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Douglas Steven Massey (born October 5, 1952) is an American sociologist. Massey is currently a professor of sociology at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at
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and is an adjunct professor of sociology at the
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. Massey specializes in the sociology of immigration, and has written on the effect of residential segregation on the black underclass in the United States. He has been president of the Population Association of America, the
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and the American Academy of Political and Social Science. He is a co-editor of the '' Annual Review of Sociology''.


Academia

Massey received his
Bachelor of Arts A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...
in Sociology, Psychology, and Spanish, from
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in 1974. In 1977 he received a
Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Those admitted to the degree have ...
in Sociology from
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, and a PhD in 1978. He was a
Guggenheim fellow Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon individuals who have demonstrated d ...
in 1990–1991. Douglas S. Massey is the founder and co-director of the Latin American Migration Project, and the Mexican Migration Project with his long-time collaborator Jorge G. Durand. He is board member of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence (''Institut für interdisziplinäre Konflikt und Gewaltforschung'') at
Bielefeld University Bielefeld University () is a public university in Bielefeld, Germany. Founded in 1969, it is one of the country's newer universities, and considers itself a "reform" university, following a different style of organization and teaching than the e ...
, a past editor of the '' International Journal of Conflict and Violence'' and a co-editor of the '' Annual Review of Sociology''. Massey was president of the Population Association of America in 1996. He served as the 92nd president of the
American Sociological Association The American Sociological Association (ASA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of sociology. Founded in December 1905 as the American Sociological Society at Johns Hopkins University by a group of fi ...
, 2000–2001, From 2006 to 2015, he was the president of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. In 2008, he received a special recognition from the World Cultural Council. Massey's research areas include:
demography Demography () is the statistical study of human populations: their size, composition (e.g., ethnic group, age), and how they change through the interplay of fertility (births), mortality (deaths), and migration. Demographic analysis examine ...
, urban sociology, race and ethnicity,
international migration International migration occurs when people cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum length of the time. Migration occurs for many reasons. Many people leave their home countries in order to look for economic opportunities ...
, and
Latin America Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese. Latin America is defined according to cultural identity, not geogr ...
n society, particularly
Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
.


Book titles

* 2007: ''Categorically Unequal: The American Stratification System'' ** Russell Sage; 340 pp.  * 2007: ''New Faces in New Places: The New Geography of American Immigration'' (editor) ** Russell Sage; 370 pp.  * 2005: ''Return of the "L" Word: A Liberal Vision for the New Century'' ** Princeton; 232 pp.  * 2005: ''Strangers in a Strange Land: Humans in an Urbanizing World'' ** W.W. Norton; 352 pp. * 2004: ''Crossing the border: Research from the Mexican Migration Project'' (co-edited with Jorge Durand) ** Russell Sage; 345 pp.  * 2001: ''The Source of the River: The Origins, Aspirations, and Values of Freshmen at America's Elite Colleges and Universities'' (with Camille Charles, Garvey Lundy, and Mary J. Fischer) ** Princeton; 304 pp.  * 2001: ''Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: U.S. Immigration Policy in the Age of Globalization'' (with Jorge Durand and Nolan Malone) ** Russell Sage; 216 pp.  * 2001: ''Problem of the Century: Racial Stratification in the United States at Century's End'' (co-edited with Elijah Anderson) ** Russell Sage; 470 pp.  * 1998: ''Worlds in Motion: International Migration at the End of the Millennium'' (with Joaquín Arango, Graeme Hugo, Ali Kouaouci, Adela Pellegrino, and J. Edward Taylor) ** Oxford; 362 pp. * 1993: ''American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass'' (with Nancy A. Denton) ** Harvard; 304 pp.  * 1987: ''Return to Aztlan: The Social Process of International Migration from Western Mexico'' (with Rafael Alarcón, Jorge Durand, Humberto González) ** University of California; 354 pp.


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External links


Princeton University, Sociology DepartmentMexican Migration ProjectLatin American Migration ProjectVideo (and audio) of discussion/interview with Douglas Massey
by Will Wilkinson on Bloggingheads.tv {{DEFAULTSORT:Massey, Douglas American sociologists Princeton University faculty 1952 births Living people Presidents of the American Sociological Association Western Washington University alumni Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Princeton University alumni Fellows of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Annual Reviews (publisher) editors