Join us for The Africa Institute Seminar Series on Thursday, March 13, 2025 (12:30 PM – 2:30 PM), featuring Professor Onoso Imoagene, Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi and Global Network Associate Professor of Sociology, New York University.
In her talk, Structured Luck – Downstream Effects of the U.S. Diversity Visa Program, Professor Imoagene will examine the social and political impact of the U.S. Diversity Visa Program, particularly on West African immigrants. The session will be moderated by Professor Zaynab El Bernoussi, Associate Professor of Political Science at The Africa Institute – Auditorium (location map). Free admission. Register to attend.
How do immigration policies from economically advantaged countries affect people in less advantaged countries especially, in the global South and the immigrants who come in with these policies? This talk takes us on a transnational journey to explore the societal, personal, and political implications of the U.S. Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, a policy that is an annual economic and cultural event in many economically disadvantaged countries around the world. It illuminates the trauma, resilience, determination, and mobility of immigrants who come to the United States through the DV program and closes with a call for the United States and other economically advantaged countries to develop policies that will better integrate their immigrants into society.
Onoso Imoagene is an Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi and Global Network Associate Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Science – Sociology, NYU. She graduated with a first-class honors (summa cum laude) Bachelors of Science degree in Sociology from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She obtained a Master’s degree in Modern Society and Global Transformations from University of Cambridge, England, and a PhD in Sociology from Harvard University. Her main research areas are international migration and race and ethnicity, with a special focus on first- and second-generation African immigrants in several national diasporas including Britain, the United States, and China.
Her first book, Beyond Expectations: Second Generation Nigerians in the United States and Britain is the first book-length comparative study on the adult African second generation in Britain and the United States. It was published by the University of California Press in 20217. Her second book, Structured Luck: Downstream Effects of the U.S. Diversity Visa Program, on the intended and unintended consequences of the US Diversity Visa Program on West African Immigrants and African communities was published by Russell Sage Foundation in 2024. She is currently working on two projects: a survey of second-generation Africans in the United States with a comparison group of White and Black Americans, and the Africa/China Migration Project, a qualitative study of Africans in China and Chinese migrants in several African countries.
Zaynab El Bernoussi, Associate Professor of Political Science at The Africa Institute, , Global Studies University, Sharjah. She is a distinguished scholar specializing in dignity politics, international relations, and the international political economy. Read more.
Through these lectures and workshops, The Africa Institute reaffirms its mission as a center for the study and research of Africa and its diaspora and its commitment to the training of a new generation of critical thinkers in African and African Diaspora studies.
The seminar will be in English.
The session is free and open to the public.
Join us for The Africa Institute Seminar Series on Thursday, March 13, 2025 (12:30 PM – 2:30 PM), featuring Professor Onoso Imoagene, Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi and Global Network Associate Professor of Sociology, New York University.
Join us for The Africa Institute Seminar Series on Thursday, March 13, 2025 (12:30 PM – 2:30 PM), featuring Professor Onoso Imoagene, Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi and Global Network Associate Professor of Sociology, New York University.
In her talk, Structured Luck – Downstream Effects of the U.S. Diversity Visa Program, Professor Imoagene will examine the social and political impact of the U.S. Diversity Visa Program, particularly on West African immigrants. The session will be moderated by Professor Zaynab El Bernoussi, Associate Professor of Political Science at The Africa Institute – Auditorium (location map). Free admission. Register to attend.
How do immigration policies from economically advantaged countries affect people in less advantaged countries especially, in the global South and the immigrants who come in with these policies? This talk takes us on a transnational journey to explore the societal, personal, and political implications of the U.S. Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, a policy that is an annual economic and cultural event in many economically disadvantaged countries around the world. It illuminates the trauma, resilience, determination, and mobility of immigrants who come to the United States through the DV program and closes with a call for the United States and other economically advantaged countries to develop policies that will better integrate their immigrants into society.
Onoso Imoagene is an Associate Professor of Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi and Global Network Associate Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Science – Sociology, NYU. She graduated with a first-class honors (summa cum laude) Bachelors of Science degree in Sociology from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She obtained a Master’s degree in Modern Society and Global Transformations from University of Cambridge, England, and a PhD in Sociology from Harvard University. Her main research areas are international migration and race and ethnicity, with a special focus on first- and second-generation African immigrants in several national diasporas including Britain, the United States, and China.
Her first book, Beyond Expectations: Second Generation Nigerians in the United States and Britain is the first book-length comparative study on the adult African second generation in Britain and the United States. It was published by the University of California Press in 20217. Her second book, Structured Luck: Downstream Effects of the U.S. Diversity Visa Program, on the intended and unintended consequences of the US Diversity Visa Program on West African Immigrants and African communities was published by Russell Sage Foundation in 2024. She is currently working on two projects: a survey of second-generation Africans in the United States with a comparison group of White and Black Americans, and the Africa/China Migration Project, a qualitative study of Africans in China and Chinese migrants in several African countries.
Zaynab El Bernoussi, Associate Professor of Political Science at The Africa Institute, , Global Studies University, Sharjah. She is a distinguished scholar specializing in dignity politics, international relations, and the international political economy. Read more.
Through these lectures and workshops, The Africa Institute reaffirms its mission as a center for the study and research of Africa and its diaspora and its commitment to the training of a new generation of critical thinkers in African and African Diaspora studies.
The seminar will be in English.
The session is free and open to the public.
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