Dr. Joanna Dreby, “How Communities Matter for Surviving the I.C.E. Age”

In November 2025, the department welcomed Dr. Joanna Dreby, Professor of Sociology at the University at Albany, SUNY, to give a talk on her newly-published book, Surviving the I.C.E. Age: Children of Immigrants in New York. Dr. Dreby’s research explores family dynamics under conditions of increased globalization, with specific expertise on international migration, gender, and children. In the book, Dr. Dreby draws on interviews with young adults with foreign born parents to better understand what it was like to grow up during a time of heightened U.S. migratory control.