Study Immigration and Human Rights

The Border Studies Program is based in the southern Arizona Borderlands. The fall semester program focuses on globalization, migration, and human rights as it relates to the broader border context. The spring semester program focuses on the routes and roots of migration. Tucson, Arizona is a perfect location for these programs as immigration issues are at the forefront in this region.

Students on both semester programs study the complexities of immigration and immigration policy, as well as engage with issues relating to human rights, the environment, labor practices, economics, public health, and education. The southern Arizona borderlands provides a rich learning environment for students to engage with these issues. Visits to central Mexico and sites along the border enhance students academic and experiential experience and provide students with a more holistic understanding of the borderlands. The unique combination of coursework and field study as well as a travel seminar in the spring semester enhances understanding and analysis of migration, the global economy, transnational communities, international boundaries.

• Oberlin students from the BSP fall 2008 semester publish "Remembering the U.S.-Mexico Border." Download the Zine here.
  

• Congratulations to Eva Jimenez, an Earlham College senior and 2006 BSP alum, who was awarded a prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for 2009-2010 to research immigration in Peru, Ecuador and Spain! Read more about the Watson Fellowship and Eva's project.

• APPLY NOW!!!! Applications are still being accepted for spring 2010!

• Read the participants' updates from Mexico and travel the migrant trail along with the group.
  

• Attention BSP Alums: We want to hear from you! Take a few moments to fill out the alumni survey.

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