ms. McCabe holds a bachelor of the arts degree with honors from Tufts University, where she double majored in English and international relations.
Michelle Mittelstadt is MPI’s Director of Communications and is responsible for developing and implementing the Institute’s strategic communications, coordinating media and social media outreach and events, managing the editing and publishing process, and overseeing MPI websites and publication of its online journal, the Migration Information Source. She co-authored Through the Prism of National Security: Major Immigration Policy and Program Changes in the Decade since 9/11, Migration and the Global Recession, and Immigration: Data Matters. A veteran journalist, Ms. Mittelstadt joined MPI after covering immigration policy, Congress, and border-related issues since the early 1990s in the Washington bureaus of The Associated Press, The Dallas Morning News, and the Houston Chronicle. She has written hundreds of articles examining US immigration policy, border and interior enforcement, and the post-9/11 legislative and executive branch changes that have altered the immigration landscape. She also covered the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security. Prior to coming to Washington, Ms. Mittelstadt was an editor with The Associated Press in Dallas and the managing editor of The Courier Herald in Dublin, Ga. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism with a concentration in global studies from the University of Georgia. Additional languages: French and German.
Lisa Dixon is Senior Events Manager for MPI, responsible for organizing public and private briefings, conferences, and other events. Prior to this position, Ms. Dixon was Director of Programs at Texas A&M's Jordan Institute for International Awareness, where she coordinated events promoting international awareness on the Texas A&M campus. Additionally, she taught high school in a South Texas border community through Teach for America, has volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, and has provided project support for the Red Cross in its Military, Refugee, and Social Services and Marketing departments. Ms. Dixon holds a bachelor's degree in political science and a business minor. TOP
Burke Speaker Burke Speaker is Deputy Director of Communications at MPI and is responsible for assisting in the Institute’s media and social media outreach, editing and publications process, website design and operation, and publication of the Data Hub newsletter. Previously, he served as Features and Magazine Editor at the StarNews in Wilmington, NC, and as Assistant News Editor at The Capital newspaper in Annapolis, MD. A longtime journalist, Mr. Speaker has covered city government, health, environment, human interest, and consumer news for various media organizations in North Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia. He received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Southern Illinois University. Joyce Matthews Joyce Matthews is Editor of the Migration Information Source, MPI’s award-winning online journal that provides authoritative data and thoughtful analysis on US and worldwide migration trends. Prior to joining MPI, Ms. Matthews was with the African Diaspora Policy Centre in The Hague, where she edited and coordinated the publication of the 2010 book Building Institutional Cooperation between the Diaspora and Homeland Governments in Africa, as well as a number of reports, policy briefs, and research papers. She also served as a project coordinator and primary editor in the publication of a series of annotated bibliographies on human trafficking and exploitative labor for the US Department of Labor while at ICF Macro International, and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ukraine. Ms. Matthews obtained her master’s in public policy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where she was a Fellow with the Shriver Peaceworker Program, and a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Eastern Michigan University. Additional language: Russian.
April Siruno is Communications and Social Media Specialist for MPI, where her work focuses on marketing the Institute's research through social media and other means, publications design and layout, and recording of events. She also oversees bookstore and ad sales and manages the Institute’s permissions and copyright process. Ms. Siruno previously worked as a Staffing Coordinator for Professional Healthcare Resources in Falls Church, VA. She has served as Membership and Communications Director for the DC chapter of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF). During her undergraduate work, Ms. Siruno participated in the Lakbay Aaral Study of the Philippines, a program run by the Commission of Filipinos Overseas. In May 2008, she received the Distinguished Alumni Award for the Leadership Development Program though the Johns Hopkins University Carey School of Business, where she is pursuing her MBA. Ms. Siruno obtained a bachelor of arts degree in sociology and politics with a concentration in Asian American studies from Mount Holyoke College in 2002. Danielle Tinker  Communications Coordinator 202-266-1930 dtinker@migrationpolicy.org Danielle Tinker is Communications Coordinator at MPI, where her work focuses on dissemination of the Institute's research, operation of the Institute’s database and mailing lists, maintenance of the MPI website, and design and layout of publications. Ms. Tinker previously worked as Director of Social Marketing for E-Train University in Bethesda, MD, where she constructed and managed the company’s online and print communications and marketing. As part of her undergraduate coursework, Ms. Tinker worked as an intern for both Building a Generation and ESRI in Redlands, CA. Throughout her undergraduate studies in Southern California, Ms. Tinker participated in coursework focused primarily on the US-Mexico border as well as nonprofit marketing and communications. She obtained her bachelor of science degree in business administration from the University of Redlands in 2009.
Gale Gearhart is Director of Finance and Administration at MPI and is responsible for finance and accounting, human resources, facilities, and office operations. Prior to joining MPI, Ms. Gearhart was Vice President of Finance and Operations at The Women's Center in Vienna, VA, a nonprofit counseling and resource center for women and families in the Washington area. She was responsible for finance and accounting, medical billing, human resources, office operations, facilities, and information and referral services. Ms. Gearhart has also been Director of Operations at the Council for Exceptional Children in Arlington, VA. The Council is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted. Ms. Gearhart holds a master of business administration degree from The George Washington University in Washington, DC, and a bachelor’s of science in secondary education from the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. She also earned a certificate in association management from the American Society of Association Executives. Erik Lindsjö Erik Lindsjö is Office Manager and HR Coordinator at MPI and is responsible for human resources functions, including payroll and benefits administration. He is also responsible for general office and administrative duties. Prior to joining MPI, Mr. Lindsjö was Communications Manager at The Westcott House Foundation in Springfield, OH, a nonprofit with the mission to inspire creativity and innovation through architecture and design education. Additionally, he served in the Swedish Armed Forces, earning the rank of Second Lieutenant. Mr. Lindsjö obtained his master’s in public administration from Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, and graduated summa cum laude with a degree in political science from Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH.
Violet Lee is Executive Assistant to the President of MPI, and serves as a central point of information and support, providing general administrative guidance to program staff.
Susan Ginsburg is a Nonresident Fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, where she headed the Mobility and Security Program. She is a member of the Department of Homeland Security's Quadrennial Review Advisory Committee and served on the Secure Borders and Open Doors Advisory Committee. Prior to joining MPI, she served as Senior Counsel and Team Leader on the staff of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission), where she was responsible for research and policy recommendations concerning the entry of the 9/11 hijackers, terrorist travel, and border controls. She followed her work on the 9/11 Commission with consulting and policy writing focused on terrorist mobility. Ms. Ginsburg previously worked as a consultant to nonprofit and academic institutions, providing strategic and operational planning relating to firearms policy. Before that, she worked at the Treasury Department, first as Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary for Enforcement and then as Senior Advisor and Firearms Policy Coordinator for the Under Secretary for Enforcement. She is a member of the DC Bar Association, and as an attorney she specialized in civil litigation. She served as a law clerk in the United States Court of Appeals for Judge A. Leon Higginbotham of the Third Circuit. She also worked as a Special Assistant in the Bureau of International Narcotics Matters at the State Department. In addition, she worked as the Washington Producer for Globo TV Network, Brazil's largest television network. She has also been the Director for Safety and Health at the Professional Drivers Council and a Legislative Assistant to the Honorable James H. Scheuer of New York. Among her publications: Room for Progress: Reinventing Euro-atlantic Borders for a New Strategic Environment, MPI Transatlantic Task Force on Immigration and Integration, October 2007; Countering Terrorist Mobility: Shaping an Operational Strategy, MPI Report, 2006; and "The Magus of the North," Isaiah Berlin, Wilson Quarterly, Spring 1995. She received her JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and graduated Cum Laude from Bryn Mawr College with a degree in English Literature. Susan Gzesh Susan Gzesh, a Nonresident Fellow, is a Senior Lecturer in the College and Center for International Studies at the University of Chicago, as well as director of the Human Rights Program. She teaches courses on human rights topics including the prohibition on torture and the rights of aliens and citizens. The Human Rights Program offers courses based in the humanities and social sciences, grants internships, and promotes scholarship, conferences, and events which link human rights "real world" activism and the academy. Ms. Gzesh was a Lecturer in the Law School from 1992 until 2003, and is associate faculty with the Center for Latin American Studies and the Friedrich Katz Center for Mexican Studies. From 1996 to 2001, she was the director of the Mexico-US Advocates Network, coordinating the Regional Network of Civil Organizations for Migration (the NGO counterpart of the intergovernmental Regional Conference on Migration), as well as the Chicago-Michoacan Project and the Chicago-Mexico Leadership Initiative, all projects which promoted cross-border, transnational dialogues on migration policy and human rights. From 1997-1999, Ms. Gzesh was legal advisor to the Minister for Migration Affairs of the Embassy of Mexico. From 1977-1996, she practiced civil rights and immigration law representing immigrant workers and refugees, as well as Latino candidates in local elections. She received her JD from the University of Michigan and her AB from the University of Chicago. She was a Fulbright Lecturer at the Universidad de Guadalajara in 1990, served on the 1992 Clinton-Gore Presidential Transition Team, and is a member of the Illinois governor's New Americans Initiative advisory board, charged with developing immigrant-friendly state policies.
Donald Kerwin is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, where he served as Vice President for Programs. Mr. Kerwin is Executive Director of the Center for Migration Studies, an educational institute of the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles, Scalabrinians, that studies migration policy issues and safeguards the dignity and rights of migrants, refugees and newcomers. During his MPI tenure, Mr. Kerwin coordinated MPI’s national and international programs, and wrote and spoke extensively on legalization, refugee protection, labor standards enforcement, detention, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and executive action on immigration. Prior to his MPI tenure, he worked for more than 16 years at the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), serving as Executive Director for nearly 15 years. Upon his arrival at CLINIC in 1992, Mr. Kerwin directed CLINIC's political asylum project for Haitians. He became CLINIC's Executive Director in December 1993 and during his tenure, CLINIC coordinated the nation's largest political asylum, detainee services, immigration appeals, and naturalization programs. Mr. Kerwin is a member of the American Bar Association's Commission on Immigration and a past member of the Council on Foreign Relations' Immigration Task Force. He serves on the Board of Directors of Jesuit Refugee Services-USA and the Border Network for Human Rights, and is an Associate Fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center. He is a 1984 graduate of Georgetown University and a 1989 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School.
Rey Koslowski, a Nonresident Fellow, is Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany (SUNY). He also holds a joint appointment in the Informatics Department of UAlbany's College of Computing and Information and is Director of the Research Program on Border Control and Homeland Security. He has held fellowships at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2003-2004), Princeton University (1999-2000), and at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service (1996-97). He is a member of the International Migration Review editorial board and has served as the Chair of the Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration section of the International Studies Association. Dr. Koslowski is the author of Real Challenges for Virtual Borders: The Implementation of US-VISIT (MPI, 2005) and Migrants and Citizens: Demographic Change in the European States System (Cornell University Press, 2000); editor of International Migration and the Globalization of Domestic Politics (Routledge, 2005) and co-editor (with David Kyle) of Global Human Smuggling: Comparative Perspectives (John Hopkins University Press, 2001). His most recent research has focused on comparative analysis of border security information technology in North America, the European Union, Australia, and New Zealand and has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation. He received his BA from Wesleyan University and his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania.
Alan M. Kraut is Professor of History at American University in Washington, DC and holds a faculty appointment at the United States University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. He is a specialist in US immigration and ethnic history, and in the history of American medicine and public health. He chairs the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation's History Advisory Committee and is a past president of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society. Dr. Kraut has been an historical consultant on documentaries related to immigration history and the history of medicine broadcast on PBS, BBC, and the History Channel. Most recently he was an adviser on the PBS documentary Forgotten Ellis Island, the Extraordinary Story of America's Immigrant Hospital (2009). His books include Silent Travelers: Germs, Genes, and the "Immigrant Menace"; From Arrival to Incorporation, Migrants to the U.S. in a Global Era (co-editor); and Goldberger's War: The Life and Work of a Public Health Crusader.
Nancy Morawetz, a Nonresident Fellow, is a Professor of Clinical Law at New York University School of Law and Director of NYU’s Immigrant Rights Clinic. She also serves as the chair of the Supreme Court Immigration Law Working Group. With her students, Prof. Morawetz engages in litigation and advocacy on issues related to the rights of noncitizens, with an emphasis on deportation, detention, and judicial review. Prof. Morawetz’s research focuses on deportation, detention, and judicial review of immigration decisions. Her writings include Citizenship and the Courts, ( University of Chicago Legal Forum, 2007); The Invisible Border: Restrictions on Short-Term Travel By Noncitizens, (Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, 2007); Back to Back to the Future? Lessons Learned from Litigation Over the 1996 Restrictions on Judicial Review( New York Law School Law Review, 2006-2007); and Understanding the Impact of the 1996 Deportation Laws and the Limited Scope of Proposed Reforms, (Harvard Law Review, 2000). Prof. Morawetz is a 1981 graduate of NYU School of Law and a former clerk to the Honorable Patricia M. Wald of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Nonresident Scholar Rainer Münz, a Nonresident Scholar, is Head of Research & Development at Erste Group Bank AG and Senior Fellow at the Hamburg Institute of International Economics. Dr. Münz was appointed in October 2008 by European Union leaders to a 12-member group, known as the "Group of the Wise", tasked with reflecting on how best to deal with Europe's future challenges and reporting back to the EU leadership in June 2010. Dr. Münz is an expert on population change, international migration, and demographic aging and their economic impacts and implications for social security. From 1992 to 2003, he was head of the Department of Demography at Humboldt University, Berlin. Prior to that, he served as Director of the Institute of Demography at the Austrian Academy of Science. He earned his PhD from Vienna University in 1978. Dr. Münz has worked as consultant for the European Commission, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,, and the World Bank. He served as an advisor to the Greek (2003), Dutch (2004), and Slovene (2008) EU presidencies. In 2000-2001, he was a member of the German commission on immigration reform (the Süssmuth commission). He is the author or coauthor of Overcrowded World? Global Population and International Migration (Haus Publishing, 2008); Costs and Benefits of Immigration to Europe (OECD, 2006); Labour Migrants Unbound: EU Enlargement, Transitional Measures and Labour Market Effects (Institute for Futures Studies, 2005); and Challenges and Opportunities of International Migration for the EU, Its Member States, Neighboring Countries and Regions (World Bank, 2004).
Marie Price, a Nonresident Fellow, is an Associate Professor of Geography and International Affairs at the George Washington University, where she has taught since 1990. Formerly the Director of Latin American Studies from 1999-2001, she is Chair of the Department of Geography. In 2006, Dr. Price was a visiting scholar at the Migration Policy Institute focusing on immigration to world cities and Latin American migration trends. In addition to her research on human migration, she has written about natural re source use, environmental conservation, and the geographical unevenness of globalization. Among her many publications, she is a co-editor of Migrants to the Metropolis: the Rise of Immigrant Gateway Cities(Syracuse University Press, 2008) and a co-author of Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Envrionment and Development(Prentice Hall, 2008). Her research on global urban immigrant destinations has appeared in the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Geo-Journal, and the Migration Information Source. A native of California, she earned her BA in Geography from the University of California, Berkeley. She earned her Ph.D. in Geography from Syracuse University in 1991.
Jennifer Van Hook is Professor of Sociology and Demography and Research Associate of the Population Research Institute at The Pennsylvania State University. She conducts demographic research on the settlement and incorporation patterns of US immigrants, with one strand of her work focusing on illegal immigration. Her work also focuses on the social, economic, and health assimilation of immigrants and their descendents. Dr. Van Hook received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin, and has held positions at the Urban Institute and Bowling Green State University before joining the faculty at Penn State. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Population Association of America and the Census Scientific Advisory Committee.
Joanne van Selm
Joanne van Selm, a Nonresident Fellow, is an independent researcher on migration and refugee issues, based in Skopje, Macedonia. Dr. van Selm is Co-Editor of the Journal of Refugee Studies (Oxford University Press) and affiliated as a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies at the University of Amsterdam.
Dr. van Selm has extensive experience in policy and academic research on European Union migration, asylum, and refugee issues. Formerly a Senior Policy Analyst at MPI, Dr. van Selm worked closely with the Greek and Dutch presidencies of the European Union during 2003 and 2004. She also conducted studies for the European Commission, including on the feasibility of resettlement and on the transfer of protection status (with the Danish Institute for Human Rights and Institute for the Study of International Migration).
Dr. van Selm, who is the author of several books and articles, has previously held posts as Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Amsterdam and the Vrij Universiteit Amsterdam, and holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom. Charles Wheeler Charles Wheeler is a Senior Attorney with Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) in San Francisco and directs its Training and Legal Support section. CLINIC provides training, technical support, legislative analysis, and legal reference materials for diocesan immigration programs and other nonprofit agencies throughout the United States. It also advocates on behalf of low-income immigrants at the local level by providing direct representation and impact litigation and at the national level through administrative advocacy. Prior to joining CLINIC, Mr. Wheeler directed the National Immigration Law Center in Los Angeles (1985-1996) and the Farmworker Program of Colorado Rural Legal Services in Denver (1979-1984). He has specialized in immigration law and aliens’ rights issues for 30 years and has expertise in several aspects of immigration law as well as immigrants’ eligibility for public benefits. Mr. Wheeler was the 2002 recipient of the Daniel Levy Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Immigration Law, awarded by Matthew Bender LexisNexis. He was a 1989 recipient of the Carol King Award for Achievement in Litigation, awarded by the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of Maryland School of Law. Michael Wishnie Michael Wishnie is a Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He was Professor of Clinical Law and co-director of the Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program at New York University School of Law. He has served as a Skadden Fellow, representing New York City taxi drivers, garment, construction, restaurant and domestic workers in their efforts to vindicate basic labor and employment rights. Previously, Professor Wishnie worked as a staff attorney at the Brooklyn Neighborhood Office of The Legal Aid Society, and as a law clerk to Judge H. Lee Sarokin, Justice Harry A. Blackmun, and Justice Stephen G. Breyer. Before earning his JD from Yale Law School in 1993, Professor Wishnie spent two years teaching in the People’s Republic of China. Heide Spruck Wrigley Heide Spruck Wrigley is a researcher and teacher educator with Literacywork International, an independent social science research firm focused on education and training for immigrant youth and adults. She has studied and written about various aspects of adult English as a Second Language (ESL), including workforce literacy, family literacy, and vocational English for adults with limited English proficiency. Dr. Wrigley has been the subject matter specialist in a number of national research efforts, including the federally funded What Works for Adult ESL Students study and the National Adult ESL Literacy Demonstration Project. She is a senior advisor for the national project, Transitioning Adult English Language Learners. Dr. Wrigley holds a PhD in Education and a Master's Degree in Applied Linguistics.
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