Live from MSU: Immigration and… Specialty Courses

Caplow, Bauer, Lai, Vásquez

“Immigration and…” courses are the subject of one of the last plenary panels of the day. (Citizenship and the Immigration Curriculum is being discussed simultaneously in another room. Sadly I cannot be in both at the same time. #immprof2016dilemmas)

Stacy Caplow (Brooklyn) made everyone in the room jealous by identifying the variety of immigration offerings available at Brooklyn and the fun she’s had with them. Jon Bauer (UConn), who runs an asylum clinic, spoke about his course on immigration and workplace rights. And Yolanda Vázquez (Cincy) spoke about her path to teaching crimmigration.

Annie Lai (Irvine) asked the panelists to share their experiences, including: the types of students their courses attract, how they teach immigration law within their “and” courses, prerequisites (often none), and things they would like to change about their courses (being less ambitious, increasing the credit hours). 

I have to give Annie a big shout out for introducing me to poll everywhere and using it effectively during this session. I am going to learn this program tonight and begin using it immediately. Tomorrow, in fact. (By the by, Annie credits Jayesh with introducing her to the technology. All good things start with Jayesh. That’s just a fact.)

 A great end to #immprof2016. See you all again in 2 years.

-KitJ