Robert Courtney Smith

Professor

Marxe School of Public and International Affairs

Areas of expertise:

Email Address: robert.smith@baruch.cuny.edu

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Biography
Teaching
Research and Creative Activity
Grants
Honors and Awards
Service

Robert Courtney Smith is Professor in the Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Baruch College, and Sociology Department, Graduate Center, CUNY. He authored Mexican New York: Transnational Worlds of New Immigrants (California, 2006), which won ASA’s 2008 Distinguished Book Award and three section awards (International Migration; Latino/a Sociology; and Urban and Community Sociology), and a CUNY Presidential Award. He has received grants from NSF, SSRC, Spencer and other foundations; and has been both a Russell Sage Foundation Fellow and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow. His most recent publication is “Black Mexicans, Conjunctural Ethnicity and Operating Identities,” American Sociological Review, 2014.

Smith’s public sociology seeks to identify strategic sites of intervention, and use social science research to affect those sites. He chairs MASA (masany.org), a nonprofit promoting educational achievement and civic engagement in the Mexican community in New York. He founded and has been the Lead Faculty for the Baruch College-Mexican Consulate Leadership Program; and is a Board Member of the CUNY Mexican Studies Institute. He served as an expert witness for the Department of Justice in the case of US v. Port Chester, about which he is now writing a book. He also routinely advises community organizations and public and private institutions working with immigrants. He also does expert testimony in deportation and wrongful death cases.

Smith is writing two books. Horatio Alger Lives in Brooklyn, But Check His Papers (California, forthcoming) ethnographically follows the paths of 100 children of Mexican immigrants through adolescence into early adulthood, seeking to explain their differing life outcomes. This long term research demonstrates the disruptive effect of long term legal status on the well-being of these youth compared to their US citizen counterparts. This is Still America! Voting Rights and Immigration. (with Andy Beverage) analyzes the political integration of immigrants into Port Chester New York, including the 2007 Voting Rights Act lawsuit against the town, and the subsequent changes in politics after the voting system was changed.

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, Columbia University

M.A., Political Science, Columbia University

B.A., Economics/Political Science, University of Delaware

Semester	Course Prefix	Course Number	Course Name
Fall 2023	PAF	9490	International Affairs Capstone
Fall 2023	SOC	81200	Sem:Field Techniques in Resrch
Fall 2023	SOC	81200	Sem:Field Techniques in Resrch
Fall 2023	PAF	9490	International Affairs Capstone
Spring 2023	PAF	9430	Diaspora, Migr, & Trnsntl Life
Spring 2023	IMS	79000	Capstone
Spring 2023	IMS	79000	Capstone
Spring 2023	PAF	9430	Diaspora, Migr, & Trnsntl Life
Fall 2022	PAF	9490	International Affairs Capstone
Fall 2022	SOC	89000	Independent Research
Fall 2022	SOC	81200	Sem:Field Techniques in Resrch
Fall 2022	SOC	81200	Sem:Field Techniques in Resrch
Fall 2022	PAF	9490	International Affairs Capstone
Fall 2022	SOC	89000	Independent Research
Spring 2022	PAF	9490	International Affairs Capstone
Spring 2022	PAF	9490	International Affairs Capstone
Fall 2021	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Fall 2021	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Fall 2021	PAF	9430	Diaspora, Migr, & Trnsntl Life
Fall 2021	PAF	9430	Diaspora, Migr, & Trnsntl Life
Spring 2021	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Spring 2021	PAF	9490	International Affairs Capstone
Spring 2021	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Spring 2021	PAF	9490	International Affairs Capstone
Fall 2020	PAF	9490	International Affairs Capstone
Fall 2020	PAF	9490	International Affairs Capstone
Fall 2020	PSC	72510	Governmnt/Pol of New York City
Fall 2020	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Fall 2020	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Fall 2020	PSC	72510	Governmnt/Pol of New York City
Spring 2020	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Spring 2020	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Fall 2019	PAF	9490	International Affairs Capstone
Fall 2019	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Fall 2019	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Fall 2019	PAF	9490	International Affairs Capstone
Spring 2019	PAF	9430	Diaspora, Migr, & Trnsntl Life
Spring 2019	PAF	9999	Ind Study In PAF
Spring 2019	PAF	9430	Diaspora, Migr, & Trnsntl Life
Spring 2019	PAF	9999	Ind Study In PAF
Spring 2019	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Spring 2019	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Spring 2018	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Spring 2018	IDC	3001H	Honors - People of New York
Spring 2018	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Spring 2018	IDC	3001H	Honors - People of New York
Spring 2018	PAF	9190	Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Spring 2018	PAF	9190	Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Fall 2017	SOC	81200	Ethnography & Methods
Fall 2017	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Fall 2017	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Fall 2017	SOC	81200	Ethnography & Methods
Spring 2017	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Spring 2017	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Spring 2016	SOC	89000	Independent Research
Spring 2016	IDC	3001H	Honors - People of New York
Spring 2016	SOC	81200	Urban Ethography
Spring 2016	IDC	3001H	Honors - People of New York
Spring 2016	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Spring 2016	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Spring 2016	SOC	81200	Urban Ethography
Spring 2016	SOC	89000	Independent Research
Fall 2015	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Fall 2015	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Spring 2015	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Spring 2015	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Spring 2015	PAF	9190	Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Spring 2015	PAF	9190	Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Fall 2014	PAF	9190	Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Fall 2014	PAF	3015	Qualitative Studies of Comm
Fall 2014	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Fall 2014	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Fall 2014	PAF	9190	Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Fall 2014	PAF	3015	Qualitative Studies of Comm
Spring 2014	SOC	82800	2nd plus Gen & Am Imm Intgrtn
Spring 2014	SOC	82800	2nd plus Gen & Am Imm Intgrtn
Spring 2014	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Spring 2014	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Spring 2014	PAF	9999	Ind Study In PAF
Spring 2014	PAF	9999	Ind Study In PAF
Fall 2013	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Fall 2013	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Spring 2013	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Spring 2013	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Fall 2012	SOC	81200	Ethnography
Fall 2012	SOC	81200	Ethnography
Fall 2012	PAF	9999	Ind Study In PAF
Fall 2012	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Fall 2012	SOC	90000	Dissertation Supervision
Fall 2012	PAF	9999	Ind Study In PAF
Spring 2012	PAF	9190	Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Spring 2012	PAF	9199	Selected Topics In PAF
Spring 2012	PAF	9199	Selected Topics In PAF
Spring 2012	PAF	9190	Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Fall 2011	PAF	9999	Ind Study In PAF
Fall 2011	PAF	9999	Ind Study In PAF
Spring 2011	PAF	9190	Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Spring 2011	PAF	9190	Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Fall 2010	PAF	9199	Selected Topics In PAF
Fall 2010	PAF	9199	Selected Topics In PAF
Spring 2009	PAF	9190	Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Spring 2009	PAF	9190	Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Fall 2008	PAF	9699	Topics Public Policy
Fall 2008	PAF	9699	Topics Public Policy
Spring 2007	PAF	9190	Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Spring 2007	PAF	9190	Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Spring 2007	PAF	9180	Policy Analysis
Spring 2007	PAF	9180	Policy Analysis
Fall 2006	PAF	9190	Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Fall 2006	PAF	9190	Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Spring 2006	IDC	3001H	Honors - People of New York
Spring 2006	IDC	3001H	Honors - People of New York
Fall 2005	PAF	9999	Ind Study In PAF
Fall 2005	PAF	5000	Independent Study PAF I
Fall 2005	PAF	9190	Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Fall 2005	PAF	9999	Ind Study In PAF
Fall 2005	PAF	5000	Independent Study PAF I
Fall 2005	PAF	9190	Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Spring 2005	PAF	9199	Selected Topics In PAF
Spring 2005	IDC	3001H	Honors - People of New York
Spring 2005	IDC	3001H	Honors - People of New York
Spring 2005	PAF	9199	Selected Topics In PAF
Fall 2004	PUB	1250	Pub Adm In Mod Soc
Fall 2004	PUB	1250	Pub Adm In Mod Soc
Fall 2004	PUB	1250	Pub Adm In Mod Soc
Fall 2004	PUB	1250	Pub Adm In Mod Soc

Books

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.

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).

Journal Articles

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

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). Policy Cracks and Organizational Bridges: Best Practices in Promoting DACA. In Progress.

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

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. (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. (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). "Communities of Interest" and Voting Rights. In Progress.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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). Daily News.

(2019). CUNY Thought Project.

(2019). Greenlight Campaign website.

(2019). Daily News.

(2015). New York Times article.

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

(2015). Al Jazeera.

(2015). New York Times article.

(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. (2021, February 28). . WTGrant 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, February 28). . WTGrant Foundation Mentor-Mentee Conference Workshop. : WTGrant foundation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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