United States Immigration and Ethnicity

Three credits · Undergraduate

Explores the history of immigration to the U.S. and the role of ethnicity in American social, cultural and political life. Topics include immigrant images of status and success; migration and return migration; American acculturation; bi-nationalism, and the persistence of ethnic identities; anti-immigrant xenophobia; and the construction of immigrants’ “white” identities. Three credits. Offered 2026- 2027.