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<DIV dir=ltr>PRE-REGISTRATION ANNOUNCEMENT<BR><BR>THE ETHICS AND POLITICS OF RESEARCH WITH IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS<BR><BR>UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESIDENT'S INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE 2010<BR><BR>Friday and Saturday, June 4-5, 2010<BR>Publishing Workshop Saturday, June 5<BR><BR>Hubert H. Humphrey Center<BR>University of Minnesota, Twin Cities<BR><BR>What are the epistemological and ethical considerations in research with immigrant populations? Join university and community colleagues and students from a variety of disciplines and interests to discuss these issues.<BR><BR>PRE-REGISTRATION IS OPEN UNTIL APRIL 5, 2010<BR>Pre-registration for students is $25 and $50 for non-students<BR>Pre-registration forms are available at <A href="http://www.cehd.umn.edu/Immigrant-Research">www.cehd.umn.edu/Immigrant-Research</A><BR><BR>Space is limited. We strongly encourage early registration.<BR><BR>After April 5 or onsite registration is $50 for students and $75 for non-students.<BR>For more information, please contact Sarah Hansen, conference assistant, <A href="mailto:hanse230@umn.edu">hanse230@umn.edu</A><BR><BR>CONFERENCE CHAIRS<BR>Bic Ngo, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Minnesota<BR><BR>Martha Bigelow, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Minnesota<BR><BR>Stacey J. Lee, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison<BR><BR>PLENARISTS<BR>Dina Birman, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois-Chicago, PI, School-based Mental Health interventions for refugees (National Institute for Mental Health)<BR><BR>Jorge A. Bustamante, Professor of Sociology, University of Notre Dame, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants<BR><BR>Nancy H. Hornberger, Professor of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Editor of Anthropology and Education Quarterly<BR><BR>Awad Ibrahim, Professor of Education, University of Ottawa, Canada, Co-editor of Global Linguistic Flows: Hip-Hop Cultures, Youth Identities and the Politics of Language (2009)<BR><BR>Kevin Kumashiro, Professor of Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois-Chicago, Author of Against Common Sense: Teaching and Learning Toward Social Justice, revised edition (2009)<BR><BR>**THIS EVENT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH TO SATISFY THE AWARENESS/DISCUSSION COMPONENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA’S RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH (RCR) CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENT.<BR><BR><BR>For more information about the conference please visit: <A href="http://www.cehd.umn.edu/Immigrant-Research">www.cehd.umn.edu/Immigrant-Research</A><BR><BR>Primary Sponsor: President’s Interdisciplinary Conference Initiative<BR><BR>Co-sponsors at the University of Minnesota: College of Education and Human Development; Asian American Studies Program; Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition; Center for Urban and Regional Affairs; Center for Writing; Children, Youth and Family Consortium; China Center; Department of Anthropology; Department of French & Italian; Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies; Department of German, Scandinavian & Dutch; Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies; Immigration History Research Center; Institute for Advanced Study; Program in Linguistics; Program in Second Language Studies (CLA); The Office for Public Engagement<BR>Plus: Minnesota Department of Education, Refugee School Impact Grant<BR><BR></DIV></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>