Nancy Foner is an American sociologist, a Distinguished Professor of Sociology at

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, and a published author. Foner is also a member of the

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. She has also held the professorships of Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at

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and also Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Visiting Professor of Equality and Justice at

Baruch College Baruch College (officially the Bernard M. Baruch College) is a public college in New York City. It is a constituent college of the City University of New York system. Named for financier and statesman Bernard M. Baruch, the college operates unde ...

. Foner has served as president of the

Eastern Sociological Society Eastern Sociological Society is a non-profit organization with a mission of "promoting excellence in sociological scholarship and instruction". It publishes a peer-reviewed journal (Sociological Forum) and holds a yearly academic conference An ac ...

(2014-15), chair of the International Migration Section of the

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, and president of the Society for the Anthropology of Work and the Society for Urban, National, and Transnational/Global Anthropology. She is the daughter of Moe and Anne Foner, a sociology professor. She is the niece of

Henry Foner Henry Joseph Foner (March 23, 1919 – January 11, 2017) was a 20th-century Jewish-American social activist and president for more than two decades of the Joint Board, Fur, Leather and Machine Workers Union (FLM). He and his three older broth ...

and his wife Lorraine Lieberman, as well as older brothers (and twins) Jack D. and

Philip S. Foner Philip Sheldon Foner (December 14, 1910 – December 13, 1994) was an American labor historian and teacher. Foner was a prolific author and editor of more than 100 books. He is considered a pioneer in his extensive works on the role of radical ...

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 J. Gold, 2000). * Across Generations: Immigrant Families in America (New York University Press, 2009) Books authored by Nancy Foner
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