The Promises and Challenges of Immigration in Post-9/11 America
September 27, 2013
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
3:30 p.m., S29
"The Promises and Challenges of Immigration in Post-9/11 America."
Dr.Vasquez is professor and Chair of the Religion Department at the University of
Florida. Born and raised in El Salvador, he earned his B.S. in Religion from Georgetown
University and both an M.S. and Ph.D. from Temple University. He is a world renowned
expert on Latino immigration and its impact in the United States. He has co-authored
several works on religious pluralism, identity, and transnational migration in the
Americas with Philip J. Williams, including, Living "Illegal": The Human Face of Unauthorized Immigration and A Place to Be: Brazilian, Guatemalan, and Mexican Immigrants in Florida's New Destinations. His first publication The Brazilian Popular Church and the Crisis of Modernity (Cambridge University Press) received the 1998 award for excellence in the analytical-descriptive
study of religion from the American Academy of Religion. At present, he is working
with anthropologist Christina Rocha on an edited volume on the global spread of religion
originating in Brazil, and is collaborating with Vasudha Narayanan on a companion
to the study of religion and materiality.
This event is sponsored by The Democracy Commitment @ SF College. For information, contact Dr. Vilma Fuentes atvilma.fuentes@sfcollege.edu.
