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SUMMARY: Coffee Hour with the CMS Grad Mentor in Residence: Rima Wilkes
DESCRIPTION: Coffee Hour with the CMS Grad Mentor in Residence Tuesday\, Ma
 rch 29\, 2022 12:30 – 1:30 pm— Pacific Time (PT)  Location: Choi 351 (Multi
 purpose Room) Free & open to the public. To register\, fill out the RSVP fo
 rm below. Join fellow Centre for Migration Studies student affiliates for a
  coffee hour with UBC Sociology Professor […]
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  Hour with the CMS Grad Mentor in Residence</b></h3><blockquote><div><span 
 lang="EN-US">Tuesday\, March 29\, </span><span lang="EN-US">2022</span></di
 v><div><span lang="EN-US">12:30 - 1:30 pm— Pacific Time (PT) </span></div><
 div>Location: Choi 351 (Multipurpose Room)</div><div>Free & open to the pub
 lic. To register\, fill out the RSVP form below.</div></blockquote><p>Join 
 fellow Centre for Migration Studies student affiliates for a coffee hour wi
 th 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.</p><p>Upon registration\, students will ha
 ve an opportunity to submit questions for Dr. Wilkes to address. Potential 
 topics include:</p><ul><li>Trends/future directions in migration research</
 li><li>Choosing a research topic</li><li>Tips for applying to/getting throu
 gh grad school</li><li>Academic vs. non-academic careers</li></ul><p>Light 
 refreshments will be served.</p><p><strong>About Dr. Wilkes</strong>:</p><p
 >Dr. Wilkes’ research considers the relationship between politics and racia
 l and ethnic inequality. She has written on the integration of racial minor
 ities and immigrants in advanced industrial democracies\, and some of her c
 urrent research focuses on the causes and consequences of political and soc
 ial trust. Dr. Wilkes is also interested in the media coverage of immigrati
 on 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 im
 migration and race/ethnicity journals\, and she is a past President-Elect o
 f the Canadian Sociological Association (2017-2018) and Executive Editor of
  the Canadian Review of Sociology (2013-2016).</p><h3><strong>Event Registr
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