Virginia Yans-McLaughlin
American professor of immigrant history
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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]