Department of Sociology
College of Liberal Arts
Texas A&M University
(2020 Fall) SOCI 647 – Migration
– Course information
Canvas website:
https://canvas.tamu.edu/courses/32368
I will utilize Canvas to communicate with students, receive assignments, provide discussions about course content, post grades, and provide other resources.
Zoom link for synchronous class sessions:
https://tamu.zoom.us/j/98573580208?pwd=cWU0dmViOVNBU1JyazJOOXZoWERKdz09
Meeting ID: 985 7358 0208
Passcode: SOCI647
You will need your TAMU NetID and password to join the Zoom session. This document has instructions to install Zoom in your computer.
Recorded lectures:
http://www.youtube.com/c/ErnestoAmaralPhD
Face-to-face lectures will be recorded and uploaded to the YouTube channel after the end of each class session.
Face-to-face location: Eller Oceanography & Meteorology Building (OMB) 103, campus map
Face-to-face times: Tuesday, 9:45am–12:45pm
– Instructor information
Ernesto F. L. Amaral
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Office hours: https://tamu.zoom.us/my/amaral
I will provide office hours by appointment. Students must request appointments by email at least 72 hours in advance. When you enter this Zoom session, you will be placed in a waiting room. I will add you to the chat after I finish talking to the previous student.
Phone: (979)845–9706
Email: amaral@tamu.edu
– Personal illness and quarantine: Complete this Absence Form
Students experiencing personal injury or Illness that is too severe for the student to attend class qualify for an excused absence. For Fall 2020, students may use the Explanatory Statement for Absence from Class form in lieu of a medical confirmation. Students must submit the Explanatory Statement for Absence from Class within two business days after the last date of absence.
– Class presentations: Complete this Google Form
Throughout the semester, students should select two articles, within the extra readings, to present in class after the regular lecture. Each student will present only twice in the semester. However, some students may select the same topic as another student. As a result, please indicate your preferred topics in numeric order from first choice to last (13th choice) in the Google Form. Due to the number of students enrolled in the class, we will have two students presenting per week.
Based on student preferences, this Google Sheet (accessible only to students registered in this course) has the schedule of class presentations for this semester.
– Lectures and readings
Week 01 – August 25, 2020
Introduction
Lecture
Readings
Demographer William Frey Unpacks Why Fewer Americans Are Moving
Article at the Brookings Institution
For the first time on record, fewer than 10% of Americans moved in a year
Interview to NPR
Week 02 – September 01, 2020
Theories of migration
Lecture
Readings
Week 03 – September 08, 2020
Theories of international migration
Lecture
Readings
Week 04 – September 15, 2020
Immigration policies
Lecture
Readings
Week 05 – September 22, 2020
Migration measurement
Lecture
Readings
Person-years, rates, probabilities
Lexis diagram and other packages in R
Week 06 – September 29, 2020
Modeling migration
Lecture
Readings
GeoDa: An introduction to spatial data analysis
Site
TableCurve 2D: Automated curve fitting analysis
Site
Examples of modeling migration rates
TableCurve2D by Prof. James Raymer
SPSS
Excel
Application developed by Dr. Reinaldo dos Santos to model migration rates
Site
Excel
Week 07 – October 06, 2020
Migration and labor markets
Lecture
Readings
Prof. Mushfiq Mobarak: Does Immigration Create Jobs?
2019 Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Esther Duflo: 'You have no reason to fear low-skilled migration'
Week 08 – October 13, 2020
Immigrant integration
Lecture
Readings
Week 09 – October 20, 2020
Migration, segregation, and race
Lecture
Readings
Week 10 – October 27, 2020
Migration and gender
Lecture
Readings
Week 11 – November 03, 2020
Migration and health
Lecture
Readings
Week 12 – November 10, 2020
Migration and the environment
Lecture
Readings
Week 13 – November 17, 2020
Attitudes toward immigrants
Lecture
Readings
Week 14 – November 24, 2020
Forced migration and refugees
Lecture
Readings
– Videos
Joel Cohen: An Introduction to Demography (Malthus Miffed: Are People the Problem?)
Don't Panic: Hans Rosling Showing The Facts About Population
The Population Bomb? – by Retro Report – The New York Times
Break It Down – The Pop Song – Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Population Age Structure – Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
7 Billion and Counting – Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Human Population Through Time – American Museum of Natural History
Demographic Transition Model Song – D Sims
– COVID-19 Pandemic
Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)
Our World in Data
Site
Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases
Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE)
Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
Site
COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic
Worldometer
Site
Coronavirus Map: Tracking the Global Outbreak
The New York Times
Site
COVID Community Vulnerability Map
Jvion – Prescriptive Analytics for Preventable Harm
Site
Resources about demography and COVID-19
Population Europe
Site
Sex, gender and COVID-19
Global Health 5050
Site
– U.S. Census Bureau
Census Bureau
Official website
Site
Explore U.S. Census Bureau Data
Data.census.gov
What is data.census.gov?
Explanation about transition from American FactFinder
Site
American Community Survey (ACS)
Official website
Site
American Community Survey (ACS)
Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)
Site
Current Population Survey (CPS)
Site
Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
Site
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Program
Site
Migration/Geographic Mobility
Site
County-to-County Migration Flows
Site
Census Flows Mapper
Site
TIGER/Line Shapefiles
Site
Demographic Analysis and Population Projection System (DAPPS)
Site
Quick Facts about the United States
Site
– Demographic resources
The DHS Program
Demographic and Health Surveys
Site
Family Inequality
Demographic facts your students should know cold in 2018
Site
Population: A lively introduction
Joseph A. McFalls – Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Site
Population Pyramids
Site
Population
Science special issue
Site
Material
Population Connection
America's Voice for Population Stabilization
Site
Rob J. Hyndman – Monash University, Australia
Demography: Forecasting mortality, fertility, migration and population data
R package
Site
Coherent population forecasting using R
Site
Applied Demography Toolbox
Department of Demography
University of California Berkeley
Site
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Minnesota Population Center (MPC)
University of Minnesota
Site
United Nations Manuals
Techniques for Demographic Estimation
Material
Population Division
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
United Nations
Site
Population.io
The World Population Project
Site
The Pudding - Human Terrain
World's Population in 3D
Data from the Global Human Settlement Layer
Site
Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Site
Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Data
Site
Population and Poverty Research Network (PopPov)
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Site
European Social Survey (ESS)
Site
Eurostat - Your Key to European Statistics
Site
– Mortality data sources
The Human Mortality Database
Site
Latin American Human Mortality Database
Site
– Fertility data sources
The Human Fertility Database
Site
Human Fertility Collection
Site
European Fertility Project
Office of Population Research (OPR)
Princeton University
Site
– Migration data sources
World Migration Map
Site
Foreign-Born Population: A Nation of Overlapping Diasporas
Digital Scholarship Lab
University of Richmond
Site
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
Site
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
Tool to generate graphs of countries of birth for U.S. immigrants, 1960-Present
Site
Mexican Migration Project (MPP)
Princeton University & University of Guadalajara
Site
Mexican Family Life Survey (MxFLS)
Iberoamerican University (UIA)
Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE)
Duke University
Site
The New Immigrant Survey
Princeton University
Site
Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX)
Site
– Resources about refugees
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Site
Syria Regional Refugee Response
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Site
Syrian Refugees - A Snapshot of the Crisis
Site
Asylum Quarterly Report
Eurostat Statistics Explained
Site
REACH - Informing more Effective Humanitarian Action
Site
– Other microdata and surveys
Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
Site
Health and Retirement Study (HRS)
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
Site
American Life Panel
RAND Corporation
Site
World Values Survey
Site
Latinobarómetro: Opinion Pública Lationamericana
Site
Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP)
Site
Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES)
Site
– Aggregated-level data
Gapminder: Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact-based worldview
Site
Videos
World Bank Data
Site
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Data
Site
World Wealth & Income Database
Site
Opportunity Insights
Site
National Vital Statistics System
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Site
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Data Visualizations
Site
Pew Research Center Data
Site
Global Attitudes & Trends
Pew Research Center
Site
OXFAM - The Power of People Against Poverty
Site
Doctors without Borders
Site
Brookings Institute
Site
– Academic associations
American Sociological Association (ASA)
Site
Population Association of America (PAA)
Site
American Political Science Association (APSA)
Site
American Marketing Association
Site
American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)
Site
– Sources for literature review
Web of Science
Scientific citation indexing service
Site
JSTOR (Journal Storage)
Digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources
Site
American Journal of Sociology
Site
American Sociological Review
Site
Annual Review of Sociology
Site
Science Direct
Source for scientific, technical, and medical research
Site
PubMed
Citations for biomedical literature, life science journals, and online books
Site
– Resources to write about numbers
Purdue Online Writing Lab
Manuscript formatting (American Sociological Association – ASA style)
Site
Purdue Online Writing Lab
Writing with statistics
Site
Examples of tables and figures
PDF file
– Public-opinion polls
RealClearPolitics
Political news and polling data aggregator
Site
FiveThirtyEight
Statistical analysis about elections, politics, sports, science, economics and culture
Site
– Resources for migration syllabus
Migration and Citizenship Syllabus Bank
American Political Science Association
Site
Immigration Syllabus
Created by immigration historians affiliated with the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota and the Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Site
Syllabus in pdf
