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David Scott FitzGerald is Theodore E. Gildred Chair in U.S.-Mexican Relations, Professor of Sociology, and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California San Diego. He writes about policies regulating migration and asylum in countries of origin, transit, and destination. For more information, see http://ccis.ucsd.edu/people/co-directors-staff/fitzgerald.html.

FitzGerald’s books have garnered numerous awards:

• American Sociological Association (ASA) Human Rights Section Gordon Hirabayashi Book Award for Refuge beyond Reach, 2021

• International Studies Association Human Rights Section Best Book Award for Refuge beyond Reach, 2021

• ASA International Migration Section Thomas & Znaniecki Best Book Award, for Refuge beyond Reach, 2020

• CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for Refuge beyond Reach, 2019

• ASA Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, for Culling the Masses, 2017

• Midwest Sociological Society Distinguished Book Award, for Culling the Masses, 2017

• APSA Migration and Citizenship Section Best Book Award, for Culling the Masses, 2015

• ASA Political Sociology Section Best Book Award, for Culling the Masses, 2015

• ASA International Migration Section Thomas & Znaniecki Best Book Award, for Culling the Masses, 2015

• Honorable Mention, Theodore Saloutos Book Prize, Immigration and Ethnic History Society for Culling the Masses, 2015

• ASA International Migration Section Award for Public Sociology, 2013

• Choice Outstanding Academic Title for Four Generations of Norteños: New Research from the Cradle of Mexican Migration, 2009

• Choice Outstanding Academic Title for Migration from the Mexican Mixteca, 2009

BOOKS:

- The Refugee System: A Sociological Approach (Polity Press 2023)

- Refuge beyond Reach: How Rich Democracies Repel Asylum Seekers (Oxford University Press 2019)

- Culling the Masses: The Democratic Origins of Racist Immigration Policy in the Americas (Harvard University Press 2014)

- A Nation of Emigrants: How Mexico Manages its Migration (University of California Press 2009)

Negotiating Extra-Territorial Citizenship: Mexican Migration and the Transnational Politics of Community (Center for Comparative Immigration Studies 2000)

EDITED BOOKS:

- Immigrant California: Understanding the Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Policy (Stanford University Press 2021)

- The Wall Between Us: A Mixteco Migrant Community in Mexico and the United States (Center for Comparative Immigration Studies 2013)

- Recession Without Borders: Mexican Migrants Confront the Economic Downturn (Center for Comparative Immigration Studies 2011)

- Mexican Migration and the U.S. Economic Crisis (Center for Comparative Immigration Studies 2010)

- Migration from the Mexican Mixteca (Center for Comparative Immigration Studies 2009)

- Four Generations of Norteños: New Research from the Cradle of Mexican Migration (Center for Comparative Immigration Studies 2009)

- Mayan Journeys: The New Migration from Yucatán to the United States (Center for Comparative Immigration Studies 2007)

His 35 articles and book chapters have been published in the American Journal of Sociology, Annual Review of Sociology, Law and Society Review, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Comparative Studies in Society and History, International Migration Review, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Qualitative Sociology, Third World Quarterly, and New York University Law Review.

FitzGerald was honored with the “Award for Public Sociology” from the International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association and frequently provides comment to local, national, and international media.

Andrew Selee is President of the Migration Policy Institute (www.migrationpolicy.org), which provides research, analysis, and new ideas for immigration and integration policy in the United States, Europe, and around the world. He is an Andrew Carnegie Fellow for 2017-2018.

He was previously Exeuctive Vice President of the Woodrow Wilson Center, a non-partisan organization that promotes dialogue, research, and actionable ideas on global issues, and was the founding Director of the Center's Mexico Institute. He has taught courses in Government at the Johns Hopkins University's Advanced Academic Programs and at George Washington University's Elliott School for International Affairs.

Selee worked for the Mexican YMCA on community development and migration programs for five years after college and later served as professional staff in the US House of Representatives.

Selee writes frequently in the press, including articles in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, and Houston Chronicle and he has a regular column in Mexico’s El Universal newspaper. He is quoted widely in the press, including interviews for NPR, PBS, CBS, NBC, Fox News, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and many others.

He lives in Washington, DC with his wife Alejandra Vallejo and their children Lucia, Elena, and Alex.