Engaged Curriculum Grants
Engaged Learning for International Migration
Conducting research projects in the field and developing strategies that will help improve conditions for immigrant farmworkers.
In contrast to those in major American cities, immigrant workers in rural New York state are largely hidden from public view. Yet, Cornell is surrounded by dozens of dairy and crop farms that rely on the labor of workers from Mexico and Central America. In this project, an interdisciplinary course sequence creates a pathway for students to gain greater understanding of international migration through applied research that helps farmworkers advocate for themselves to improve their conditions. The project team is also developing a cross-college Migration Studies minor, to launch in 2019-20, that offers students the opportunity to directly engage with migrant and refugee communities in the U.S. and abroad.
Grant type: Development (2018-19), Development (2017-18), Planning (2016-17)
Topics: Access, Equity and Justice; Food and Agriculture
The Team
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Maria Lorena Cook, Department of International and Comparative Labor
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
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Debra Castillo, Department of Comparative Literature, Department of Latino/a Studies, Department of Performing and Media Arts
College of Arts and Sciences
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Kati Griffith, Department of Labor Relations, Law and History
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
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Shannon Gleeson, Department of Labor Relations, Law and History
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
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Maria Cristina Garcia, Department of History
College of Arts and Sciences
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Verónica Martínez-Matsuda, Department of Labor Relations, Law and History
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
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Sofia Villenas, Department of Anthropology
College of Arts and Sciences
- Community partner: Cornell Farmworker Program
- Community partner: Alianza Agricola
- Community partner: Border Angels
- Community partner: Voces Mesoamericans
In the News
MARCH 28, 2018
Student Present Projects on Migration Patterns to Immigrant Farmworkers
– Cornell Daily Sun
Engaged Curriculum Grants
Funding teams that are integrating community-engaged learning into new and existing curricula.