immigrants Experts

Amira Elghawaby

Communications DirectorThe National Council of Canadian Muslims

Amira Elghawaby leads the NCCM’s media relations, public engagement and strategic communications.

Rachel Décoste

Motivational Speaker, Immigration Policy and Political PunditIndependent

Rachel Décoste is a media critic, educator, and public speaker who has been involved in community activism since her youth.

Rebecca Hamlin

Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science | Director of Legal StudiesUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Legal studies and political science professor specializing in immigration law, refugee policy and migrant categorization.

Patricia G. Martínez, Ph.D.

Professor of Management, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Rudy Mondragón

Assistant Professor of Chicana/o-Latina/o StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Kyle Walker

Associate Professor and ChairTexas Christian University

Professor Walker specializes in population geography, cities and suburbs and demographic data visualization

Frank H. Wu

Distinguished Professor of LawUC Hastings College of the Law

Email: wuf@uchastings.edu | Phone: 415-565-4830 | Office: 390-200

Kelly Welch, PhD

Professor of Sociology and Criminology; Program Director, Criminology | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Kelly Welch, PhD, is an expert on racial and ethnic profiling, racial disparities in school discipline and public punitiveness toward crime.

Christopher J. Cormier

Associate ProfessorLoyola Marymount University

christopher.cormier@lmu.edu

Alicia Partnoy

Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages and Literatures - SpanishLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts