Director
Debra Shutika
Tel: 703-993-1178• E-mail:

Faculty members
Lina Beydoun (Center for Global Education)
Laurie Dopkins (Public and International Affairs)
David Haines (Sociology and Anthropology)
Emily Ihara (Social Work)
Jennifer Leeman (Modern and Classical Languages)
Deirdre Maloney (Office of the Provost)
Lisa Rabin (Modern and Classical Languages)

Mission

The Mason Project on Immigration (MPI) is comprised of distinguished faculty members at George Mason University whose teaching and research centers on the immigrant experience in the United States . Members of the MPI are drawn from multiple disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, social work, linguistics, and the humanities.  All are committed to furthering a reasoned, empirically informed discussion and debate about the role of immigrant groups within the contemporary United States . Members of the MPI are committed to working closely with governmental agencies, community-based organizations, NGOs and foundations, the better to place public policies and discussions on an empirically informed and humane basis.

Current activities include original research on Virginia's L atino community, sponsorship of intellectual events and speaking engagements, and introduction of new academic programs in the field of immigration studies.