The refugee crisis across Europe and the debate about immigration in the United States are stark examples of the way human migration impacts countries and international affairs around the globe. These issues have become a top priority among Green School faculty who explore migration patterns, causes and consequences of refugee flows, the nature of global diasporas, the evolution of transient communities worldwide, and the associated socio-economic issues. Their work contributes to a greater understanding of contemporary global and public affairs, as societies on every continent reckon with both the challenges and opportunities presented by the flow of refugees and migrants.
| Department | Name | Faculty Research |
| Economics | Kaz Miyagiwa | Works on immigration, unemployment and crime |
| Global and Sociocultural Studies | Aslihan Akkaya | Examines rhetorical, political and geopolitical displacement of Turkish asylum seekers |
| Global and Sociocultural Studies | Mitzi Carter | Examines how mixed race Okinawans navigate in-betweenness to root themselves through language, discourses of citizenship and diasporic meanings of Okinawan belonging |
| Global and Sociocultural Studies | Jorge Duany | Works on transnational migration between the Hispanic Caribbean and the US |
| Global and Sociocultural Studies | Chris Girard | Works on attitudes of racial and ethnic groups towards US foreign and domestic policy and US politics |
| Global and Sociocultural Studies | Guillermo Grenier | Examines patterns of Cuban migration to US and their assimilation processes |
| Global and Sociocultural Studies | Mark Padilla | Works on health migration among patients and skilled health workers in Latin America, the Caribbean and the US |
| Global and Sociocultural Studies | Andrea Queeley | Works on Caribbean migration and Cuban and African diasporas |
| Global and Sociocultural Studies | Jean Rahier | Works on African diasporas in Latin America and the Americas |
| Global and Sociocultural Studies | Sheilla Rodriguez-Madera | Works on health migration among patients and skilled health workers in Latin America, the Caribbean and the US |
| Global and Sociocultural Studies | Nelson Varas-Diaz | Works on health migration among patients and skilled health workers in Latin America, the Caribbean and the US |
| History | Julio Capo | Works on migration and its causes to and from the Caribbean to the United States and the Americas |
| History | Rebecca Friedman | iWitness Institute for Visual Journalism/Preservation of Democracy Across Borders |
| History | Guadalupe Garcia | Works on enslaved people's mobility in the Caribbean |
| History | Catherine Mas | Works on the history of immigrant communities in South Florida |
| History | Okezi T Otovo | Works on African Diaspora through Black women's intellectualism, theories, knowledge production, and practice around health and health care |
| History | Terrence Peterson | Works on migration, its causes, and state efforts to control it in Europe and the Mediterranean |
| History | Chantalle F Verna | Works on Haitian migration and Diaspora experiences, in-country, around the world, as part of African Diaspora and global population movement experiences |
| History | Kirsten E Wood | Works on mobility and itinerancy in the early United States |
| Modern Languages | Erik Camayd-Freixas | Researches, publishes, and gives conferences on topics related to migration, diaspora, transient communities, human rights, and democratization. He also participates in advocacy organizations |
| Modern Languages | Andrea Fanta | Current project involves the creation of a digital archive of the Latin American diasporic experience In particular, she is interested in collecting, archiving, and preserving personal accounts of the migration experiences, recuperating the cultural memory of Latin American communities |
| Modern Languages | Santiago Juan Navarro | Research explores how Cuban cinema abroad navigates the complexities of national heritage and diverse cultural influences. It reveals how transnational identities have evolved, the importance of language in transnational dialogue, and the intricate nature of transient communities in today's globalized world. In addition, he founded and curates the Cuban Diaspora Film Archive (CDFA), a transnational platform for discussions on democratic values, human rights, and historical memory. |
| Modern Languages | Medardo Gabriel Rosario | Works on literary representations of pilgrimage as a metaphor for migration and transient communities. He also works on literary and cartographical representations of the Caribbean to reflect upon the construction of (trans)national identity. |
| Public Policy and Administration | Shaoming Cheng | Works on local governments' small business development initiatives and efforts in combating poverty and inequality |
| Public Policy and Administration | Yoon-Jung Choi | |
| Public Policy and Administration | Allan Rosenbaum | Various articles and chapters on issues of inequality with reference to world poverty |