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 International Studies, 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.

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.

Hastin Crosby

Student Leader and Organizer

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Gabriela Molina

Social Media & Communications

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Miguel Otárola

Administrative Assistant

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Affiliated Faculty

Faculty expertise in migration—whether through creative work, research, teaching, community engagement, or clinical training—is expansive. Our affiliates span several schools, colleges, and departments across the University and frequently collaborate with other institutes and centers on campus such as the Asylum Project, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Gender and Women’s Studies, the Humanitarian Assistance Program, the Institute for Comparative and Regional Studies, Iliff School of Theology, IRISE, the Latinx Center, Urban Studies, and others.

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Jesse Acevedo

Assistant Professor

jesse.acevedo@du.edu

Paula Elena Adamo

Teaching Professor, Spanish; Associate Dean

paula.adamo@du.edu

303-871-6659 (Office)

Alejandro Ceron

Associate Professor, Cultural Anthropology; Chair, Anthropology

alejandro.ceronvaldes@du.edu

303-871-2088 (Office)

Lynn Schofield Clark

Professor and Director, Estlow Center

lynn.clark@du.edu

David Coppini

Associate Professor

david.coppini@du.edu

303-871-4368 (Office)

Claude P d'Estree

Teaching Professor

claude.destree@du.edu

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. He has published two books. His next book, Welcome the Wretched: In Defense of the “Criminal Alien” will be available in January 2024.

Cyril Bennouna

Cyril Bennouna is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Brown University. Cyril's research focuses on the wellbeing of populations experiencing migration, violence, and crisis. Cyril has 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. 