Good day,
Where can I go to get a phd in immigration studies or something reasonably close to that? I am interested in any programs in the US, Canada or Britain, but I am having a difficult time finding universities that approach immigration evenly loosely, eg as an offshoot of sociology. So far I have found a program at York University that looks good.
Thanks!
I think you need to identify key researchers in this area and go to where they are (after verifying that they’re likely to stay). You very likely will want to gravitate toward a school of public policy, although I’m sure many sociologists and economists and political scientists deal with the subject. I would search literature in databases such as PAIS to determine who’s doing research in your specific areas of interest.
It appears that there are interdisciplinary programs relating to immigration at some universities, but you may not be able to get a PhD in “immigration studies,” per se. An example is at UC, San Diego and Arizona State has a “graduate certificate” in immigration studies. These may not offer a PhD, but it indicates interest in the subject there by researchers.