Wayne Cornelius (Director; Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Gildred Professor of U.S.-Mexican Relations, UCSD)

Research projects: Impacts of immigration control policies on Mexican migration to the U.S. and Latin American/North African migration to Spain; political incorporation of Mexican immigrants in the United States and Mexico

David Fitzgerald (Field Research Director and Assistant Professor of Sociology)

Research project: "Race, Immigration, and Citizenship in the Americas"

Scott Borger, Ph.D. candidate in Economics, Graduate Research Assistant

David Keyes

David Keyes is a graduate student researcher at CCIS and a Ph.D. student in the department of anthropology. In addition to working on the Mexican Migration Field Research Project, his own research focuses on Mexican immigrants in Ohio as an example of the larger demographic of migrant settlement in so-called "new destinations."

Ana Minvielle (Management Services Officer)

Provides administrative support for the Director, administers Visiting
Research Fellows and Guest Scholars program, coordinates logistics for conferences, seminars, and the Mexican Migration Field Research Program. Responsible for fiscal accounting and grants management, including salary administration for staff, Visiting Fellows, Guest Scholars, and Graduate Student Researchers.

Jonathan A. Hicken (Undergraduate Staff Assistant)

Provides administrative support for the CCIS community

Leah Muse-Orlinoff is a graduate student in the Sociology PhD program at the University of California - San Diego. She is also a Senior Graduate Student Researcher at the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies where she helps direct the Mexican Migration Field Research and Training Program. Muse-Orlinoff has received funding from the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC-MEXUS), UCSD's Dean of Social Sciences, and the Department of Sociology at UCSD to conduct research on binational migrant networks in the United States and Spain, and is currently co-authoring three chapters in a book comparing the outcomes of immigration policy, labor markets, and social networks in the Spanish and US migration contexts. She participated in the Harvard-Manchester Summer School on Immigration and Social Change in Manchester, England in 2008, and has presented at conferences in Spain, Canada, and the United States. Muse-Orlinoff holds a B.A. in International Relations from the American University in Washington, DC.

Jeffrey Ramon Fritsch (IT Manager)

Provides cunsulting and computer technical support to all CCIS staff, Guest Scholars, and fellows.

Sandra del Castillo (Principal Editor)

Manages the Center's publications program