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Peggy Levitt, Wellesley College, can speak with authority on transnationalism, migration, religion, sociology of culture, race and ethnicity and Latin American Studies. In addition to her associate professorship at Wellesley, Peggy Levitt is a Research Fellow at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University. She is currently writing a book on the nexus between transnational migration and religion in five immigrant communities in Boston. She is co-director, with Sanjeev Khagram, of the Emerging Transnational Dynamics Initiative which explores, from a variety of theoretical and methodological, perspectives, the forms and consequences of different kinds of transnationalism, how these relate to one another, and how they define and redefine social relations and institutions. She is co-principal investigator, with Sally Merry, on a study of how global discourses about women's rights get adapted to local contexts. Finally, she is a steering committee member of the Social Science Research Council Working Group on Globalization and Religion.
Research and Publications: "Conceptualizing Simultaneity: A Transnational Social Field Perspective on Society" International Migration Review (with Nina Glick Schiller), 2004 "Salsa and Ketchup: Transnational Migrants Keep Feet in Two Worlds" Contexts Vol 3(2) Spring 2004:20-26. "Redefining the Boundaries of Belonging: The Institutional Character of Transnational Religious Life." Sociology of Religion: Spring 2004 Vol 35 (1): 174-196. "You know, Abraham was Really the First Immigrant:Religion and Transnational Migration" International Migration Review The Transnational Villagers University of California Press, 2001. Awarded Honorable Mention from the International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association and Honorable Mention for the Best Book Award, New England Council on Latin American Studies. "The Changing Face of Home: The Transnational Lives of the Second Generation," 2002. Co-edited with Mary Waters.
PR Contact: Arlie Corday, Director of Communications and Media Relations,
acorday@wellesley.edu, 781-283-3321
Mr. Richard Grant is a historian of religion in Los Angeles specializing in spirituality, faith and religious institutions in and around southern California. He has conducted extensive research in all areas of religion, worship and spiritual beliefs and is currently compiling a guidebook of religious resources specializing in places to worship and what religious institutions provide in the Los Angeles area. He can provide a perspective on contemporary issues such as abortion, religious freedom, comparative religion and war. Rick Grant serves as a religious expert and consultant of religious statistics and the history of religion as well as many well-known pastors, rabbis, priests and other spiritual leaders and institutions in the local and regional area. He has also published papers and commentaries with an eclectic approach to religion and religious resources.
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ahuff@ahuffgroup.com, 310-641-2525
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