Ethics of Immigration Conference
The Mudd Center for Ethics at Washington and Lee University will host a conference on “The Ethics of Immigration” as a part of its series on “The Ethics of Citizenship” on November 6 & 7 at Washington and Lee University. The conference will address questions about the moral status of national borders, the normative foundation of the modern state’s right to control immigration, the connection between immigration and citizenship, the gendered and racial dimensions of migration and immigration policy, the ethics of journalistic coverage of immigration, and the ethical status of undocumented migration, among other issues. It will also feature a lunchtime panel discussion about some of the ethical challenges surrounding current U.S. immigration policy.
Conference Speakers and Commentators
- Joseph Carens, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto
- Linda Bosniak, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Rutgers-Camden
- Commentator: David Baluarte, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, W&L University
- Cybelle Fox, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California-Berkeley
- Commentator: Jon Eastwood, Associate Professor of Sociology, W&L University
- Reyna Grande, Novelist/Memoirist
- Commentator: Ellen Mayock, Professor of Spanish, W&L University
- Félix Gutiérrez, Emeritus Professor of Journalism, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California
- Commentator: Aly Colón, Knight Professor of Journalism Ethics, W&L University
- Sarah Song, Associate Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law, University of California-Berkeley
- Commentator: Robin Le Blanc, Professor of Politics, W&L University
- Shelley Wilcox, Professor of Philosophy, San Francisco State University
- Commentator: Melina Bell, Associate Professor of Philosophy, W&L University
Conference Lunchtime Panelists:
- David Baluarte, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Immigrants Rights Clinic, Washington and Lee University
- Margaret Hu, Assistant Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University
- Lucas Guttentag, Senior Counselor to the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security
- David Martin, Warner-Booker Distinguished Professor of International Law, University of Virginia School of Law
- Moderator: Sandy Reiter, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Washington and Lee University
KJ