Friday, March 24, 2006 at 12:45 pm
Keynote Address by Wayne Cornelius
Weaver Conference Room, Institute of the Americas, UCSD

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On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education and the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies (CILAS) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), welcome to the annual Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) project directors' meeting and symposium, titled Rethinking Latin American Frontiers: Borders, Boundaries, and the Transformation of the Nation-State. This half-day symposium will take place on Friday afternoon, March 24, 2006.

The keynote will be given by Wayne Cornelius, Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Gildred Professor of U.S.-Mexican Relations and Adjunct Professor of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD. Cornelius is one of the leading authorities on Mexican migration to the United States, as well as immigration policies in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan. His current research projects include a comparative study of the impacts of immigration control policies on Mexico to U.S. migration and Ecuadorian/Moroccan migration to Spain, a study of remittance behavior and public health issues in a recent community of emigration in southeastern Mexico, and a study of bi-national political incorporation among U.S.-based Mexican immigrants.

The panel includes several distinguished participants. Paul Ganster is a Professor of History, Director of the Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias, and Associate Director of the Office of International Programs at San Diego State University. He is the author of more than fifty articles, book chapters, and edited works on policy questions of the U.S.-Mexican border region, border environmental issues, Latin American social history, and comparative border studies. Christian Ramírez currently works for the U.S.-México Border Program (USMBP) of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in San Diego, California. He has been directing the Border Program of AFSC since 2002. Since 1994, Christian has been active in issues relating to the impact of immigration enforcement in California border communities. Elana Zilberg is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at UCSD. She writes about the contentious spatial and cultural politics surrounding the Latinization of Los Angeles and the Americanization of El Salvador, which attach to the global cultural flows of people, money, commodities and ideas between California and Central America. Esperanza Roquero, currently a visiting scholar at the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD, is a Professor of Sociology and Political Science at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain . In addition to migration, her research interests have focused on work, education, training, and skill level. She has focused on the impact of employment of migrants in intensive agriculture, as well as the integration process of immigrant women in Southern Spain.

We look forward to welcoming you to San Diego and, with your active participation, making this year's UISFL conference a stimulating one.

Best wishes,

Christine Hunefeldt
Director, CILAS, UCSD

Christine Corey
Senior Program Officer, UISFL, U.S. Department of Education

This conference is limited to Title VI Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language program directors.

Questions? Contact us at lasmail@ucsd.edu or (858) 534-6050