Robert Courtney Smith

Books

Smith, R. C. (2024). Dreams Achieved and Denied: Mexican Intergenerational Mobility.. Russell Sage Foundation NY.

Smith, R. C. (2023). Advancing Publicly Engaged Sociology, Special Issue in Sociological Forum.  I served as editor of this issue and contributed the Introduction. . Sociological Forum.

Smith, R. (2021). Horatio Alger Lives in Brookly, But Dont Check His Papers . Russell Sage Foundation/ ASA Rose Series in Sociology..

Smith, R., & Waisanen, D. (2019). 2019. Smith, Robert Courtney, Don Waisanen, Guillermo Yrizar Barbosa. Immigration and Strategic Public Health Communication:Lessons from Seguro Popular Healthcare Project. Routledge. . Routledge.

Smith, R., yrizar, g., Waisanen, D., & Castro, M. (2015). How we should Talk to Immigrants: Lessons from the Seguro Popular Program. NY , USA, University of California Press .

Smith, R. (2014). Los Migrantes y el Seguro Popular: Politica Publica y La Vida Transnacional. (Migrants and Seguro Popular: Public Policy and Transnational Life). Palgrave in English; Autonomous University of Puebla in Spanish .

Smith, R., Waisanen, D., Yrizar, G., Lucero, A., & Castro, M. (2012). How to Talk to Migrants About Seguro Popular. (Como Hablar Con Los Migrantes Sobre El Seguro Popular). Contract report for CIDE (Centro de Investigacion y Docenia Economica), Mexico City, Mexico.

Smith, R. (2006). Translation: Mexico en Nueva York: las Vidas Transcionales de los Nuevos Immgrantes Mexico City: Miguel Angel y Porrua and Zacatecas. (p. pp 412). University of Zacatecas and Purrua.

Smith, R. (2006). Mexican New York: Transnational Worlds of New Immigrants. (p. 385). Berkeley CA, University of California Press.

Smith, R., Cordero- Guzman, H., Smith, R. C., & Grosfoguel, (2001). Race and Ethnicity, Transnationlization, and the Political Economy of Immigration to New York in the 1990's . (p. pp 304). Philadelphia , Temple University Press .

Smith, R., & Zolberg , A. (1996). Final Report to the United States State Department, Bureau of Population, Refugess and Migration foor 1996 United States-European Union Summit . (p. 105 pgs).

Smith, R. (1996). Counting Migrant Farm Workers: Causes of the Undercount of Farmerwork in Northeastern United States and Strategies for Improving the 2000 Cenus . (p. pp 34). Final States Census Bureau Report.

Journal Articles

(2025). Driving as a Strategic Site to Construct Citizenship and Illegality: Analyzing Immigrant-Police Relations by Robert Courtney Smith and Andres Besserer Rayas. In Progress.

(2025). Location Location Location! How Place Affected the Activation of Legal Status and Impacts of the Pandemic for Immigrant Families in New York City and Upstate New York by Robert Smith, Andres Besserer Rayas, and Cristina Parra. In Progress.

(2024). Doing Community and Institutionally Engaged Work and Promoting Immigrant Wellbeing While Building a Research Career. American Behavioral Scientist,

(2023). Introduction to Special Issue of Sociological Forum on Advancing Publicly Engaged Sociology .

(2023). Will DACA Recipients Return to Their Birth Countries If DACA Is Ended? . Journal of Migration and Human Security,

(2023). Advancing Publicly Engaged Sociology,  2022 President Address, Eastern Sociological Society. . Sociological Forum,

(2021). In the Emergency Room with Erving Goffman and Oliver Sacks: Analytical Autoethnography of Familial and Institutional Social Identity Construction of an Alheimer's Patient. . Social Science and Medicine,

(2021). The Traffic Stop to Deportation Pipeline in New York State. Journal of Migration and Human Security,

Smith, R. (2021). In the Emergency Room with Erving Goffman and Oliver Sacks: Analytic Autoethnography of Familial and Institutional Social Identity Construction of an Alzheimer’s Patient. . Social Science and Medicine , Volume 277, May 2021, 113894.

Smith, R., & N/A, i. (2021). Disrupting the Traffic Stop to Deportation Pipeline in New York State. journal of migration and human security ,

Smith, R., Besserer, A., Cabrera, A., Flores, D., Xique, M., & Torres, E. (2021). Driving as a Strategic Site for Constructing and Devaluating Citizenship. In Progress.

Smith, R. (2020). 2021 Hawthorne Effects in Ethnography: Epistemology, Ethics and Scientific Validity (under review) .

Smith, R. (2020). 2020 Why and How NY State’s Greenlight Law Decreases Preventable Harms to Children. Robert Smith with MIDA Team: Andres Besserer Rayas, Angelo Cabrera, Daisy Flores, Guillermo Yrizar, Maria Xique, Karina Weinstein, Averi Guidicessi. (drafted). In Progress.

Smith, R. (2017). 2017 “Don’t Let the Illegals Vote! The Myths of Voter Fraud and Illegal Latino Voters. Russell Sage Foundation Journal Special Issue on Undocumented Immigration. . RSF journal,

Smith, R. (2017). Dont Let the Illegals Vote: The Myths of Voter Fraud and Illegal Latino Voters. Russell Sage Journal,

Smith, R. (2016). What’s A Life Worth? Ethnographic Counterfactual Analysis, Undocumented Status and Sociological Autopsy in a Wrongful Death Lawsuit. Ethnography ,

Smith, R. (2016). Policy Cracks and Organizational Bridges: Best Practices in Promoting DACA. In Progress.

Smith, R. (2015). Cinderella Can Go to School in American, But Not To Work: Our Natural Experiment with Undocumented Children. Harvard Educational Review , In Progress.

Smith, R. (2015). Racial Science on the Street: the Social Dynamics of the "Step Up". In Progress.

Smith, R. (2014). Black Mexicans, Conjunctural Ethnicity and Socially Advantaged Operating Identities: What Strivers, Thugs and Good Girls Can Teach Us About Immigration, Race and Assimilation. . American Sociological Review , 43 pages.

Smith, R. (2013). How Did You Pick That School?:Ethnography, Epistemology, and Counterfactual Causality.

Smith, R. (2013). "Communities of Interest" and Voting Rights. In Progress.

Smith, R., Weiss, T., & Mollenkopf, J. (2012). Transnational and Local Dimensions of Immigrant Political Mobilization: Comparing Mexican, Pakistani and Liberian Experiences in New York. 35 pages. In Progress.

Smith, R. (2008). Contradictions in Diasporic Institutionallization: the 2006 Mexican Migrate Vote and other Forms of Inclusion and Control. Ethnic and Racial Studies , 31(4). 708-741.

Smith, R. (2008). Horatio Alger Lives in Brooklyn: Extra Family Support, Intra Family Dynamics and Socially Neutral Operating Identities in Exceptional Mobility Among Children of Mexican immigrants. . Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, November(620). pp 270-290.

Smith, R. (2008). Contradictions of Diasporic Institutionalization: The 2006 Mexican Migrant Vote and Other Forms of Inclusion and Control. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 31(4). pp 708-714..

Smith, R. (2005). "Los Ausentes Siempre Presentes: Tecnologia, Comunidad, y la Politica de Miembresia en el contexto de migracion Mexicana hacia Estados Unidos" . Las Disputas por el Mexico Rural , El Colegio de Michoacan ,

Smith, R. (2003). "Migrant Membership as an Instituted Process: Migration, the State and the Extra-Territoral Conduct of Mexican Politics". International Migration Review , 37(2). pp 297-343.

Smith, R. (2003). "Diasporic memberships in Historical Perspective: Comparative Insights from the Mexican and Italian Cases". International Migration Review , 37(3). pp 722-757.

Smith, R. (2000). "How Durable and New is Transitional Life? Historical Retrieval through Local Comparison" . Diaspora , 9(2). pp 203-235.

Ethnography and Political Science  by Andres Besserer Rayas and Robert Courtney Smith. In Progress.

Hawthorne Effects in Ethnography:  Epistemology, Ethics, and Scientific Validity. .

Book Chapters

Smith, R. (2017). Mexicans in New York at a Crossroads in the Second Decade of the New Millenium.. In Falcon, A., Baver, S., & Haslip-Viera. , G. (Eds.), Latinos in New York: Communities in Transition .Second Edition.

Smith, R. (2017). Cuatro reflexiones en las limitaciones diarias y las posibilidades reales y practicas de la vida transnacional y la globalizacion. (Four reflections on the daily limitations and real and practical possibilities of transnational life and globalization).. In Besserer, F. (Ed.), Intersecciones urbanas: Ciudad transnacional / Ciudad global. Mexico City,Mexico. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Unidad Iztapalapa y Juan Pablos..

Smith, R. (2015). Diasporic Bureaucracies and other Institutions of and Limitations on Transnational Life: Some Caveats for Theorizing. In Besserer, F. (Ed.), Transnacionales y globales: Trabajo, violencia y movilización social en las ciudades contemporáneas. (Transnationalisms and Globalisms: Work, Violence and Social Mobilization in Contemporary Cities) Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana y Editorial Juan Pablos. (Autonomous Metropolitan University and Juan Pablos Press).

Smith, R. (2013). Mexicans in New York at a Crossroads in the Second Decade of the New Millenium. In Falcon, A., Baver, S., & Haslip-Viera, G. (Eds.), Latinos in New York: Communities in Transition University of Notre Dame Press.

Smith, R. (2013). Mexicans: Civic Engagement, Education, and Progress Achieved and Inhibited. In Foner, N. (Ed.), New Immigrants in New York New York. Columbia University Press.

Smith, R. (2010). Increasing Concrete Knowledge and Community Capacity: How CUNY and other Institutions Can Help Reshape Mexican Educational Futures in New York. Helping Young Refugees and Immigrants Succeed Palgrave MacMillan.

Smith, R. (2010). Helping Mexican Youth in New York Succeed in School: Institutional, Organizational and Cultural Sites of Intervention. In Sonnert, G., & Holton, G. (Eds.), (p. Book title: Helping Young Refugees and Immigrants Succeed. 20 pages). NY,USA. Palgrave.

Smith, R. (2010). Jeffersonian Science, Public Sociology, and Academic Careers: Some Insights and Suggestions for Potential Future Social Scientists.. In Korgan, K., White, J., & White, S. (Eds.), (p. 7 pages). USA. Pine Forge Press.

Smith, R. (2009). REPRINT: Contradictions of Diasporic Institutionalization: The 2006 Mexican Migrant Vote and Other Forms of Inclusion and Control. In LeFleur, J. M., & Martinello, M. (Eds.), The Transnational Political Participation of Immigrants: A Transatlantic Persepctive (pp. 64-97). London,UK. Routledge.

Smith, R. (2008). "Latino Incorporation into the United States: Local and Transnational Perspectives." Sourcebook on Latino/as in the United States. In Rodriguez, H., Saenz, R., & Menjivar, C. (Eds.), (p. 32). Springer.

Smith, R. (2006). REPRINT "Racializacion y los Mexicanos en NY" in Los Latinos en las ciudades de los Estados Unidos.. In Zimmerman, M., Bedoya, C., & Belpoliti, F. (Eds.), (p. 35 pages). Texas,USA. University of Houston.

Smith, R. (2005). "Racialization and Mexicans in new York City". In Leon, R. H., & Zuniga, V. (Eds.), New York. New Destinations for Mexican Migration, Russell Sage Foundation.

Smith, R. (2005). REPRINT: Migrant Membership as an Instituted Process: Migration the State and the Extra Territorial Conduct of Mexican Politics. In Koslowski, R. (Ed.), International Migration and the Globalization of Domestic Politics (pp. 105-129). London,UK. Routledge.

Smith, R. (2003). "Imagining Alternative Educational Futures for Mexicans in New York in New York City". In Cotina, R., & Gendreau, M. (Eds.), State Island ,New York. The Schooling of Mexican Children in New York State, Center for Migration Studies.

Smith, R. (2003). "Trasnational Communities". In Christensen, K., & Levinson, D. (Eds.), (pp. 1402-1404). Thousand Oaks, CA. Encyclopedia of Community, Sage.

Smith, R. (2002). "Race, Ethinicity and gender in the School Outcomes of Second Generation Mexican Americans in New York ". In Suarez-Orozco, M., & Paez, M. (Eds.), (pp. pp 110-125). Latinos in the 21st Century, University of California Press.

Smith, R. (2002). "Social Location, Generation and Life Course as Social Outcomes of Sexual Second Generation Mexican Americans in New York". In Levitt, P., & Waters, M. (Eds.), (pp. pp 145-168). New York. The Changing Face of Home, Russell Sage Foundation.

Smith, R. (2002). "Social Location and Generation and Life Course as Social Processes Shaping Secod Generation Transnational Life". In Levitt, P., & Waters, M. (Eds.), (pp. pp 145-168). New York. The Changing Face of Home, Russell Sage Foundation.

Smith, R. (2001). "Current Dilemmas and Future Prospects of the Inter-American Migration System". In Zolberg, A., & Benda, P. (Eds.), (pp. pp 121-171). Global Migrants, Global Refugees,. New York and Oxford Berghahn Books.

Smith, R., Guzman , H. C., & Grosoguel, R. (2001). "Introduction". In Cordero- Guzman, H., Smith, R. C., & Grosfoguel, R. (Eds.), (pp. pp 1-31). Philadelphia. Race and Ethnicity, Transnationalization, and the Political Economy of Immigration to New York in the 1990's, Temple University Press.

Smith, R. (2001). "Mexicans: Social Educational, Educational, Economic and Politcal Problems and Prospects in New York. In Foner, N. (Ed.), (pp. pp 121-171). New Immigrants in New York, Columbia University Press.

Smith, R. (2001). Comparing local-level Swedish and Mexican transnational life: an essay in historical retrieval. In Pries, L., & Pries, L. (Eds.), New transnational social spaces: International migration and transnational companies in the early twenty-first century (pp. 37-58). London. Routledge.

Smith, R. (2000). "The Transnational Practice of Migrant Politics and Membership: An Analysis of the Mexican Case with Some Comparative and Practical Reflections on Regional Development". In Rodriguez, H., & Longoria, M. M. (Eds.), (pp. pp 217-239). Zacatecas,Mexico City. Migration and Regional Economic Development, Autonomous University of Mexico.

Smith, R. (2000). "Dilemas y persoectivas del sistema migtratorio de Amercian del Norte. (pp. pp 289-304). Comercio Exterior.

Smith, R. (1999). Relexiones Sobre El Estado, Migracion, y la Durabilidad de la Vida Transnacional: Comparando el caso Mexicano y el caso Italiano". In Mummert, G. (Ed.), (pp. pp 55-87). Zamora, Michoacan ,Mexico. Memorias del XX Congreso del Colegio de Michoacan, El Colgeio de Michaocan.

Smith, R. (1998). "Comment". In Suarez-Orozco, M. (Ed.), (pp. pp 145-155). Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Crossings: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Mexican Migration.

Smith, R. (1998). "Reflections on the Stat, Migration and Durability and Newness of Transnational Life: Comparative Insights from the Mexican and Itallian Cases". In Pries, L. (Ed.), (pp. pp 198-217). Soziale Welt: Transnational Migration.

Smith, R. (1998). REPRINT: Transnational Localities: Comunity, Technology and the Politics of Memberships Within the Context of Mexico and U.S. Migration. In Napolitano, V., & Solano, X. L. (Eds.), London. Encuentos Anthropologicos: Power, Identity, and Mobility, Institute of Latin American Studies.

Smith, R. (1998). Transnational Localities: Technology, Community the Politics of Membership within the Context of Mexico-Us Migration. In Smith, M. P., & Guarnizo, L. (Eds.), Transnationalism from Below (pp. pp 196-240). New Brunswick, NJ. Transaction Publishers.

Smith, R. (1997). "Transnational Migration, Assimilation and Political Community". In Crahan , M., & Vourvoulias-Bush, A. (Eds.), (pp. pp 110-132). New York, Council on Foriegn Relations Press. The City and the World.

Smith, R. (1996). "Mexicans in New York City: Membershio and Incorporation of New Immigrant Group. In Baver, S., & Haslip-Viera, G. (Eds.), (pp. pp 57-103). Notre Dame/IN Universityt of Notre Dame Press. Latinos In New York.

Media Contributions

Smith, R. C. (2022). Diario de Mexico.

Smith, R. C. (2022). New York Times.

Smith, R. C. (2022). WNYC.

Smith, R. C. (2022). CITY TALK.

Smith, R. C. (2022). Nueva York: NY Historical Society.

Smith, R. C. (2022). POINT OF VIEW PBS: The Sixth Section.

Smith, R. C. (2022). WLIW Crossing the Line: The Marcelo Lucero Murder.

Smith, R. C. (2022). UNIVISION.

(2019). CUNY Thought Project.

(2019). Greenlight Campaign website.

(2019). Daily News.

(2015). Al Jazeera.

(2015). New York Times article.

(2015). Noticias Fox Mundo -- Peggy Carranza reporting.

(2011). CUNY TV CUNY FORUM with Bob Liff.

(2011). Vera Institute of Justice -- Webcaste.

Presentations

Smith, R. (2021, February 28). . WTGrant mentor mentee Conference Workshop. : WTGrant FOundation..

Smith, R. (2021, March 31). 2021 How has the pandemic affected immigrants? Colegio de Mexico. March. Remotely (remotely). : Colegio de Mexico.

Smith, R., & Besserer, A. (2020, August 31). 2020 Disrupting the Traffic Stop to Deportation Pipeline: The New York State Greenlight Law’s Intent and Implementation. With Andres Besserer Rayas. American Political Science Association..

Smith, R. (2020, February 28). . WTGrant Foundation Mentor-Mentee Conference Workshop. : WTGrant foundation.

Smith, R. (2020, July 31). 2020 Impacts of Covid19 Pandemic on Immigrant Communities in New York. Ruhr University, Bochum. July 2020 (remotely).

Smith, R. (2020, June 30). Impacts of Covid19 in Immigrant Communities in New York State. Migration and Corona -- Initiative of the UNIC member universities in Europe. Ruhr University Bochum Germany remotely: Eight European universities making up the UNIC group.

Smith, R. (2020, February 28). 128. Author-Meets-Critics: Edward Telles and Christina A. Sue, Durable Ethnicity: Mexican Americans and the Ethnic Core, Oxford University Press (2019) --Freedom E. Eastern Sociological Society.

Smith, R. (2020, February 28). Ethnography, applied work and mentoring. WTGrant Foundation Mentor-Mentee Conference. : WTGrant Foundation.

Smith, R. (2020, October 31). 2020 Oral History of Life of Angelo Cabrera: Marshall Ganz’ Public Narratives from Stories of Self, Us, and Now. Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City. 10-20.. Mexico: Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City. 10-20..

Smith, R. (2020, December 31). WTGrant Annual Grantee Conference. : WTGrant foundation.

Smith, R., & Besserer, A. (2020, August 31). 2020 Political Ethnography and Erosion of Liberal Norms: Evidence from Fieldwork. With Andres Besserer Rayas. American Political Science Association.. : APSA.

Smith, R. (2019, December 31). 2019 The Hawthorne Effect in Ethnography . August. American Sociological Association.. 2019 The Hawthorne Effect in Ethnography . August. American Sociological Association.. : 2019 The Hawthorne Effect in Ethnography . August. American Sociological Association..

Smith, R. (2019, February 28). How To Get Fieldwork Based Research Funded and Defend Its Scientific Validity.. Eastern Sociological Society -- Thematic Conversation: How to Fund Your Research. : Eastern Sociological Society.

Smith, R. (2019, February 28). Silences, Absences, Fears and Forced Separation: How Deportation Affects Families Robert Smith, CUNY, Baruch College and The Graduate Center. Eastern Sociological Society Presidential Panel. : Eastern Sociological Society Presidential Panel.

Smith, R. (2019, December 31). Workshops and Lectures for and with Grantees at their Grantee conference. : WTGrant Foundation.

Smith, R. (2018, February 28). What Promotes or Derails Upward Mobility and Positive Integration Among Children of Mexican Immigrants in New York? An Ethnographic Longitudinal Study Using Case-Oriented and Net-Effects Approaches and Methods.. : University of California Irvine, Population Research Center.

Smith, R. (2018, October 31). Epistemic and Methodological Strengths and Issues in Ethnographic Research. Hitotsubashi University Seminar on Methods. Tokyo Japan: Hitotsubashi University Seminar on Methods.

Smith, R. (2018, October 31). Long Term Effects of Legal Status/DACA Across Local Ecosystem and Through Changes in Immigration Federalism. Hitotsubashi University Conference on International Migration. Tokyo, Japan

Smith, R. (2018, December 31). Long Term Effects of Legal Status/DACA Across Local Ecosystem and Through Changes in Immigration Federalism. WTGrant Grantee Meeting. : WTGrant.

Smith, R. (2017, September 30). “Three Methods and Two Logics of Analysis in a Longitudinal Ethnographic Project.” Sept.. : Population Research Center, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago..

Smith, R. (2017, August 31). Conjunctural Ethnicity and Contexts Across the Life Course.. American Sociological Association. Montreal: American Sociological Association.

Smith, R. (2017, May 31). “Don’t Let the Illegals Vote!”: Myths of Voter Fraud and Illegal Latino Voters.. ARC Talk. CUNY Graduate Center: Advanced Research Cooperative.

Smith, R. (2017, June 30). DACA’s Impacts and Limitations.. ny ny: Juntos Podemos Grantees..

Smith, R. (2017, January 31). The Construction of Legal Status and DACA's Impacts.. “Una Introducion a la dinamica demografica y las politicas migratorias en America del Norte y el triangulo septentrional de Centroamerica: Recorrido academico y cultural.”. Mexico City: El Colegio de Mexico.

Smith, R., Waisanen, D., & Yrizar Barbosa, G. (2017, May 16). How We Should Communicate With Immigrants: Lessons from the Seguro Popular Healthcare Project. World Social Marketing Conference. Washington, D.C.

Smith, R. (2017, April 30). Ethnography and Net-Effects Analysis: Two Logics and Three Methods of Analysis in a Longitudinal Ethnographic Project.. Humbolt Chair Conference.. : El Colegio de Mexico.

Smith, R. (2017, March 31). . Fellows Meeting. Washington DC: National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation..

Smith, R. (2016, November 30). Estatus Legal, Integracion, y Trajectorias de la Segunda Generacion y DACA.. International Conference on InterCultural Education.. Puebla Mexico: University of Puebla Benemerita,.

Smith, R. (2016, August 31). International Migration Roundtable. American Sociological Association. : American Sociological Association.

Smith, R. (2015, February 28). A Conversation with Roberto Gonzales and Robert Smith --2. Conversation between Experts.. NY NY: Eastern Sociological Association.

Smith, R. (2015, February 28). Author Meets Critic. author meets critic session. ny: Eastern Sociological Association.

Smith, R. (2015, February 28). Author Meets Critic. author meets critic session. NY NY: Eastern Sociological Association.

Smith, R. (2015, April 30). Horatio Alger Lives in Brooklyn But Check His Papers. University of Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago.

Smith, R. (2015, April 30). Horatio Alger Lives in Brooklyn But Check His Papers. Rice University. Texas: Rice University.

Smith, R. (2015, June 30). Political Integration of Immigrants. Undocumented Research Conference. NYC: Russell Sage foundation.

Smith, R. (2015, June 30). Immigration and Contermporary American Politics. Eramus Mundus Lecture. Bilbao Spain: Univ. de Deusto.

Smith, R. (2015, June 30). Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Case Oriented Field Research. Eramus Mundus Lecture. Bilbao Spain: Univ. de Deusto.

Smith, R. (2015, September 30). Preliminary Results of the MIDA project. Juntos Podemos Network. Dallas Tx: Juntos Podemos.

Smith, R. (2015, October 31). Contested Immigrant Political Integration. Research on Undocumented Immigration. NYC: Russell Sage foundation.

Smith, R. (2015, November 30). Why NYC's DACA Efforts Fell Short, and how to fix those problems.. Baruch Faculty Seminar. Baruch: Baruch.

Smith, R. (2015, December 31). THE MIDA PROJECT. BUAP-CUNY Conference. Puebla Mexico: Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla.

Smith, R. (2015, February 28). Author Meets Critic -- Critic for Rogert Waldinger's The Transnational Connection.. Eastern Sociological Society. : Eastern Sociological Society.

Smith, R. (2015, February 28). Contested Political Integration in Contemporary America. Princeton Center for Migration and Development. Princeton: Princeton University.

Smith, R. (2015, February 28). Author Meets Critic -- Critic for L. Smaulzbauer book Last Best Place. Easterns. : Eastern Sociological Society.

Smith, R. (2014, September 30). Horatio Alger and other Research. NYC: Columbia University.

Smith, R. (2014, October 31). Horatio Alger Lives in Brooklyn, BUt Check His Papers. Stanford University Sociology Department. Stanford: same.

Smith, R. (2014, October 31). Public and Academic Sociology.. Graduate Student Conferece. : University of Southern California.

Smith, R. (2014, November 30). DACA Access Project -- NYC work on DACA. Migration Policy Institute DACA Policy Meeting/WorkShop. Washington DC: Migration Policy INstitute.

Smith, R. (2014, December 31). . Keynote Address - Conferencia Internacional Sobre Migracion Mexico-Estados Unidos (International Conference on Migration from Mexico to the US). Puebla, Mexico: BUAP (Benemerita Autonomous University of Puebla) and CUNY.

Smith, R. (2014, December 31). KEYNOTE ADDRESS -- Construction of Undocumented Status. Benemerita Autonomous University of Puebla. Puebla: Autonmous University of Puebla.

Smith, R. (2014, March 31). Migracion Mexicana hacia NY, Integracion y Estatus Legal. International Migration. Tlaxcala: University of Tlaxcala, Research College.

Smith, R. (2014, February 28). Invisible Work and Undocumented Immigrants -- A Conversation with Roberto Gonzales and Robert Smith. Invited Session. Baltimore, Maryland: Eastern Sociological Society Meetings.

Smith, R. (2013, November 20). Horatio Alger Vive En Brooklyn, Pero Hay Que Checkar Sus Papeles. Faculty Seminar. : BUAP (Autonomous University of Mexico, Institute for Governmental and Strategic Development Sciences.

Smith, R. (2013, November 21). Social Mobility and Labor Market Dynamics of Children of Immigrants as they Enter Early Adulthood. Invited Lecture.. Puebla, Mexico: University of Monterrey, Puebla Campus.

Smith, R. (2013, November 30). Diasporic Bureaucracies and other Institutions of and Limitations on Transnational Life: Some Caveats for Theorizing. Plenary Session "Transnacionalidad y la Ciudad", Conference celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Doctoral Program in Anthropology. Mexico City, Mexico: Autonomous Metropolitan University, Iztapalapa.

Smith, R. (2013, December 12). New Methods for Cased Data Based Analysis in Longitudinal Fieldwork on Children of Immigrants. Fellow Presentation. Gottingen, GERMANY: Max Planck Institute, Center for Study of Religion and Ethnicity.

Smith, R. (2013, December 31). Black Mexicans and Theories of Immigrant Integration and Racial Process. Graduate Pro Seminar Presentation. : Sociology Department, Princeton University.

Smith, R. (2013, December 31). Voting Rights and Immigrant Integration: Long Term Fieldwork. Conference on Migration. New York, NY: CUNY Graduate Center.

Smith, R. (2013, October 31). Natural Experiments in American Immigration: Evidence from Long Term Ethnographic Research. Plenary Session. Conference on Illegality and Youth. : Harvard University.

Smith, R. (2013, April 24). Gender Processes and Children of Immigrants. Conference on Gender and Migration. : Harvard University.

Smith, R. (2013, May 2). Theories of Race in Public Life and Immigrant Integration: Voting and Politics in Port Chester, N. Seminar on Immigration, Center for Migration and Development. : Sociology Department, Princeton University.

Smith, R. (2013, May 9). Children of Immigrants, Transnational Processes, and Voting Rights: Twenty five years of Research between Puebla and New York. CUNY-BUAP (Autonomous University of Puebla) Conference,. New York, NY: John Jay College, CUNY.

Smith, R. (2013, May 31). Longitudinal Ethnographic Research Children of Immigrants, the Mexican Diaspora, and Public Policy. : Syracuse University.

Smith, R. (2013, July 14). . Sirius Radio Interview re: National Journal Op-Ed on "America's Natural Experiment with Undocumented Immigrant Children" (8 minutes).

Smith, R. (2013, August 11). Immigrant New York in the Twenty First Century. New York, NY: American Sociological Association.

Smith, R. (2013, October 11). Bringing the University into the Community: Baruch's Mexican Leadership Program. APPAM. Washington, DC

Smith, R. (2012, February 28). Seguro Popular: Findings from a Recent Survey and Field Research. Conference on Seguro Popular Insurance Program. Mexico City: CIDE Center for Advanced Economic Research and Teaching, Mexico City.

Smith, R. (2012, March 14). Structural Violence and the Global Frontier: Central America, Mexico and the US. Conference on Structural Violence. : CUNY Graduate Center.

Smith, R. (2012, March 31). Epistemology and Slow Sociology. Eastern Sociological Society. NY NY: ESS.

Smith, R. (2012, May 11). Links Between Puebla and New York. CUNY-BUAP (Autonomous University of Puebla) Conference presentation. : CUNY.

Smith, R. (2012, November 12). Horatio Alger Lives in Brooklyn, But Check His Papers: Determinants of Diverging Fates Among Children of Mexican Immigrants in NY. Latino Studies Colloquium. : Cornell University.

Smith, R. (2012, March 8). How did you pick that school?: Ethnography, Epistemology, and Counterfactual Causality. Conference on Ethnography and Causality. : AJS/University of Chicago.

Smith, R. (2012, February 28). Longitudinal Ethnography. Panel on Long Term Social Science Research. : Eastern Sociological Association Meetings.

Smith, R. (2011, December 31). . Perhaps the single most important media impact of my work was never publicly reported. It was a two hour meeting with the editorial and managerial staff (including then editor Bill Keller) of the New York Times during Winter 2009. Three academics (including myself) were asked to discuss the NYT coverage of immigration. I argued for a focus on making undocumented immigrants into three dimensional persons, contradicting the dominant image of them in the media as lawbreakers only. This priority has since been reflected in the reporting of several of their reporters, including Kirk Semple, David Gonzalez, Nina Bernstein, and Julia Preston. I believe my argument strengthened the hand of reporters at the Times who wanted to do this kind of work.

Smith, R. (2011, November 25). . Cited in Kirk Semple. "Mexicans in New York Lag in Education." New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/25/nyregion/mexicans-in-new-york-city-lag-in-education.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.

Smith, R. (2011, June 29). How Much Do Migrants Know About Seguro Popular?. Research Briefing. Presentation of Research Results to Officials from Seguro Popular and CIDE (Centro de Investigacion y Docenia Economica), Mexico City. : School of Public Affairs, Baruch College.

Smith, R. (2011, June 25). . Interview on "City Talk." CUNY TV to discuss Mexican New York. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj6MjZNzS_E.

Smith, R. (2011, May 31). Horatio Alger Lives in Brooklyn, but Check His Papers. Vera Institute Speaker Series. NY NY: Vera Institute of Justice.

Smith, R. (2011, May 26). Immigration Research and Public Engagement in New York. Immigration Conference. : School of Public Affairs, Baruch College.

Smith, R. (2011, May 18). . Featured Guest on "Brian Lehrer Live!: Mexico to New York." WNYC Feet in Two Worlds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VK0QhRSaXY.

Smith, R. (2011, April 4). Horatio Alger Lives in Brooklyn, But Check His Papers: Ethnographic Research and Public Engagement. Immigration Conference. : University of Delaware.

Smith, R. (2011, March 10). Undocumented Immigrants and Service Delivery. Lecture/Seminar to the Hispanic Federation. : School of Public Affairs, Baruch College.

Smith, R. (2011, February 28). Immigration Research and Public Policy. Philadelphia, PA: Eastern Sociological Association Meetings.

Smith, R. (2011, February 10). Long Term Ethnography and LifeCouse Research with Children of Mexican Immigrants. : Northwestern University, Sociology Department.

Smith, R. (2011, December 31). Presider, Round Table, International migration Section. American Sociological Association. Las Vegas: ASA.

Smith, R. (2011, December 31). Author Meets Critic Session for Brokered Boundaries by Doug Massey and Magaly Sanchez. Eastern Sociological Society. Philadelphia: ESS.

Smith, R. (2010, December 31). Presider, Round Table, International migration Section. American Sociological Association. Atlanta: ASA.

Smith, R. (2010, February 24). . Panelist. Crossing The Line: The Lucero Murder. WLIW Channel 21. Hour-long feature on Marcelo Lucero murder on Long Island. http://video.wpt.org/video/1424738345/.

Smith, R. (2010, December 31). Migrating People, Migrating Culture. Eastern Sociological Society. Boston: ESS.

Smith, R. (2010, December 31). Urban Ethnography and Epistemology. Eastern Sociological Society. : ESS.

Smith, R. (2010, December 31). Migration, Networks and Development. Our Common Future. Essen, Germany: European Union, Capital of Culture Conference.

Smith, R. (2010, December 31). . Ric Burns. New York: A Documentary. PBS. Long interview for his segment on Latinos/Mexicans in New York.

Smith, R. (2010, October 31). Immigration Research, Multi-Methods and Strategic Sites of Intervention. KEYNOTE Address. Mexico City. MEXICO: Universidad Iberoamericana.

Smith, R. (2010, October 31). Migracion, Asimilacion y Desarollo Social -- Migration, Assimilation and Social Development. Mexican Psychological Association Meetings. Mexico City: Mexican Psychological Association.

Smith, R. (2010, September 30). . Mexican New Yorkers are Steady Force in Workplace. Kirk Semple. New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/nyregion/23mexicans.html?pagewanted=all.

Smith, R. (2010, August 29). . "El Tiempo” (a weekly roundtable discussion on Latino issues with Joe Torrez on Chanel 7. Featured on a program on Mexican American Students Alliance (MASA) and Mexican Educational Foundation (MexEd) featured on this program.

Smith, R. (2010, July 31). Social Science Methods and Immigration Research. University of Bochum, Social Science Summer School. Germany: Univ of Bochum.

Smith, R. (2010, July 31). Combined Methods in the Long Term Study of Migration. Workshop for Graduate Summer School. Bochum, Germany: Ruhr University.

Smith, R. (2010, June 30). No lo hagas lo que yo hice -- ethnografia a traves del curso de la vida: epistemologia, metodos y intervenciones estrategicas en el estudio de la migracion." (Ethnography through the Life Course: Epistemology, Methods and Strategic Intevention in the Study of Migration). Plenary Session. Red de Migrantologos. Mexico City, MEXICO: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexic (UNAM).

Smith, R. (2010, May 8). Immigrants and American Institutions. Invited Lecture. : University of Delaware, Departments of Sociology and Political Science.

Smith, R. (2010, April 21). Voting Rights and Immigrant Integration. Invited Lecture. : Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Public Policy.

Smith, R. (2010, March 18). Children of Immigrants. Invited Lecture. Boston, MA: Eastern Sociological Association.

Smith, R. (2010, December 31). Author Meets Critic Session for Generations of Exclusion, E Telles and V Ortiz. Eastern Sociological Society. Boston: ESS.

Smith, R. (2009, May 20). Public Policy, Immigration, and Higher Education. KEYNOTE Address. Conference on Latinos, Immigrants and Public Higher Education. Chicago, IL: Northeastern Illinois University.

Smith, R. (2009, October 31). Constructing Undocumented Status. MacArthur Conference on "Undocumented Hispanic Migration: On the Margins of a Dream". : Connecticut College.

Smith, R. (2009, April 9). Racial and Ethnic Theories and the Study of New Immigrants. National Association of Chicano and Chicana Studies. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University.

Smith, R. (2009, February 26). . Guest. Underreported: Mexican Remittances in a Bad Economy. Leonard Lopate Show. WNYC.

Smith, R. (2009, May 4). Second Generation Children of Immigrants. Invited Lecture. : Sociology Department, University of Madison, Wisconsin.

Smith, R. (2009, December 31). Second Generation - What we know? What have we learned?. Eastern Sociological Society. Bmore: ESS.

Smith, R. (2009, December 31). Presider, Round Table, International migration Section. American Sociological Association. San Franscisco: ASA.

Smith, R. (2008, December 31). Round Tables, International Migration Review. Presider, Round Table, International migration Section. Boston: ASA.

Smith, R. (2008, December 31). Jeffersonian Science and Academic Careers.. Honors Program 25th Anniversary Research Conference. DE: University of Delaware.

Smith, R. (2008, October 21). Ethnography and Mexican New York. Invited Lecture/Discussion. Urban Research Seminar (Eric Klinenberg). : Department of Sociology, New York University.

Smith, R. (2008, October 17). Ethnography and Long Term Research. Invited Lecture, Ethnography Seminar. : Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania.

Smith, R. (2008, August 4). . Acceptance Speech. Distinguished Book Award; Major Prizes Convocation. American Sociological Association Meeting. Boston, MA

Smith, R. (2008, June 6). Transnational Family Processes. Invited Lecture. Ackerman Conference on Transnational Families. : Hunter College, School of Social Work.

Smith, R. (2008, April 3). Black Mexicans and Operating Identities. Invited Lecture. Austin, TX: Sociology Department, University of Texas.

Smith, R. (2008, December 24). . Sam Dillon. A Mexican Celebration of Christ and Community. Quoted in New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/world/americas/25mexico.html.

Smith, R. (2008, December 31). . Interview (feature) on "Nueva York" CUNY Spanish language TV with Patricio Lerzundi.

Smith, R. (2008, December 31). Nonprofits and Immigrant Communities. Invited Lecture. : Hispanic Federation, Baruch College.

Smith, R. (2007, December 31). Undocumented Students and the Dream Act. Eastern Sociological Society. : ESS.

Smith, R. (2007, December 31). Contradictions of Diasporic Mobilization. American Sociological Association. NY: ASA.

Smith, R. (2007, December 13). Mexican Immigration to New York: An Overview and Research Agenda. Invited Lecture. : Rutgers University.

Smith, R. (2007, November 28). On Ex Mex: From Migrants to Immigrants, by former Minister Jorge Castaneda. Panel Member. Book Critique/Discussion. New York, NY: America's Society.

Smith, R. (2007, October 3). Local and Transnational Worlds of First and Second Generation Immigrants. Invited Lecture. New York, NY: Steinhardt School of Education, New York University.

Smith, R. (2007, September 17). Black Mexicans, Nerds and Upward Mobility. Fellow's Presentation. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation.

Smith, R. (2007, August 31). Patterns and Contradictions of Diasporic Institutionalization in Mexican Politics. : American Sociological Association.

Smith, R. (2007, July 16). . David Gonzalez. Citywide, Raising Young Voices for Illegal Mexican Immigrants. Quoted in New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E0DD1631F935A25754C0A9619C8B63.

Smith, R. (2007, June 24). . Emily Brady. New York Up Close: When the Diploma is Just a Dream. Quoted in the New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE2DB1E3FF937A15755C0A9619C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all.

Smith, R. (2007, June 4). . Nina Bernstein. A Mexican Baby Boom in New York Shows. Quoted in New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/04/nyregion/04births.html.

Smith, R., Reilly, J., Ruiz, Y., & Suhail, Z. (2007, March 31). Political Mobilization of New Immigrants in New York: Comparing Mexicans Pakistanis and Liberians. Eastern Sociological Association.

Smith, R., Reilly , J., Ruiz , Y., & Suhail , Z. (2007, March 31). Political Mobilizations of New Immigrants in New York: Comparing Mexicans Pakistanis and Liberians. Eastern Sociological Association.

Smith, R. (2007, March 31). Racialization, Language and Transnational Life. Invited Lectures in Berlin, Germany, and various Universities.

Smith, R. (2007, March 29). Racialization, Language and Transnational Life. Plenary Session. XVI Congress of German Hispanicists. : Dresden Technical University. Also lectures in Berlin, Germany.

Smith, R., Reilly, J., & Suhail, Z. (2007, December 31). Political Mobilization of New Immigrants in New York. : American Sociological Association.

Smith, R., Reilly, J., Ruiz, Y., Mollenkopf, J., & Weiss, T. (2007, December 31). Political Mobilization in local and transnational contexts: comparing Mexican, Pakistani and Liberian Experiences in NY. American Sociological Association. NY: ASA.

Smith, R. (2007, December 31). Immigration and Politics. Eastern Sociological Society. Boston: ESS.

Smith, R. (2006, August 31). Black Mexicans, Chameleons and Cosmopolitans: Key Cases for Assimilation Theory. American Sociological Association. Montreal

Smith, R. (2006, December 31). Black Mexicans, Nerds and Cosmopolitans.. American Sociological Association. Montreal, Quebec: ASA.

Smith, R. (2006, June 30). Citizenship and Political Participation in Transnational Context. Budapest: Central European University.

Smith, R. (2006, June 30). Citizenship and Political Participation in Transnational Context. Invited Lecture. Budapest, HUNGARY: Central European University.

Smith, R. (2006, May 25). Children of Mexican Immigrants in New York and Education. Invited Lecture. Conference on Immigration. New York, NY: Steinhardt School of Education, New York University.

Smith, R. (2006, February 16). . Featured Interview on "The Brian Lehrer Show." WNYC. "Mexico en Nueva York". Interview about Mexican New York: Transnational Worlds of New Immigrants. http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/magazine/sum06/faculty4.html.

Smith, R. (2006, August 31). Black Mexicans, Chameleons and Cosmopolitans: Key Cases for Assimilation Theory. American Sociological Association Meetings. Montreal, CANADA

Smith, R. (2006, November 30). Embedded Citizenship: Understanding Immigrant Student Mobilization in the US and Mexican Migrant Voting Rights. Invited Lecture. Red Internacional de Desarollo. Cuatla, Morelos, MEXICO

Smith, R. (2006, November 30). Embedded Citizenship: Understanding Immigrant Student Mobilization in the US and Mexican Migrant Voting Rights. Red Internacional de Desarollo. Cuatla, Morelos, Mexico

Smith, R. (2005, May 17). "Who We Are: A mid Decade View of the New York City Census Data". Public Policy Breakfast. Baruch College

Smith, R. (2005, December 31). I'll go back next year: transnational life and the life course. American Sociological Association. Philadelphia: ASA.

Smith, R. (2005, April 30). Migracion Mexicana y Procesos Transnacionales. Invited Lecture. Mexico City, MEXICO: Centro Regional de Investigacion Multidisciplinario. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.

Smith, R. (2005, April 30). Ethnographic Research with Mexican Second Generation Children. PENN Ethnography Conference. : University of Pennsylvania, Sociology Department.

Smith, R. (2005, February 28). Communal, Market and Developmental Logics and Issues in Transnational Communities. Transnational Community Development Conference. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Ford Foundation.

Smith, R. (2005, February 28). Communal,Market and Development logics and Issues in Transnational Communities. Transnational Community Development Conference. Santa Domingo: Ford Foundation.

Smith, R. (2005, May 11). . Panelist. The Brian Lehrer Show. Feet in Two Worlds: Immigrants in a Global City. WNYC Radio.

Smith, R. (2005, December 1). . Eduardo Porter. Manhattan's Little Ones Come in Bigger Numbers. Quoted in New York Times. query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501E0DA1531F932A35751C1A9639C8B63&pagewanted=al.

Smith, R. (2005, May 17). Who We Are: A mid Decade View of the New York City Census Data. Panel Member. Public Policy Breakfast. New York, NY: Baruch College.

Smith, R. (2004, October 31). The state of Undocumented Students in America. David Dinkins Forum. Columbia University, New York

Smith, R. (2004, October 31). Dimensiones Locales y Institutiones de la Vida Transnational. (Local Dimensions and Institutions of Transnational Life). Fronteras Fragmentadas (Fragmented Borders; also title of subsequent book from conference). Zamora, Michoacan, MEXICO: El Colegio de Michoacan.

Smith, R. (2004, October 31). Transnational Life and Theories: Hard and Easy Lessons for Community Development. Latin American Studies Association. Las Vegas, NE: Inter-American Foundation.

Smith, R. (2004, October 31). Transnational Life and Theories: Hard and Easy Lessons for Community Development. Latin American Studies Association. Las Vegas, NV: Inter-American Foundation.

Smith, R. (2004, December 31). In Ticuani, he goes crazy.. American Sociological Association. San Francisco: ASA.

Smith, R. (2004, August 31). Genders Bargains and Transnational Life. American Sociological Association Meetings. San Francisco

Smith, R. (2004, June 30). Tranationalism -- Pro and Con.. Invited Lecture/Panel Discussion. Migration Institute. : Social Science Research Council. UCLA, Department of Sociology.

Smith, R. (2004, October 31). The State of Undocumented Students in America. David Dinkins Forum. New York, NY: Columbia University.

Smith, R. (2004, November 4). Mexican Immigrants and their Children in New York. Speakers Series. : American Museum of Natural History.

Smith, R. (2004, August 31). Gender Bargains and Transnational Life. American Sociological Association Meetings. San Francisco, CA

Smith, R. (2003, December 31). Gender strategies, settlement and transnational life.. American Sociological Association. Atlanta: ASA.

Smith, R. (2003, October 31). Illegal, but politically active: Latino Immigrants reactions to the aftermath 9-11. Oral History Association Meetings. Bethesda, MD

Smith, R. (2003, October 31). ‘Illegal’ but politically active: Latino immigrants reactions to the aftermath of 9-11. Oral History Association Meetings. Bethesda, MD

Smith, R. (2003, September 30). Diaspora, Immigration and Transnational Life. Invited Speaker Series. Gettysburgh, PA: Gettysburgh College.

Smith, R. (2003, September 30). Diaspora, Immigration and Transnational Life. Invited speaker series. Gettysburg, PA: Gettysburg College.

Smith, R. (2003, August 31). Gender Strategies, Settlement and Transnational Life. American Sociological Association Meetings. Atlanta, GA

Smith, R. (2003, August 31). Gender, Strategies, Settelment and Transnational Life. American Sociological Association Meetings. Alanta

Smith, R. (2003, July 12). Complementary Articulation: Matching Qualitative data and Qunatitative Methods. "Workshop on Scientific Foundations of Qualitative research. Arlington, Virginia: National Science Foundation, Sociology Section.

Smith, R. (2003, March 31). Gender and Life course in Transnational Life. Latin American Studies Assocation. Houston

Smith, R. (2002, December 31). Mexico-US relations and immigration reform after 9-11. Invited Guest. New School University Forum. New York, NY

Smith, R. (2002, December 31). Globalization, Adolescence and the Transnationalization of the Mexican Gangs between New York and Mexico. American Sociological Association. Chicago

Smith, R. (2002, December 31). Mexico-US relations and immigration reform after 9-11. New School university Forum. New York

Smith, R. (2002, October 22). . Introductory Remarks for Exhibition of Mexican Migrant Photographs by Michael Kamber (New York Times); I invited Kamber to exhibit at Barnard and organized the event. Barnard Forum on Migration.

Smith, R. (2002, August 18). Globalization, Adolescence and the Transnationalization of Mexican Gangs between New York and Mexico. American Sociological Association Meetings. Chicago, IL

Smith, R. (2002, May 2). Mexican Immigration to New York. : Institute for Latin American and Iberian Studies, Columbia University.

Smith, R. (2001, December 31). Border Games: Policing the U.S.-Mexico Divide. Panel Member. Author Meets Critics. Peter Andreas.

Smith, R. (2001, May 31). Migration, Transnational Life, and Globalization. Journalists Briefing on Migration. : David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.

Smith, R. (2001, May 31). Imagining Alternative Futures for the Mexican and Mexican American Students in New York City. Steinhardt School Education. New York: New York University.

Smith, R. (2001, May 11). Imagining Alternative Futures for Mexican and Mexican American Students in New York City. New York, NY: Steinhardt School of Education, New York University.

Smith, R. (2001, August 31). New Frontiers of Immigration Research. American Sociological Association.

Smith, R. (2001, December 31). Tansnational Life in Historical and Theoretical Perspective. American Sociological Association Meetings. Irvine, CA

Smith, R. (2001, December 31). Transnational Life in Historical and Theoretical Perspective. American Sociological Association Meetings. Irvine, CA

Smith, R. (2000, May 31). ‘Why you gotta mess up a good place’?: the transnationalization of adolescence and gangs between New York and rural Mexico. Oral History Rockefeller Fellowship Presentation. : Columbia University.

Smith, R. (2000, May 31). Why you gotta mess upa good place?: the transnationalization of adolescence and gangs between New York and rural Mexico. Orak History Rockeffelelr Fellowship Presentation. Columbia University

Smith, R. (2000, July 31). Historical Tretrieval in Transnational Research: Comparing Italian and Mexcian State -Diaspora Relations in Historical Perspective. Transnational Communities Program. Oxford, England

Smith, R. (2000, July 31). Historical Retrieval in Transnational Research: Comparing Italian and Mexican State-Diaspora Relations in Historical Perspective. Comparison of Transnational Life. Oxford, ENGLAND: Oxford University, Transnational Communities Program.

Smith, R. (2000, September 30). Migrant membership, democratization and political calculation: Why Mexico cares so much now about its absent migrants. Seminar given at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico. Mexico City, MEXICO

Smith, R. (2000, September 30). Migrant membership, democratization and political calculation: Why Mexico cares so much about its absent migrants. Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico. Mexico City

Smith, R. (2000, October 31). School Selection, Gender and Migation in produciing school outcomes among Mexican American students. National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Fellowship. New York University

Smith, R. (2000, October 31). School Selection, Gender and Migration in producing school outcomes among Mexican American students. ational Academy of Education Annual Meeting/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Meeting. : New York University.

Smith, R. (2000, March 31). Ethnic Girls and Racialized Boys: Preliminary Findings from research with second generation Mexican americans in New York. National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Fellowship. New York University

Smith, R. (2000, March 31). Ethnic Girls and Racialized Boys: Preliminary Findings from research with second generation Mexican Americans in New York. National Academy of Education Annual Meeting /Spencer Foundation Fellowship Meeting. New York, NY: New York University.

Smith, R. (2000, April 30). Sacred, Secular, and Profane Space: Religion as an organzizing structure in level trasnational life. Pew Speaker series on Migration. New School University

Smith, R. (2000, April 30). Sacred, Secular, and Profane Space: Religion as an organzizing structure in level trasnational life. Pew Speaker Series on Migration. New School University

Smith, R. (2000, April 30). Three strategic sites for investigating gender’s effects on Mexican Americans school and work trajectories. Conference on Latinos: Remaking America. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Smith, R. (2000, April 30). Threes strategic sites investigating gender's effecs on Mexican Americans school work trajectories. Conference on Latinos: Remaking America. Havard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge MA

Smith, R. (2000, April 30). Sacred, Secular and Profane Space: Religion as an organizing structure in local level transnational life. Pew Speaker Series on Migration. New York, NY: New School University.

Smith, R., & Lara, S. (1999, December 31). The Educational and Economic Mobility of Second Generation Mexicans in New York City. American Sociological Association Meetings. Chicago, IL

Smith, R. (1999, March 31). Changing State-Diaspora Relations and Implications for Transnational Theory. Conference on Transnational Social Spaces. Gottingen, GERMANY: University of Gottingen.

Smith, R. (1999, December 31). Thick and Thin Memberships in Transnational Public Spheres, Inviite, Thematic Session,. American Sociological Association Meetings. Chicago 1999

Smith, R. (1999, September 30). Doing Research with immigrant children in the New York City public schools: first reflections. National Academy of Education Annual Meeting/Spencer Foundation Fellowship Meeting. : University of Pittsburgh.

Smith, R. (1999, September 30). Doing Research with immigrant children in the New York City public schools: first refelctions. National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Fellowship. University of Pittsburgh

Smith, R. (1999, August 31). Thick and Thin Memberships in Transnational Public Spheres. Invited, Thematic Session. American Sociological Association Meetings. Chicago, IL: New York City Department of Health, Presentation and Workshop on Mexican population in New York.

Smith, R. (1999, August 31). Thick and Thin Memberships in Transnational Public Spheres, Inviite, Thematic Session,. New York City Department of Health, Presentation and Workshop on Mexican population in New York. Chicago

Smith, R. (1999, July 31). Migrant Membership and Mexican Politics i the US. Migrants and the Vote in 2000, Zacatecas. Zacatecas, Mexico

Smith, R. (1999, July 31). Migrant Membership and Mexican Politics in the U.S.. Paper presenter for and participant in Workshop on Migrants and the Vote in 2000, Zacatecas. Zacatecas, MEXICO

Smith, R. (1999, May 31). Oral History, Interview and other research with First and Sceond Generation Immigrants. Columbia University Oral History Research Office. New York

Smith, R. (1999, May 31). Oral History, Interview and other Research with First and Second Generation Immigrants. Oral History Seminar. New York, NY: Columbia University Oral History Research Office.

Smith, R. (1999, April 30). Italian and Mexican Transnational Life in Historical Perspective. American Historical Association Meetings. Toronto, CANADA

Smith, R. (1999, April 30). Italian and Mexican Transnational Life in Historical Perspective. American Historical Association Meetings. Toronto, Canada

Smith, R. (1999, March 31). Mexican Prospects of Second Generation Mexicans in New York. Conference on Racial and Ethnic Minorities Mobility. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University.

Smith, R. (1999, March 31). The Educational and Economic Mobility of Second Generation Mexicans in New York City. Conference on Racial and Ethnic Minorities Mobility. Bloomington, IN

Smith, R. (1999, March 31). Changing State-Diaspora relations and Implications for Transnational Theory. Conference on Transnational Social Spaces. University of Gottigen, Germany

Smith, R. (1999, March 31). Transnational and Local Migrants, Communities, Problems and Solutions: Some Practical Reflections on How to Address Migrant related problems. Conference organized by the Integrated Family Development Department of the Mexican government and the University of Texas, Austin. : Universidad Iberoamericana in Tijuana, Mexico.

Smith, R. (1999, March 31). Gender, Strategic Sites and Soft Skills: Explaining Divergence in Second Generation Boys and Girls Work and Educational Success. Eastern Sociological Association. Boston, MA

Smith, R. (1999, March 31). Gender, Strategic Sites and Soft Skills: Explaining Divergence in Second Generation Boys and Girls Work and Educational Success. Eastern Sociological Association. Boston, MA

Smith, R. (1999, March 31). Transnational and Local Migrants, Communities, Problems and Solutions: Some Pratical Reflections on How to Address Migrant related problems. Intregrated family Development Department of the Mexican government and the University of Texas, Austin. Universidad Iberoamericana Tijuana, Mexico

Smith, R. (1999, December 31). The Edcuational and Economic Mobility of Second Generation Mexicans in New York City (Sandra Lara). American Sociological Association Meetings. Chicago

Smith, R. (1998, October 31). Reflexiones Sobre Migracion El Estado y la Novedad y Durabilidad de la Vida Transanacional (Keynote address). Fronteras Fragmentadas. Zamora, Michoacan, Mexico: XX Coloqiou El Colegio de Michoacan.

Smith, R. (1998, October 31). Work and Educational Mobility of the Second Generation: How do current theories help us an fail us in understanding the Mexican case in New York City. Mexican Migrants in New York and Mexicao. Barnard College and the New School, New York

Smith, R. (1998, October 31). Reflexiones Sobre Migracion, El Estado, y la Novedad y Durabilidad de la Vida Transnacional, Plenary Session (invited). XX Coloquio El Colegio de Michoacan, "Fronteras Fragmentadas". Zamora, Michoacan, MEXICO

Smith, R. (1998, May 31). Changing Conceptions of Nationality, Citizenship and Membership: Comparative Insights from the Mexican and Italian Cases. Transnationalism Conference. University of Manchester, England

Smith, R. (1998, October 31). Work and Educational Mobility of the Second Generation: How do current theories help us and fail us in understanding the Mexican case in New York City. Conference on Mexican Migrants in New York and Mexico. New York, NY: Barnard College and the New School.

Smith, R. (1998, April 30). Reinas, Homeboys and the Committee: Gender, Cohort and Partiarchy in Second Generation Transnationalism. Conference on Second Generation Transnationalism. Harvard University, Cambridge

Smith, R. (1998, April 30). Reinas, Homeboys and The Committee: Gender, Cohort and Patriarchy in Second Generation Transnationalism. Conference on Second Generation Transnationalism. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University.

Smith, R. (1998, March 31). Ethnic Girls and Racial Boys: The Negotiation of Ethnic Identity at the Workplace, in School and in the Community for Secodn Generation Mexican Americans in New York City. Eastern Sociological Association Meetings. Philadelphia

Smith, R. (1998, March 31). Ethnic Girls and Racial Boys: The Negotiation of Ethnic Identity at the Workplace, in School and in the Community for Second Generation Mexican Americans in New York City. Eastern Sociological Association Meetings. Philadelphia, PA

Smith, R. (1998, May 31). Changing Conceptions of Nationality, Citizenship and Membership: Comparative Insights from the Mexican and Italian Cases. Transnationalism Conference. Manchester, ENGLAND: University of Manchester.

Smith, R. (1997, December 31). Does it really matter how the demand for labor became embedded in the US economy. Conference on Immgration and the Socio-cultural Remaking of the North American Space. David Rockefeller Center for Latin Amercian Studies, Havard University, Cambridge

Smith, R. (1997, December 31). Scope and Usage of Migrant Remittances. Workshop Participant. Washington, DC: Mexican Consulate.

Smith, R. (1997, December 31). Scope and Usage of Migrant Remittances. Washington, DC

Smith, R. (1997, February 28). Race, immigration and Dubois "Public Wage" : Fictive Co-Ethnicity and Immigrant Socio-Economic Mobility. Conference on Transnational Communities and the Political Economy of New York,. New School University, New York

Smith, R. (1997, February 28). Race, Immigration and DuBois’ ‘Public Wage’: Fictive Co-Ethnicity and Immigrant Socio-Economic Mobility. Conference on Transnational Communities and the Political Economy of New York. New York, NY: New School University.

Smith, R. (1997, March 31). Current Prospects and Future Dilemmas of the Inter-American Migration System. Conference on Global Migrants, Global Refugees: Problems and Solutions. New School University, New York

Smith, R. (1997, March 31). Current Prospects and Future Dilemmas of the Inter-American Migration System. Conference on Global Migrants, Global Refugees: Problems and Solutions. New York, NY: New School University.

Smith, R. (1997, April 30). Does it really matter how the demand for labor became embedded in the U.S. economy. Conference on Immigration and the Socio-cultural Remaking of the North American Space. Cambridge, MA: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.

Smith, R. (1997, June 30). Undergraduate Research Experience and Professional Research in the Social Sciences. Keynote speaker, Honors Program Graduation, University of Delaware. Newark, Delaware

Smith, R. (1997, June 30). Undergraduate Research Experience and Professional Research in the Social Sciences (keynote speaker). Honors Program Graduation. University of Delware, Newark, Delware

Smith, R. (1996, August 31). Domestic Politics Abroad Diasporic Politics at Home: Chican-Mexican relations, Neolliberalism and the Prgram for Mexican Communities Abroad. American Political Science Assocation Meeting. San Francisco, CA

Smith, R. (1996, December 31). Domestic Politics Abroad, Diasporic Politics at Home: Chicano-Mexican relations, Neoliberalism, and the Program for Mexican Communities Abroad. American Political Science Association Meeting. San Francisco, CA

Smith, R. (1996, February 28). Incorporating Second Generation Immigrants into New York City: gender, race and labor markets in structuring inequality and upward mobility. American Planning Association Meeting. New York City

Smith, R. (1996, February 28). Incorporating Second Generation Immigrants into New York City: gender, race and labor markets in structuring inequality and upward mobility. American Planning Association Meeting. New York, NY

Smith, R. (1996, August 31). Domestic Politics Abroad, Diasporic Politics at Home: Chicano-Mexican relations, Neoliberalism, and the Program for Mexican Communities Abroad. American Sociological Association Meeting. San Francisco, CA

Smith, R. (1996, April 30). Degrees of membership and citizenship in the Mexican Diaspora. American Ethnological Society Meetings. Puerto Rico

Smith, R. (1996, May 31). Social Ties, and Transnational Migration between the US and Mexico. Current European Research on Mexico and the Caribbena Institute on Latin America Studies. University College, London

Smith, R. (1996, May 31). Social Ties and Transnational Migration between the U.S. and Mexico. Conference on Current European Research on Mexico and the Caribbean. London, ENGLAND: Institute on Latin American Studies, University College.

Smith, R. (1996, April 30). Degrees of memership and citizenship in the Mexican Diaspora. American Ethnological Society Meetings. Puerto Rico

Smith, R. (1995, November 30). Fictive Co-Ethnicity for Mexican employees and their Korean and Greek employers. Social Science History Association. Chicago, IL

Smith, R. (1995, November 30). Fiction Co-Ethnicity for Mexican employees and their Korean and Greek employers. Social Science History Association. Chicago

Smith, R. (1995, October 31). Politcal Contestation and Transnational Community Formation. Latin American Studies Association. Alanta GA

Smith, R. (1995, October 31). Political Contestation and Transnational Community Formation. Latin American Studies Association. Atlanta, GA

Smith, R. (1995, September 30). The Rhetoric and Reality of Migration. Paper presenter and Workshop participant. Pew Trusts Global Migration Seminar. New York, NY: New School University.

Smith, R. (1995, September 30). The Rhetoric and Reality of Migration. Pew trusts Global Migration Seminar. New School University, New York

Smith, R. (1995, August 31). Political Conflict and Transnational Community Formation. American Sociologial Association Meetings. New York City

Smith, R. (1995, November 30). Mapping Migration. Pew Trusts Workshop. New York, NY: New School University.

Smith, R. (1995, November 30). Mapping migration. Pew Trust Workshop. New School University

Smith, R. (1995, August 31). Political Conflict and Transnational Community Formation. American Sociological Association Meetings. New York, NY

Smith, R. (1995, December 31). Transnational Communities and Politics. Institute for Latin American and Iberian Studies. New York, NY: Columbia University.

Smith, R. (1995, December 31). Transnational Communities and Politics. Institute for latin American and Iberian Studies. Columbia University, New York

Other Scholarly Works

Reviews

Smith, R. (2008,January 1). How and Why We Could Do Immigration Well, But Do It Badly. Contemporary Sociology.

Smith, R. (1997,January 1). "Global Diaporas" by Robin Cohen. Political Science Quarterly .

Smith, R. (1997,January 1). "In the Search of Respect: Selling Cracl in El Barrio by Phillippe Bourgois. Theoretical Criminolgy .

Smith, R. (1994,January 1). "Global Production: The Apparel Industry in the Pacific Run by E. Bonocich L. Cheng, N Chincilla, N Hamilton and P Ong. American Journal of Ethnic History.

Smith, R. (1990,January 1). "Law and Market Society in Mexico" by George Armstrong Jr. Columbia Journal of International Affairs .

Research Currently in Progess

Smith, R.(n.d.). Horatio Alger Lives in Brooklyn, But Check His Papers. (book). In Progress.

Smith, R.(n.d.). How Do Legal Status and Local Institutions Affect how the Pandemic Affects Immigrants?. In Progress.

Smith, R., Waisanen, D., & Earner, I.(n.d.). How Has the Pandemic Affected Immigrants? . In Progress.

Smith, R., & yrizar, g.(n.d.). Long Term Effects of Legal Status and Deferred Action Across Legal Status Categories and Institutional Ecosystems (book). . In Progress.

Smith, R.(n.d.). Separate But Equal/Separate and Unequal in Nassau County. In Progress.

Smith, R., & Beveridge, A.(n.d.). This Is Still America! Immigration and Contested Political Incorporation (Book). In Progress.