Richard Alba
Distinguished Professor, Ph.D.
Program in Sociology
Richard Alba, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, has
published a series of books and articles that have had
a profound influence on theoretical and empirical work
in modern sociology. His areas of specialization are
the sociology and demography of migration, race and ethnicity,
and urban sociology. His research has an increasingly
international focus. A current book project (with CUNY
colleague Nancy Foner) involves a comparative investigation
of the incorporation of immigrants and their children
in North America and western Europe. Alba is considered
one of the top demographers in the nation, as well as
a theorist and conceptual innovator who has made major
contributions to the understanding of ethnicity, assimilation,
and segregation. He comes to the Graduate Center from
SUNY at Albany, where he served as Director of the Center
for Social and Demographic Analysis, and as Director
of the Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and
Regional Research. He holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University.
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