America and Issues Related to Race, Class, and Ethnicity is Subject of MCCC Lecture April 9

WEST WINDSOR – Dr. Douglas S. Massey, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University, will give a lecture at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) on the two major trends that have radically transformed the demographic structure of the United States: the resurgence of economic inequality, and the advent of mass immigration from Latin America.

“America’s Changing Demography With Respect to Race, Class, and Ethnicity” will be the subject of Massey’s lecture at noon on Thursday, April 9 in the Communications Building, Room 109. His talk is part of the college’s Spring Distinguished Lecture Series held at the West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road, and is free and open to the public.

In his lecture, Massey will discuss trends that have evolved from U.S. policy decisions that have created a new demographic reality for the nation.

Massey received his Ph.D. in Sociology at Princeton University in 1978, and did post-doctoral work in demography at Princeton and the University of California-Berkeley. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.

Massey is a former president of the Population Association of America and the American Sociological Association, and is currently president of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences. He is the author of many books, including American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass, which won the Distinguished Publication Award of the American Sociological Association, and Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an Age of Economic Integration, which won the 2004 Otis Dudley Duncan Award for the best book in social demography.

For more information on MCCC’s Distinguished Lecture Series, call (609) 570-3324 or visit www.mccc.edu/events.