ABSTRACT
Frank D. Bean is a professor in the Department of Sociology and co-director of the Center for Research on Immigration, Population, and Public Policy at the University of California, Irvine. He earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at Duke University and is a demographer with specializations in Mexican migration to the United States, international migration, family and fertility, the demography of racial and ethnic groups, and population policy. Some of his books include America’s Newcomers and the Dynamics of Diversity (2003, with Gillian Stevens); The Hispanic Population of the United States (1987, with Marta Tienda); At the Crossroads: Mexico and U.S. Immigration Policy (1997, edited with Rodolfo de la Garza, Bryan R. Roberts, and Sidney Weintraub); Help or Hindrance? The Economic Implications of Immigration for African Americans (1998, coedited with Dan Hamermesh); and Immigration and Opportunity: Race, Ethnicity and Employment in the United States (1999, co-edited with Stephanie Bell-Rose). His current research focuses on various determinants and consequences of U.S. immigration patterns and policies, changes in patterns of Mexican migration to the United States, the implications of immigration for labor market structures and processes, and the implications of immigration for racial/ethnic groups in the United States.
