Border Studies 2022

Border Studies Program

The first Mexico-U.S. Border Studies Program was offered as a Spring Intensive Course in March 2022, in partnership with Refugee Services of Texas and the Rio Valley Relief Project. Accepted students began readings, discussions, and pre-Intensive seminars in November of 2021, and discussions and project development continued throughout the spring semester for students interested in participating in the Hub Co-Curricular 194. During the two weeks of the intensive, selected students traveled to Texas to collaborate with our partners on the ground directly and to conduct in-person interviews with community stakeholders. 

Program Schedule 

Pre-departure sessions: 

• Program Overview: with the Initiative on Forced Displacement Team (November 8) 
• US Resettlement and Asylum System – The Role of NGOs (November 15) 
• Ethics and Borders (November 22) 
• Local Perspectives from Texas (November 29) 
• Journey and Asylum Process Challenges (December 6) 
• Research Methods and Interviewing (December 13)