Nancy Foner

Nancy Foner is an American sociologist, currently a Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Hunter College, City University of New York, and also a published author.

Foner is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1] She has also held the professorships of Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at State University of New York and also Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Visiting Professor of Equality and Justice at Baruch College, City University of New York.[2][3] Foner has served as president of the Eastern Sociological Society (2014-15), chair of the International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association, and president of the Society for the Anthropology of Work and the Society for Urban, National, and Transnational/Global Anthropology.[4]

She is the daughter of Moe Foner and Anne Foner. She is the niece of Henry Foner and Lorraine Lieberman.[5]

Publications
  • From Ellis Island to JFK: New York’s Two Great Waves of Immigration (Yale University Press, 2000)
  • In a New Land: A Comparative View of Immigration (New York University Press, 2005)
  • Not Just Black and White: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States (edited with George Fredrickson, 2004)
  • New Immigrants in New York (Columbia University Press, revised edition, 2001)
  • Islands in the City: West Indian Migration to New York (University of California Press, 2001)
  • and Immigration Research for a New Century: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (edited with Ruben Rumbaut and Steven Gold, 2000).
  • Across Generations: Immigrant Families in America (New York University Press, 2009) [6]
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References
  1. "Nancy Foner". cuny.edu. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  2. "Nancy Foner" (PDF). cuny.edu. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  3. "Foner, Nancy". worldcat.org. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  4. "Foner, Nancy". hunter.cuny.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  5. Robers, Sam (19 January 2017). "Henry J. Foner, Labor Leader Accused of Communist Ties, Dies at 97". New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  6. Books authored by Nancy Foner

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