In The Media

Klaus speaks about his craft of building model airplanes and how he incorporates history into his hobby.

Best, author of the book, “Prom Night: Youth, Schools and Popular Culture,” discusses the history and culture of prom.

Kim, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, addresses Korean immigrants’ options for raising children.

Former classmate of Wikler’s, Ben Manski, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, is quoted about Wikler’s backstory in Madison.

Ben Wikler is one of the two front-runners for the position of Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). In today's The Capital Times, GMU professor Ben Manski recalls Wikler's early years.

Using ethnographic research as well as conducting in-depth and narrative biographical interviews, Cherian's article explores the perspectives of Indian middle-class aspirations regarding international migration and how they navigate educational mobility.

Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Marissa Kiss was quoted in a recent article published by Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier for The Progressive Magazine. In their article, "Immigrants Have Always Made Baseball Better", Dr. Kiss discusses how changes in immigration policies in the United States in 1986 led to an increase in foreign-born Major League Baseball players.

In their commentary piece titled “Are Major League Baseball and immigration reform on a collision course?”, Dr. Kiss and Dr. Witte explore the economic impact of potential changes in immigration policies proposed under a Republican presidency on Major League Baseball as well as in other immigrant-dependent industries. Their piece was picked up by over 30 news outlets including MSN, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The News-Gazette, LancasterOnline, Bedford Gazette, The Brunswick News, The Buffalo News, and The Korea Times.

A Q&A with Blake Silver, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, is featured in The Conversation U.S.

Amy Best, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, shares that she is not surprised by the upheld tradition and that it is tough to escape the gravitational pull of certain matrimonial traditions.