LeShelle May, Professor Aldana to Discuss Immigration in Online UC Davis Event

In Wednesday, Sept. 14, LeShelle May will facilitate the online conversation “Immigration and Refugees: A Closer Look” with Professor Raquel Aldana. They will explore forced migration, the complexities of immigration and immigration law as human rights. Aldana also will discuss refugees, most recently Ukrainians, the global response and U.S. policy.

The event, part of the UC Davis Women & Philanthropy Speaker Series, starts at noon. Register here.

Raquel E. Aldana joined UC Davis in 2017 to serve as the inaugural Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Diversity with a law faculty appointment. She returned to full time law teaching in 2020. Aldana’s research has focused on transitional justice, criminal justice reforms and sustainable development in Latin America, as well as immigrant rights. Before UC Davis, Aldana was a professor of law at McGeorge School of Law, and the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She served as associate dean for faculty scholarship at McGeorge from 2013-17. She is a graduate of Arizona State University and Harvard Law School.