Session: Immigrant and Refugee Studies (Society for Social Work and Research 29th Annual Conference)

(a) We appreciated the 12pm meeting time last year, which helped to yield an excellent turnout of 55 members; (b) This SIG has four sub-groups: 1. Health and mental health, 2. Migration policy, 3. Forced migration, and 4. Refugee resettlement. These sub-groups were created based on the proposed subjects by the SIG members. Sub-groups meet separately during the year (c) This SIG has 3 conveners to support and coordinate its activities: Mitra Naseh, PhD, Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis Brown School (naseh@wustl.edu); Mary Lehman Held, PhD, LCSW Associate Professor at University of Tennessee, Knoxville (mheld@utk.edu); Wooksoo Kim, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of Immigrant and Refugee Research Institute at University at Buffalo School of Social Work (wkim5@buffalo.edu)