David FitzGerald
@FitzGeraldUCSD
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Sociology professor and (co)author of The Refugee System (2023); Refuge beyond Reach (2019); Culling the Masses (2014); Nation of Emigrants (2009).
Univ. of California San Diego
Joined April 2014
my review recommending Migration Governance in North America: Policy, Politics, and Community, edited by Kiran Banerjee & Craig Damian Smith https://t.co/5inm15m8Em
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Migration Governance in North America: Policy, Politics, and Community. Edited by Kiran Banerjee and Craig Damian Smith. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2024. 510p.
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opening for Research & Advocacy Fellow, Migration & Human Rights Program, Cornell Law School. https://t.co/Sw0kpx7DDr$
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To celebrate the upcoming release of my book, and to support emerging scholars, I'd like to buy and mail copies to ten graduate students. If you’re a grad student who’d like a copy, reply or DM me! https://t.co/QqqkeUBzSK
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In Civilizing Contention, Rana B. Khoury asserts that to understand civilian and refugee activism in war, we must regard the international actors and organizations that enter the scene to help....
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mi capítulo “La migración mexicana y la ley” está disponible en acceso abierto en la antología "Construyendo el gran México. La emigración mexicana a Estados Unidos" https://t.co/KdjWyTpeiu
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"The more unpalatable a thing, the more governments shield it from scrutiny. They do so in the name of security and privacy."
@ForeignAffairs @FitzGeraldUCSD I wrote this in 2023 for @BylineTimes in the UK Of Barges and Banishments: What the Bibby Stockholm Reveals About Our Dark History https://t.co/E0Kn2i7sK1
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My piece in Foreign Affairs on forcing migrants to third countries is available open access
.@FitzGeraldUCSD explains why the Trump administration is deporting immigrants to third countries, including El Salvador and South Sudan—and argues that detaining and processing people offshore should be considered “forms of disappearance.” https://t.co/2J4caxLQPj
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Read how the U.S. externalized its borders using health controls beginning in the 1800s, laying the groundwork for controls that were repurposed during the Covid-19 and Title 42 era to keep out asylum seekers. Open access in Migration Studies. https://t.co/VDB6Ys5CGp
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Abstract. The selection of migrants based on judgments about their health was a fundamental driver of state migration controls. The USA was a global leader
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🌎 New #RegionalReport from the MEMO project investigates migr. complexity in the Americas. Authors @cmasfl and Isabel Gil consider how diverse origins and drivers (economics, violence and policy changes) lead to varied movement patterns and destinations. https://t.co/86AwGfRhlj
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2-yr postdoc position at Johns Hopkins in global politics of mobility and American world power. Application due Feb 1
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🗣️Call for Papers Special Issue: Who is a Refugee in the 21st Century? With @UlrikeBialas (@maxplanckpress ), @FitzGeraldUCSD (@UCSanDiego), Aryan Karimi(@UBC) ⚠️Deadline for abstracts: March 31st 🧐More info:
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Portes, Alejandro and Min Zhou. 2025. “Segmented assimilation: some reflections on a three-decade concept.” Ethnic and Racial Studies
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This rejoinder traces the origin of segmented assimilation theory and addresses the critical comments by highlighting some key points in the evolution of the concept and empirical research from the...
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Roth, Wendy D. 2025. “Segmented assimilation within and without: within nationality groups and without racial incorporation.” Ethnic and Racial Studies
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In this article, I discuss how contemporary racial complexities lead us to rethink aspects of segmented assimilation theory. The theory's focus on nationality groups as the unit of analysis overloo...
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Imoagene, Onoso. 2025 “More than “just Black”: the Black second generation at the intersections of race, class, and ethnicity.” Ethnic and Racial Studies
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In its first iteration, segmented assimilation theory was quite pessimistic about the assimilation pathway and outcomes of the Black second-generation. In a later publication, Alejandro Portes and ...
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Zhou, Min. 2025. “Reflecting on the theory of segmented assimilation: an introduction.” Ethnic and Racial Studies https://t.co/V6Li3FzJ10 Kasinitz, Philip. 2025. “Segmented assimilation, then and now.” Ethnic and Racial Studies
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The “Segmented Assimilation” theory first proposed by Alejandro Portes and Min Zhou in 1992 was highly influential in reviving and reshaping the discussion of migrant integration and in refocusing ...
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Sharing my new open-access article on "The limits and possibilities of segmented assimilation theory" in @ERSjournal. https://t.co/oJG2RhPA82
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Segmented assimilation in its current U.S.-centric incarnation is more valuable as a sensitizing concept that suggests where analysts should look rather than as a transportable causal theory of int...
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Final proof submitted! Excited to see our edited anthology on #Refugee Governance in the Arab World, featuring wonderful contributors, come to life beginning 2025! https://t.co/EzldyqBD1J
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📢 Exciting Opportunity! The @IMRjournal is seeking a new Book Review Editor! 📚 If you're passionate about migration scholarship and want to play a key role in shaping the conversation, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. 📅Until 18 December:
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The International Migration Review is seeking a new Book Review Editor. Interested candidates can submit applications by December 10, 2024.
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