Overview

My research focuses on migration and development linkages and differentials in immigrant group experiences. In 2007, I obtained Special Sworn Status at the U.S. Census Bureau; SSS authorizes me to conduct research on confidential census data files at the New York State Census Research Data Center (NYCRDC) based at CISER, Cornell University. My current RDC research focuses on "Immigrant Churning and New Destinations in the United States. " The Russell Sage Foundation provided a research grant for the "New Destinations " part of my RDC work. In 2006, with support from the United Nations Population Division, I prepared a report on "The Transnationalization of Higher Education and International Student Mobility. " In 2007 I obtained a planning grant from the Sloan Foundation to extend my research on international student mobility by making an "Assessment of Data on Foreign Student Flows to the United States and Other Countries. " From 2002 through 2005, I served as Secretary-General and Treasurer of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP). During that period, I prepared several reports on population and development issues that were presented at United Nations meetings and available online. In 2005, I took the leadership in organizing the IUSSP XXV International Population Conference held in Turin France and attended by 2,500 population experts from 150 countries. In addition to preparing research articles for journal publication, I am working on a book-length monograph on immigrant group diversity in settlement and integration. I plan to continue my professional outreach efforts with United Nations agencies, either by representing the IUSSP at those meetings or in my own professional capacity.

Research Focus

My research focuses on international migration and development. I am currently carrying out research on the internal migration of U.S. foreign-born to non-traditional destinations in the United States and on international student mobility and higher education.

Outreach and Extension Focus

From 2002 through 2005, I served as Secretary-General and Treasurer of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP). Since then, I have continued to represent the IUSSP at United Nations meetings on population and migration issues. During my tenure as Secretary General, I prepared several reports on population and development issues that were presented at United Nations meetings and available online. In 2005, I took the leadership in organizing the IUSSP XXV International Population Conference held in Turin France and attended by 2,500 population experts from 150 countries. I plan to continue my professional outreach efforts with United Nations agencies, either by representing the IUSSP at those meetings or in my own professional capacity.

Instruction Focus

Courses Taught: DSOC 275 Immigration and a Changing America

Additional Links

• Cornell Population and Development Program
• Cornell Population Working Group
• Department of Development Sociology
• Link to CALS Research portal
• Link to CALS Impact statements

Professional Activities

• "New Immigrant Destinations: Stability and Change, " Moving Americans Conference, University of Washington, Seattle, 4-6 May 2006. - 2006
• "IUSSP Statement on the United Nations High-Level Dialogue. Background Document of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. Fifth Coordination Meeting on International Migration. Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Secretariat, New York, November 20-21, 2006 http://www.un.org/esa/population/meetings/fifthcoord2006/P09_IUSSP.pdf . - 2006
• "Migration and Globalization of Tertiary Education: International Student Mobility. " Presentation at the United Nations International Symposium on International Migration and Development, Turin, Italy, 28-30 June 2006. http://www.un.org/esa/population/migration/turin/Turin_Statements/KRITZ.pdf - 2006
• "IUSSP Statement on International Migration and Development, " Background Document of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population presented at the 39th Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development, April 3-7, 2006. New York, N.Y. http://www.iussp.org/Activities/IUSSP_CPD_2006.pdf - 2005
• "IUSSP Activities in the Field of International Migration. " IUSSP Statement for the Fourth Coordination Meeting on International Migration, Population Division, United Nations, New York, 26-27 October 2005. http://www.iussp.org/Activities/intlmigration2005.pdf . - 2005

Selected Publications

• M. M. Kritz (2007) "International Migration. " Pp. 3019-3025 in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by George Ritzer, Volume VI, LE-M, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, online at www.sociologyencyclopedia.com (see Index). 2007
• http://polson.cals.cornell.edu/migration_issues.htm website developed in 2007 for the Cornell Migration Issues Group. 2007
• M.M. Kritz, D.T. Gurak, P. Eloundou-Enyegue, S. Rzayeva. 2007. African International Student Mobility, Brain Drain, and Development. Presentation at the Fifth African Population Conference Organized by the Union for African Population Studies, Arusha, Tanzania, December 10-14, 2007. D.T. Gurak and M.M. Kritz. 2007. "Endless Journeys: The Dispersion of Foreign-Born Migrants to New Destinations. " Presentation at Fordham University co-sponsored by the Cassamarca Foundation, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, American Studies Program, Latin American and Latino Studies Institute, and the Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies. March 1, 2007. 2007
• M. M. Kritz. "Improving International Migration Governance, " Pp. 56-67 in International Migration and the Global Community: A Forum on the Report of the Global Commission on International Migration, edited by Joseph Chamie and Mary G. Powers, New York: Center for Migration Studies. 2006
• M. M. Kritz. "International Migration ". Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by George Ritzer, online at www.sociologyencyclopedia.com. 2006
• "Migration and the Globalization of tertiary Education: International Student Mobility. " United Nations Symposium on International Migration and Development Turin, Italy, June 28-30, 2006. 2006
• Kritz, M.M. and D.T. Gurak. Pp. 259-301 in Reynolds Farley and John Haaga (Eds.) The American People, Census 2000. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. 2005
• "Time for a National Discussion on Immigration. " International Migration Review 37.1 (Spring): 33-36. 2002
• "Population Growth and International Migration: Is There a Link? " Pp. 19-41 in Aristide Zolberg and Peter Benda (Eds.) Global Migrants, Global Refugees: Problems and Solutions. Providence, R.I: Berghahn Books. 2001
• Kritz, M.M. and D.T. Gurak. "The Impact of Immigration on Internal Migration of natives and Immigrants. " Demography 38(1): 133-145. 2001
• Kritz, M.M., D.T. Gurak, and L. Chen. "Elderly Immigrants: Their Composition and Living Arrangements. " Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 26 (March): 85-114. 2000
• Gurak, D.T. and M.M. Kritz. "The Interstate Migration of U.S. Immigrants: Individual and Contextual Determinants. " Social Forces 78.3 (March): 1017-1039. 2000
• Kritz, M.m., D.T. Gurak, and Paulina Makinwa. "The Role of Gender Context in Shaping Reproductive Behavior in Nigeria. " Pp. 239-260 in Harriet Presser and Gita Sen (Eds.) Women's Empowerment and Demographic Processes: Moving Beyond Cairo. London: Oxford University Press. 2000

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