Virginia Yans-McLaughlin

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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. 1 2 3 "THE SPOT WHERE DREAMS BEGAN". The Washington Post. 1990-08-14. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2026-02-07.
  2. 1 2 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 (1979-09). "Family and Community: Italian Immigrants in Buffalo, 1880-1930". The Journal of American History. 66 (2): 433. doi:10.2307/1900964.{{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  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 (1991-12). "Book Review: Immigration Reconsidered: History, Sociology, and Politics". International Migration Review. 25 (4): 958–959. doi:10.1177/019791839102500416. ISSN   0197-9183.{{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ↑ Fiederlein, Suzanne L. (1992-03). "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.{{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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