"Every border begins in our own mind."

Week 1

• Soc 321, Spring 2019 Syllabus
• Tips for being a successful student
• Overview of assignments
• Watch El Norte in class
• Prezi: Week 1

Week 2

• Ngai, Chapter 1
• Massey, Chapter 1, 2, & 3
• Prezi, Week 2: The Birth of a Border

Week 3

• Mandeel, “The Bracero Program.”
• Sanchez, “Chapter 1 and 2.”
• Massey, “Chapter 4.”
• Discuss interview assignment in class
• Watch The Harvest of Lonliness in class
• Prezi, Week 3 and 4: Segmented Assimilation

Week 4

• Huntington, “The Hispanic Challenge.”
• Pew Hispanic, “Mexican Migration Falls to Net Zero.
• Portes, “Migration, Development and Segmented Assimilation.”
• Telles, “Mexican Americans Incorporation.”
• Prezi, Week 3 and 4: Segmented Assimilation

Week 5

• Sampson, “Rethinking Crime and Immigration.”
• Kurbin, et al. “Immigration and Crime.”
• In class presentation on return migration and crime.
• Watch Cartel Land in class.
• Prezi, Week 5: Migration and Crime

Week 6

• Fox & Bada, “Migrant Civic Engagement.”
• Watch The Sixth Section in class.
• In class presentation on the 3×1 para Migrantes program.
• Discuss poetry assignment in class.
• Prezi, Week 6: 3×1 para Migrantes

Week 7

• Hondagneu-Sotelo, “New World Domestic Order.”
• Romero, “Nanny Diaries.”
• Watch Roma in class.

Week 8

• Midterm review
• Midterm exam in Canvas

Week 9

• Spring Break
• Spring Break

Week 10

• Rocha-Jimenez, “He invited me and didn’t ask anything in return.”
• Latino Paradox in 4 Charts
• In class video, The Latino Paradox
• Poetry reading in class.

Week 11

• Massey, Chapters 5 & 6
• Watch Who is Dayani Cristal in class.

Week 13

• Gonzalez, “Learning to be Illegal.”
• Tory, “Estranged in America.”
• Semadeni, “Bayfield business owner deported to Honduras.”
• Guest lecture, Compañeros.

Week 14

• Guest lecture, DACA recipients.
• Watch Harvest of Empire in class.

Week 15

• Massey, “Chapter 7.”
• Discuss final presentations.

Week 16

• Final Presentation Schedule (Spring 2019)

Week 17

• Final Presentation Schedule (Spring 2019)
• Tamales!