Canisius presents Maria Cristina Garcia and a discussion on “Unaccompanied Children and other Asylum Seekers in Post 9/11 America” on Monday, March 2 at 6:00 p.m. in the Grupp Fireside Lounge.
María Cristina García is the Howard A. Newman Professor of American Studies in the Department of History at Cornell University, where she teaches courses in 20th century U.S. history, immigration and refugee history, and Latino/a history. She is the author of Seeking Refuge: Central American Migration to Mexico, the United States, and Canada and Havana USA: Cuban exiles and Cuban Americans in south Florida, both published by the University of California Press. She has two forthcoming manuscripts: Keeping Faith: Refuge in Post-Cold War America and Origin Stories: Myth and History in the American Immigration Experience. She just completed a year as a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C.
Sponsored by The Latin American Studies Program, The Department of Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures and the William H. Fitzpatrick Institute of Public Affairs & Leadership.
For information, contact M. Fernanda Astiz, PhD at Ext. 3724 or email astizm@canisius.edu.
Submitted by: Maureen Kanczak, administrative associate, Modern Languages, Lit. & Cultures
