Research Interests:
U. S. Immigration and Ethnic History: immigrants and international labor history; immigrants and urban history; the politics of U. S. immigration and ethnic cultural debates; gender differences and politics in U. S.; the evolution of immiration and ethnic law and judicial decisions; the changing U. S. identity in relation to the nation's immigration and ethnic history
U. S. Politics and Government: Challenges to American Democracy; federalism's changing face in the U. S.; the presidency; presidential war powers. the rhetorical dimension of the modern, media oriented presidency; congressional-presidential relations; the federal judiciary's evolving role; U.S. foreign policy
Specialty Courses Taught in Relation to Research Interests:
An Enlightening Lens: American History through the Prism of the Immigrant Experience; Critical Challenges to American Democracy; America in the World; The American Presidency; Issues in American Foreign Policy; Research Seminar in American Immigration and Ethnic History