As a part of its Immigrant Stories initiative, the Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) has released new interview summaries with George Mason University faculty from Greece, Nigeria, Syria, and Taiwan.
Dr. Omoche Cheche Agada is an Assistant Professor of Information Sciences and Technology in the College of Engineering and Computing at George Mason University. Dr. Agada was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. Read more about Dr. Agada's immigration story here.
Dr. Antonios Anastasopoulos is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at George Mason University. He was born and raised in Greece, where he moved between Athens and a small local village where his family lived. Read more about Dr. Anastasopoulos' story here.
May Abou Ghazaleh was born and raised in Syria before moving to the United States. She is now an adjunct faculty member in the finance sector of the School of Business at George Mason University. Read more about May Abou Ghazaleh's immigration story here.
Dr. Huwy-min Liu was born and raised in Taiwan, where she completed her primary and secondary education. She is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at George Mason University. Read more about Dr. Liu's immigrant story here.
There are approximately 1,425,110 foreign-born individuals living in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Of the foreign-born population in the metropolitan area, approximately 27,570 are from Nigeria, 12,000 are from Taiwan, 3,320 are from Greece, and 2,430 are from Syria. Immigrant Stories are paired with IIR Immigration Data on Demand (iDod) fact sheets on each immigrant group. Read more about the foreign born from Nigeria and Taiwan in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and from Greece and Syria in the United States on our website.
August 07, 2023