Who We Are
The Center for Immigration Policy & Research was founded and is co-directed by Dr. Rebecca Galemba, Associate Professor of International Studies and Dr. Lisa Martinez, Professor of Sociology and Criminology. Through the Knowledge Bridge competition process, they formed a multi-disciplinary faculty affiliate group from seven DU campus divisions, including the College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences, Sturm College of Law, Morgridge College of Education, the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs, the Graduate School of Professional Psychology, the Graduate School of Social Work, and the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
Founders
Rebecca Galemba
Through research, teaching, and community-engaged work, Rebecca draws on interdisciplinary approaches to enhance the public good and contribute to studies of social inequality in Latin America and the US. She engages students directly in research inside and outside of the classroom to prepare students to become active, critical, and reflective agents of social change around the world.
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Lisa M. Martinez
As a sociologist, Lisa's scholarship contributes to conversations about the nuances and contours of Latinos’ lives, which she intertwines with her teaching and service. She has published work on Latino political participation, the 2006 immigrant rights mobilizations, and the mobility pathways of undocumented youth. Her work has been published in Social Forces, Mobilization, American Behavioral Scientist, Ethnicities, Latino Studies, and Law & Policy.
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CIPR Community Scholar Affiliates
César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández holds the Gregory Williams Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at Ohio State University where he is a professor of law. Previously, he was on the faculty at the University of Denver. He writes and teaches about the intersection of criminal and immigration law. His latest book, Welcome the Wretched: In Defense of the 'Criminal Alien', was released in 2024.
Cyril Bennouna
Cyril Bennouna is a Senior Research Consultant at the Center for Human Rights, Gender, and Migration at Washington University in St. Louis. His research focuses on the wellbeing of populations affected by forced migration, violence, and disaster. Cyril previously held senior research positions at Columbia University’s Program on Forced Migration and Health, the CPC Learning Network, the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, and the University of Indonesia’s School of Social and Political Sciences.
He recently co-published a new piece on how refugee success is measured and assessed in the U.S. Read it here.
