Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · Aug 31

REMINDER: Please complete our member survey and share your ideas!

ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · Aug 16

Please complete this survey to volunteer for our many committees and submit your ideas for #ASA2026 by Sunday 9/7!

forms.gle/BWnoqRWmdNGF...

International Migration Section - Panel Ideas and Volunteer Interest (2025-2026)

We want your ideas and energy! Please respond by MIDNIGHT (EST) **Sunday, September 7**. The International Migration section is soliciting ideas for 2026 ASA in NYC, panel session ideas, volunteers ...

forms.gle

2

Reposted by ASA Int'l Migration

ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · Aug 16

Please complete this survey to volunteer for our many committees and submit your ideas for #ASA2026 by Sunday 9/7!

forms.gle/BWnoqRWmdNGF...

International Migration Section - Panel Ideas and Volunteer Interest (2025-2026)

We want your ideas and energy! Please respond by MIDNIGHT (EST) **Sunday, September 7**. The International Migration section is soliciting ideas for 2026 ASA in NYC, panel session ideas, volunteers ...

forms.gle

2 2

Reposted by ASA Int'l Migration

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · Aug 20

Scholars of immigration, join us tomorrow!

7 6

ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · Aug 20

Join this @scholars.org webinar tomorrow 8/21 featuring 2 of our section members - @drlizaaranda.bsky.social and @drernestocast.bsky.social

Immigration: How Scholars can Engage to Inform Policy

scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/s...

Immigration: How Scholars Can Engage to Inform Policy - Home

scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com

1 5

Reposted by ASA Int'l Migration

Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · Aug 13

In "Green Card Soldiers," by @sofaptekar.bsky.social, we learn that #citizenship proves harder-than-advertised to achieve through enlistment, but it matters for immigrants’ #military service and the lives they lead afterward. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
#sociology #immigration

4 9

Reposted by ASA Int'l Migration

UBC Centre for Migration Studies @migration.ubc.ca · Aug 20

Exploring how memory, migration, and conflict intersect, CMS affiliate Prof. Neda Maghbouleh, Assistant Professor of Sociology, reflects on the toll of violence and displacement.

Via Literary Hub 🔗 lithub.com/a-record-of-...

A Record of Vanishings: Neda Maghbouleh on the Stress Response of Seeing Iran Bombed

1 I finally learn how to record my phone screen to save my aunt’s Instagram story before it vanishes. The video opens on her silver Swatch, a date and time stamp: 28 Khordad (June 17, 2025), 12:10 …

lithub.com

2 3

ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · Aug 16

Please complete this survey to volunteer for our many committees and submit your ideas for #ASA2026 by Sunday 9/7!

forms.gle/BWnoqRWmdNGF...

International Migration Section - Panel Ideas and Volunteer Interest (2025-2026)

We want your ideas and energy! Please respond by MIDNIGHT (EST) **Sunday, September 7**. The International Migration section is soliciting ideas for 2026 ASA in NYC, panel session ideas, volunteers ...

forms.gle

2 2

Reposted by ASA Int'l Migration

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · Aug 14

Stephanie Canizales, UC Berkeley, is the winner of the Leogrande Prize from the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies & the School of Public Affairs at American University for "Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: California University Press 2024. The award recognizes important work with a $1,000 prize

Sin padres, ni papeles

BOOK REVIEW

theimmigrationlab.org

1 4 10

ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thanks to all who participated in our wonderful sessions at #ASA2025. See you in NYC for #ASA2026!!

3 3

Reposted by ASA Int'l Migration

American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Aug 12

And it’s a wrap for #ASA2025. Mark your calendars for #ASA2026, August 7–11, 2026, in New York City, with ASA President Shelley J. Correll’s theme “Disrupting the Status Quo: Putting Sociology to Work for a More Equitable Society.” https://bit.ly/ASANYC26

3 6

Reposted by ASA Int'l Migration

Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social · Aug 11

#Sociologists! Great opportunity for recent/soon-to-be PhDs at the University of Colorado Boulder. #ASA2025 www.colorado.edu/postdoctoral...

Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

Program OverviewThe University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) is enriched by scholars whose backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences reflect the broad range

www.colorado.edu

9 13

Reposted by ASA Int'l Migration

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · Aug 10

Happening in 20 minutes inside the book exhibit area #ASA2025

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · Aug 9

Presenting at #ASA2025 about why scholars should engage in public and media discussions. Because meaning-making around US politics & policies is a multilingual & transnational process, & because misinformation spreads through different channels, it has to be corrected in many arenas simultaneously.

1 4

Reposted by ASA Int'l Migration

ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · Aug 9

also, please note that our session on Race and Global Migration on Sunday has been CANCELLED

1 2

ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · Aug 10

REMINDER: section reception (co-sponsored with Asian and Asian American section) tonight, Sunday, 8/10

West Toronto West Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Toronto 8-10:30 pm

1 3

Reposted by ASA Int'l Migration

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · Aug 9

1466 - Memorial Session in Honor of Doctors Ali Chaudhary, Richard Alba, and Jeffrey G. Reitz
Saturday, August 9, 8:30 to 10:00 pm
West Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago,
Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Toronto

1 3

Reposted by ASA Int'l Migration

Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · Aug 9

A good remembrance from my friend @rdflowers.bsky.social about my late friend Ali R. Chaudhary. I was part of the feedback group Rene mentions and fully agree with his assessments and share his loss.
Session to remember him, and other great scholars, today, 8:30 to 10 pm #ASA2025
Details below

By René D. Flores, The University of Chicago
Ali Chaudhary was a good friend. As fellow migration scholars, we met at ASA in the early 2010s while still in graduate school. Alongside other junior scholars, we formed a feedback circle—exchanging drafts, ideas, and encouragement over the years. Ali came to academia through an unconventional route, and he often felt like an outsider. “I shouldn’t be here with you guys,” he’d sometimes say. “This wasn’t in the plans for me.” It was as if he had narrowly escaped a harder life, one with fewer second chances. In recent years, he began moving away from immigration research and toward his true passion: music. An accomplished jazz musician, he brought deep thought to his creative work—most recently exploring how instruments like the guitar reflect symbolic boundaries in society. He often played at ASA receptions, generously sharing his talent. He was so good that other sociologists often mistook him for a professional musician, forgetting he was one of them. Like his music, his scholarly work was honest and sharp. His comments on our manuscripts often cut to the core. We talked often about work and life. He spoke with deep love and pride about his two young children. Rest in peace, Ali. You are missed, my friend.

1 1 8

ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · Aug 9

Congrats again to all our section award winners and thanks to all of our members for their service on these award cmtes!! #ASA2025

1 8

ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · Aug 9

Congrats again!!

2

ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · Aug 9

Congrats again @caitlinpatler.bsky.social and Daniel Martinez!

2

ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · Aug 9

Congrats again!!

ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · Aug 9

Congrats again!

2

ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · Aug 9

Congrats again!!

1

ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · Aug 9

Congrats again!!

3

ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · Aug 9

also, please note that our session on Race and Global Migration on Sunday has been CANCELLED

1 2

ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · Aug 9

A reminder re our memorial session this evening and our joint reception tomorrow!

ASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · Jul 28

6. Memorial session in honor of Richard Alba, Ali Chaudhary, and Jeffrey G. Reitz, 8:30 to 10:00 pm

Sun, August 10th
1. Joint Reception w Asia and Asian America section, 8:00 to 10:30 pm

1 1