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. His research analyzes policies regulating migration and asylum in countries of origin, transit, and destination. FitzGerald’s books include Refuge beyond Reach: How Rich Democracies Repel Asylum Seekers (Oxford University Press 2019), winner of the American Sociological Association International...

Roles

  • University of California San Diego

    University, La Jolla, United States
    Professor

  • University of California, San Diego

    University, San Diego, United States
    Theodore E. Gildred Chair in U.S.-Mexican Relations and Professor of Sociology

Research

The Geopolitical Origins of the 1965 Immigration Act

Authors DAVID FITZGERALD, DAVID COOK-MARTÍN
Year 2018
Book Title A Nation of Immigrants Reconsidered
7 Book Chapter

The Sociology of Refugee Migration

Authors David Scott FitzGerald, Rawan Arar
Year 2018
Journal Name Annual Review of Sociology
8 Journal Article

The History of Racialized Citizenship

Authors David Scott FitzGerald
Year 2017
Journal Name The Oxford Handbook of Citizenship
9 Journal Article

Can you become one of us? A historical comparison of legal selection of ‘assimilable’ immigrants in Europe and the Americas

Authors David S. FitzGerald, Rawan Arar, David Cook-Martín, ...
Year 2017
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 3
10 Journal Article

150 Years of Transborder Politics

Authors David FitzGerald
Year 2016
Book Title A Century of Transnationalism
11 Book Chapter

Culling the Masses: A Rejoinder

Authors David Cook-Martín, David FitzGerald
Year 2015
Journal Name Ethnic and Racial Studies
12 Journal Article

The role of visual markers in police victimization among structurally vulnerable persons in Tijuana, Mexico

Authors Miguel Pinedo, Jose Luis Burgos, Adriana Vargas Ojeda, ...
Year 2015
Journal Name International Journal of Drug Policy
13 Journal Article

6 Migration: Policies and Politics

Authors David FitzGerald, Rafael Alarcón
Year 2013
Book Title Mexico and the United States
15 Book Chapter

Immigrant Impacts in Mexico

Authors DAVID SCOTT FITZGERALD
Year 2013
Book Title How Immigrants Impact Their Homelands
16 Book Chapter

A comparativist manifesto for international migration studies

Authors David FitzGerald
Year 2012
Journal Name Ethnic and Racial Studies
Citations (WoS) 29
17 Journal Article

MEXICAN ASSIMILATION

Authors Tomás R. Jiménez, David Fitzgerald
Year 2007
Journal Name Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race
20 Journal Article

Inside the Sending State: The Politics of Mexican Emigration Control

Authors David Fitzgerald
Year 2006
Journal Name International Migration Review
Citations (WoS) 41
21 Journal Article

Nationality and migration in modern Mexico

Authors David Fitzgerald
Year 2005
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 15
23 Journal Article

Transnationalism in Question

Authors Roger Waldinger, David Fitzgerald
Year 2004
Journal Name American Journal of Sociology
Citations (WoS) 339
24 Journal Article
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