AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES PROGRAM (LACS) present
Book Presentation:
DREAMS ACHIEVED AND DENIED: MEXICAN INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY
with Robert Courtney Smith
Drawing on two decades of research, it analyzes what mechanisms promoted (and blocked) impressive intergenerational mobility among children of Mexican immigrants in New York, which is much higher than in other studies in other places Smith is finishing a large fieldwork project analyzing the impacts of having, lacking, getting or losing legal status and DACA, and how they vary by place in New York State, especially due to variation in sheriff and police policies and practices. His current fieldwork studies how the pandemic affected immigrants in NYC and in upstate NY, and how and New York State’s 2021 $2.1 billion Excluded Workers Fund helped workers excluded from federal pandemic relief.
Professor Robert Courtney Smith (Marxe School, Baruch College; Sociology Department, Program in Social Welfare, Graduate Center, CUNY) is the author of Dreams Achieved and Denied: Mexican Intergenerational Mobility, which was released in September 2024 (Russell Sage Foundation, ASA Rose Series). Smith’s many years of publicly engaged sociological work have helped immigrants apply for legalization/DACA, fought deportations, promoted education and organizing as a nonprofit board member/organization co-founder, and run capacity building programs for community leaders and organizations.
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
2:40-4:05 p.m.
Leo A Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus
Admission is FREE and open to the public. Advance registration is required. To RSVP, visit events.hofstra.edu. For more information call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669 or visit hofstra.edu/culture.
