Virginia Yans-McLaughlin

Virginia Yans-McLaughlin (born 1943[1]) is an American anthropologist and historian specializing in immigration. She is professor emerita at Rutgers University.[2]

Yans-McLaughlin received her master's degree and PhD at University at Buffalo. She was a part of the faculty at Rutgers University from 1978 until 2017.[2] She served as a historical advisor to the Ellis Island Museum.[1]

In 1977, she published Family and Community, Italian Immigrants in Buffalo, 1880-1930.[3][4][5][6] In 1991, she published Immigration Reconsidered: History, Sociology, and Politics.[7][8]

Personal life

Yans-McLaughlin is descended from Italian immigrants, although her parents did not speak Italian at home.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "The Spot Where Dreams Began". The Washington Post. 1990-08-14. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2026-02-07.
  2. ^ a b Motovidlak, Dave. "Yans, Virginia". Department of History | School of Arts and Sciences - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Retrieved 2026-02-07.
  3. ^ Cavaioli, Frank J. (1978-07-01). "Review: Family and Community, Italian Immigrants in Buffalo, 1880-1930 by Virginia Yans-McLaughlin". Explorations in Ethnic Studies. 1 (2): 49–50. doi:10.1525/ees.1978.1.2.49. ISSN 0730-904X.
  4. ^ Swanson, Thor (January 1, 1981). "Virginia Yans-McLaughlin, Family and Community: Italian Immigrants in Buffalo, 1880-1930 (Book Review)". International Journal of Comparative Sociology. 22: 282 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ Nelli, Humbert S.; Yans-McLaughlin, Virginia (September 1979). "Family and Community: Italian Immigrants in Buffalo, 1880-1930". The Journal of American History. 66 (2): 433. doi:10.2307/1900964.
  6. ^ Crosby, Rosalind (1983-10-01). "Review: Family and Community: Italian Immigrants in Buffalo, 1880-1930 , by Virginia Yans-McLaughlin". The Public Historian. 5 (4): 156–157. doi:10.2307/3376906. ISSN 0272-3433.
  7. ^ Sandis, Evae (December 1991). "Book Review: Immigration Reconsidered: History, Sociology, and Politics". International Migration Review. 25 (4): 958–959. doi:10.1177/019791839102500416. ISSN 0197-9183.
  8. ^ Fiederlein, Suzanne L. (March 1992). "Immigration Reconsidered: History, Sociology, and Politics. Edited by Virginia Yans-McLaughlin. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. 342p. $39.95 cloth, $14.95 paper. - Refugees without Refuge: Formation and Failed Implementation of U.S. Political Asylum Policy in the 1980s. By Barbara M. Yarnold. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1990. 270p. $34.50 cloth, $18.75 paper. - Undocumented Migration to the United States: IRCA and the Experience of the 1980s. Edited by Frank D. Bean, Barry Edmonston, and Jeffrey S. Passel. Washington: Urban Institute, 1990. 292p. $38.75 cloth, $21.75 paper". American Political Science Review. 86 (1): 295–297. doi:10.2307/1964121. ISSN 0003-0554.
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