Coffee Hour with the CMS Grad Mentor in Residence
Tuesday, March 29, 202212:30 – 1:30 pm— Pacific Time (PT)Location: Choi 351 (Multipurpose Room)Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below.
Join fellow Centre for Migration Studies student affiliates for a coffee hour with UBC Sociology Professor Dr. Rima Wilkes. As the first CMS Grad Mentor in Residence, Dr. Wilkes will deliver a brief informal presentation and then facilitate a casual discussion.
Upon registration, students will have an opportunity to submit questions for Dr. Wilkes to address. Potential topics include:
- Trends/future directions in migration research
- Choosing a research topic
- Tips for applying to/getting through grad school
- Academic vs. non-academic careers
Light refreshments will be served.
About Dr. Wilkes:
Dr. Wilkes’ research considers the relationship between politics and racial and ethnic inequality. She has written on the integration of racial minorities and immigrants in advanced industrial democracies, and some of her current research focuses on the causes and consequences of political and social trust. Dr. Wilkes is also interested in the media coverage of immigration and issues of national and geographic border security. Her research has been published in a wide range of social science journals as well as top immigration and race/ethnicity journals, and she is a past President-Elect of the Canadian Sociological Association (2017-2018) and Executive Editor of the Canadian Review of Sociology (2013-2016).
