Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Most research on immigrant communities documents groups living among co-ethnics in major urban destinations, often in ethinc enclaves. How immigrants create community outside of those spaces remains overlooked. This paper focuses on Indian American motel owners in Ohio, in both urban and non-urban settings. These are middleman minorities. The paper demonstrates how these middleman minorities create a sense of community despite their racial and economic positions, as well as despite their location in Ohio, a state with little international migration. The implications of these findings for theories of immigrant adaptation are also discussed, namely the need to move beyond the common framing of immigrants of color as primarily either immigrants or minorities.

Publication Type: Invited Paper
Abstract: The migration and labor history of Puerto Ricans to Chicago speaks to the diverse experiences of Latinas/os across U.S. cities. This migration beginning in the 1940’s facilitated a labor need created by various factors, including the U.S.’ participation in military action abroad, the industrialization of the island of Puerto Rico, and also immigration limitations placed on other groups. Their unique status as U.S. citizens quickly differentiated them from other immigrant groups during this period, and initially affected the relationship between Puerto Ricans and the city of Chicago. In this paper I will discuss the ways in which Puerto Ricans were initially welcomed, discussed, and then racialized which came to aid the development of what Felix Padilla refers to as a “Puerto Rican consciousness”. As the numbers of Puerto Ricans in the city increased, the disenfranchisement felt by this community intensified, which in turn altered the way in which this group was viewed by the city of Chicago. During this time period, Puerto Rican students within city schools are also targeted by city officials, teachers, and the media as a way to facilitate the transition of Puerto Ricans into the American way of life. I will examine reports published and presented by both the Welfare Council of Chicago and the Mayor’s Committee on New Resident’s in the 1950’s and 1960’s, significantly affecting the ways in which Puerto Ricans established themselves within the city. With their reports both agencies contributed to a city wide awareness of this new group of migrants, educating wider social agencies on the perceived cultural differences inhabited by Puerto Ricans. Local media accounts from 1940 to 1966 will also aid in my discussion on this community of migrants initial relationship with the community in which they now came to inhabit.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Chief Justice Shaw affirmed the benefits that accrued from individuals and groups acting to pursue their interests. But he also imposed limits on this freedom, based on his understanding of personal fault and individual responsibility. It was his formulation of such standards that gave rise to the infamous fellow servant rule in Farwell v. Boston and Worcester Railroad. This law barred an employee from suing his employer when his injury was caused by the negligence of his fellow employee. In this paper I explore how Shaw’s decision in Farwell fit his conception of regulation that promoted the public interest.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: This paper reviews the CNS Visiting Fellows program targeting young and mid-career professionals from the former Soviet Union and East Asia, including governmental officials, technical experts, researchers, and faculty. This program designed to enhance participants’ knowledge of various aspects of nonproliferation and arms control field provides research, training, dialogue, and networking opportunities that the fellows carry back to their home institutions. The paper describes main components of the training, which includes lectures and selected graduate-level courses, seminars, and independent research, explaining benefits of each component. Reflecting upon successful outcomes of such program, the paper investigates benefits of joint training of professionals from different countries with different backgrounds, and examines dynamics of their interactions between each other and CNS experts. The paper concludes with the importance of such training for the international community, emphasizes the need to expand this program to other regions of the world, and gives recommendations to policy-makers.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: No abstract available at this time.