Susan Martin

Susan Martin is the Donald G. Herzberg Professor Emeritus in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.  She previously served as the Director of Georgetown’s Institute for the Study of International Migration. She currently serves as the Chair of the Thematic Working Group on Environmental Change and Migration for the Knowledge Partnership in Migration and Development (KNOMAD) at the World Bank.

Before coming to Georgetown, Dr. Martin served as the Executive Director of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, established by legislation to advise Congress and the President on U.S. immigration and refugee policy. Her most recent book publications include International Migration: Evolving Trends from the Early Twentieth Century to the Present, Migration and Humanitarian Crises: Causes, Consequences and Responses and A Nation of Immigrants. Dr. Martin received her MA and PhD in the History of American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania. She previously taught at Brandeis University and the University of Pennsylvania.