⭐️ Presented by the Campus Community Book Project

This panel brings together faculty from the Global Migration Center to discuss their research on migration and immigration within and between different disciplines. The panel aims to share research, advance research literacy, and explore scholarly boundaries of expertise as well as areas for cross-pollination. 

Panelists will include:

• Raquel Aldana, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law | Executive Committee Member, Global Migration Center
• Giovanni Peri, C. Bryan Cameron Chair and UC Davis Distinguished Professor, Economics | Director, Global Migration Center
• Erin Hamilton, Professor, Sociology | Executive Committee Member, Global Migration Center
• Robert Irwin, Professor, Spanish | Deputy Director, Global Migration Center
• Kevin Johnson, Mabie-Apallas Distinguished Professor of Law, Director, School of Law Aoki Center on Critical Race and Nation Studies, and Professor, Chicana/o Studies | Faculty Affiliate, Global Migration Center
• Brad Jones, Professor, Political Science | Executive Committee Member, Global Migration Center
• Megan Macklin (moderator), Director of Campus Climate and Inclusion Initiatives, Office of Campus and Community Relations

In 2025-2026, the UC Davis Campus Community Book Project will focus on the theme of belonging and will feature Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora. Solito narrates the author’s 3,000-mile journey at the age of nine from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border to reunite with his parents. What was anticipated to take two weeks expands into two life-altering months alongside fellow migrants who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family.