The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program cordially invites the campus community to a lecture with Dr. Sofya Aptekar, Associate Professor of Urban Studies at the City University of New York School of Labor and Urban Studies.
The Talk is Entitled “Green Card Soldier: Between Model Immigrant and Security Threat”.
Dr. Aptekar will discuss how Immigrants have worked for the US military since its beginnings, regardless of US citizenship status. Today, the US military actively recruit immigrants, even as its disruption of communities across the world pushes people to migrate. Drawing on an interview-based study of non-citizens who enlisted in the US military, Aptekar analyzes the complex reasons that immigrants enlist and how citizenship status or its lack shapes their time in the military and after they separate. She addresses the role of transnational militarism, warrior masculinities, and racialization.
Bio: Sofya Aptekar holds a PhD in Sociology from Princeton University. She is Associate Professor of Urban Studies at the City University of New York School of Labor and Urban Studies. She is the author ofThe Road to Citizenship: What Naturalization Means for Immigrants and the United States.
The talk will take place on Wednesday, April 10th, at 8:00 AM on Friends 203.
If you have any questions, or require accommodations, please contact Professor Pamela Sertzen at psertzen@ithaca.edu.
