Social Science Research Council

Program Director

dewind@ssrc.org
Office Phone: Ext. 603

Josh DeWind has directed the Migration Program of the Social Science Research Council since 1994. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Anthropology of Columbia University in 1977 and from 1989 to 2002 was a Professor of Anthropology at Hunter College, City University of New York, where he initiated the college's Program on Human Rights and directed its Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program. He has published numerous books, reports, and articles related to migration including The Handbook of International Migration: The American Experience, edited with Charles Hirschman and Philip Kasinitz (Russell Sage Foundation, 1999 ); Aiding Migration: The Impact of International Development Assistance on Haiti, with David Kinley (Westview Press, 1988); and Peasants Become Miners: The Evolution of Industrial Mining Systems in Peru, 1904-1972 (Garland Press, 1988). He was a founding member of the Center for Immigrants Rights, National Coalition for Haitian Rights, and National Immigration Forum.