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DACA and Immigration Teach-In
November 29, 2022
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Jordan Student Success Building
CAVEA – JSSB 420
890 Auraria Parkway
Denver, CO 80204
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About the Teach In Faculty
DeAnna Castaneda是第一代科罗拉多州人，拥有亚当斯州立大学高等教育管理和领导力硕士学位，以及密歇根州立大学丹佛分校女性研究文学学士学位. She has worked in higher education for several years, with a background in scholarships and financial aid. 迪安娜热衷于皇冠体育官网和创造机会, for first-generation, low-income, underrepresented students, 像她自己一样，通过高等教育追求自己的梦想和社会流动性. 迪安娜目前管理着科罗拉多高等教育部的CAFSA项目.
Born and raised in East Germany, Gregor Mieder moved to the U.S. when he was 21 years old; over the past two decades, he has lived in Wisconsin, Georgia, and Colorado. He has worked with immigrant and refugee communities since 2007, when he began to volunteer and teach English in Madison, Wisconsin. He has since earned a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics, taught English language development courses, worked in grant and program development, 目前在丹佛大都会州立大学协调移民服务项目.
Alexandre Padilla is a Professor, Chair of the Economics Department, and the Director of the Exploring Economic Freedom Project. He earned his Bachelor, Master, and Doctorate in Economics at University of Law, Economics, and Science of Aix-Marseille 3 in France. 他发表了几篇关于移民在公共选择中的制度影响的论文, Journal of Private Enterprise, and Contemporary Economic Policy (forthcoming). 他开发并教授了一门名为《皇冠体育官网》的课程. He has been at MSU Denver since 2002.
詹妮弗是丹佛大都会州立大学的一名历史讲师，她在那里教授美国历史课程.S. 历史、拉丁美洲历史以及“多元文化美国”的历史.作为梦想家网络的一部分，她还支持密歇根州立大学丹佛分校的梦想家和无证学生. 她的研究兴趣主要集中在边境地带:美国社会底层实践与权力制度形式的互动.S.-Mexico borderlands and the U.S. West, focusing especially on the ways in which race, gender, and spirituality inform this interaction. Jennifer’s first historical monograph, 无主之地:圣特蕾莎·乌雷亚和唐·佩德罗·哈拉米略的世界, was published by the University of Texas Press in 2021, and recently received the Américo Paredes Book Prize, awarded to a book that, 灵感来自德克萨斯州边境和民俗学者帕雷德斯的作品, integrates scholarship with the community one studies. 《皇冠体育官网》探讨了两个流浪者的生活——墨西哥的信仰治疗师, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, worked outside the realm of “professional medicine,” seemingly beyond the reach of the church, state, 或者是职业还处于起步阶段的认证医疗从业人员. 《皇冠官网网站》认为，建立和维护社区的不仅仅是国家和专业机构, nations, and national identities but also those less obviously powerful.
梅丽莎·伯顿(Melissa Burton)是丹佛移民和难民事务办公室(“DOIRA”)的移民政策分析师，她在该办公室进行研究, writes, and presents on national, state, 以及直接影响丹佛移民和难民居民的地方政策和立法，目的是通过持续和战略性的宣传促进这些居民的长期融合和支持. Prior to joining the City and County of Denver, Melissa worked in private practice as an immigration attorney, representing clients in immigration court and before U.S. 美国公民及移民服务局(USCIS)，专门从事家庭事务，包括调整身份, consular processing, extreme hardship waivers, nonimmigrant petitions, and naturalization.
Arturo Jimenez是一位资深的移民和归化法律师, 2019年，他出版了一本关于移民儿童的书《皇冠体育官网》.S. War on Immigrant Latinx Children,他是丹佛公立学校教育委员会的前成员，也是密歇根州立大学丹佛分校的副教授. 他将讨论教育公众的必要性，考虑到最近DACA项目的“逐步结束”，这些法律和政策为“梦想者”提供了其他选择.
Dr. 玛丽·莫拉(Marie Mora)是丹佛大都会州立大学副教务长兼经济学教授. A labor economist, 她被邀请与全国各地的机构和机构分享她在西班牙裔/拉丁裔社会经济成果方面的研究专长, 包括白宫和联邦储备系统理事会. Among her, 众多奖项包括2020年 总统卓越科学奖, Mathematics, 白宫和工程指导 以及美国高等教育拉美裔协会(AAHHE)颁发的2016年 高等教育拉美裔问题杰出支持奖. Dr. 莫拉是美国西班牙裔经济学家协会的创始成员和前任主席, and she currently serves on the AAHHE Board of Directors. She earned her Ph.D. in Economics from Texas A&在新墨西哥大学获得经济学学士和硕士学位.
纳伊利是密歇根州立大学丹佛分校的四年级学生，主修商业管理 . She was born in Guadalajara, Jal and came to Denver at the age of 2. 作为一名无证学生，她没有计划上大学，而是通过她现在的旅程, 她了解到，她的社区有一个空间，需要支持. 这就是为什么她也是移民服务项目的同伴导师，并不断倡导她的移民社区.
Event Details
Welcome and Introduction
9:00 – 9:15 a.m.
Michael Benitez, Ph.D., Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Professor, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education
Chalane Lechuga, Ph.D., Director of Faculty Diversity Research & Development and Professor, Chicana/o Studies
Welcome and Introduction to DACA and Immigration Teach-in. During this portion, speakers will highlight the significance of addressing immigration, DACA, 和DREAMERs，并提供讲座期间所呈现主题的概述.
History and Immigration
9:15 – 9:40 a.m.
Jennifer Seman, Ph.D., Professor in History
Overview of history, culture, and the role immigrants play in building and maintaining communities, nations, 以及国家认同，以及移民在历史上对美国的生存和创造所起的作用.
Law and Immigration Policy
9:45 – 10:25 a.m.
Arturo Jiménez, Esq., J.D., Immigration Law and Adjunct Professor, Chicano/a Studies
Melissa G. Burton, Esq., Immigration Policy Analyst, Denver Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs
This portion will focus on immigration law, tracking, monitoring, and reporting on national, state, 以及影响丹佛移民居民的当地移民政策和立法. 这次讨论将包括移民法的历史记载, their impact, and looking at how we got to where we are today through a legal lens.
Economics and Immigration
10:30 – 11:10 a.m.
Alexandre Padilla, Ph.D., Professor, Economics, MSU Denver;
Marie Mora, Ph.D., Deputy Provost and Professor, Economics
关于移民对其社区和国家的经济和商业影响的讨论将解决移民对美国的金融价值.S. economy, including cost-benefit analysis.
Education and Immigration
11:15 – 11:55 a.m.
Gregor Mieder, Director, Immigration Services,
DeAnna Castaneda, Program Manager, Colorado Department of Higher Education
Nayeli Sanchez, MSU Denver Student
Annie Aviles-Zamora, MSU Denver Student
Finally, 皇冠官网网站将介绍教育系统和密歇根州立大学丹佛分校如何支持DACA接受者, DREAMERs, immigrant and refugee students, and the value and moral impetus of supporting these students, 包括高等教育在州一级为无证学生创造接受高等教育的机会所做的工作.
Final Thoughts and Closing
11:55 – 12:00 p.m.