Experiences of Central American Asylum Seekers in the United States

A virtual talk with Cecilia Menjívar, UCLA professor of sociology and American Sociology Association president

Professor Cecilia Menjívar holds the Dorothy L. Meier Social Equities Chair and is a professor of sociology at UCLA. She specializes in immigration, gender, family dynamics, social networks, and broad conceptualizations of violence. She has authored and edited multiple books, including Fragmented Ties: Salvadoran Immigrant Networks in America. A John S. Guggenheim Fellow and an Andrew Carnegie Fellow, she is currently president of the American Sociological Association.

This virtual talk is the third in the Melvin L. Oliver Racial Justice Initiative’s fall 2021 speaker series. 

For more information, contact Pitzer Professor and Associate Dean Adrian Pantoja at Adrian_Pantoja@miyao2009.com