Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration
The USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development (SPPD) and the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences have created a new center addressing the urgent need for knowledge about the successful integration of immigrants. The center aims to sponsor research and facilitate civic dialogue about the intersecting issues of immigrant settlement, economic mobility, social cohesion, and social equity. Rather than focusing only on new arrivals, the center will promote research and dialogue concerning long-term issues of immigrant settlement, generational succession, incorporation and integration. The center will address its efforts to the Los Angeles region, which is a leading laboratory for long-term immigrant settlement, and will also investigate immigrant integration in the state of California, the United States, and in selected nations of the world.
Co–Directors:
- Dowell Myers, Professor of Urban Planning, SPPD
- Manuel Pastor, Professor of Geography and American Studies and Ethnicity, USC College