The Penn State College of Arts and Architecture’s Woskob Family Gallery, located at 146 S. Allen Street in downtown State College, will host a cross-disciplinary faculty panel to discuss the current migration landscape, asylum and refugee law and on-the-ground advocacy efforts on April 16 at 4 p.m.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Samuel Weiss faculty scholar and founding director of the Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic; and Social Science Research Insitute cofunded faculty members Jennifer Van Hook, Roy C. Buck professor of sociology and demography and director of the Population Research Institute; and Nicole Kreisberg, assistant professor of public policy and sociology.
Wadhia will offer a primer on U.S. asylum and refugee law, followed by updates on recent policy changes; Van Hook will present a demographic overview of refugee and humanitarian admissions to the U.S. over time; and Kreisberg will provide a firsthand look at refugee resettlement challenges — from employment to integration.
Closing remarks will be delivered by Andres David Arias Hernandez, Penn State Dickinson Law student and member of the Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, followed by a Q&A and light refreshments.
Classes, student organizations and University offices are encouraged to visit the Woskob Family Gallery, a unit of the College of Arts and Architecture. Inquiries can be directed to woskob@psu.edu. For more information on this and other exhibitions, visit the Gallery’s website. Keep up to date with the Woskob Family Gallery by signing up for its Listserv or following on Instagram @woskobfamilygallery.