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Alejandro Portes

American sociologist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1944 · age 82

Alejandro Portes is a Cuban-American sociologist known for his research on immigration to the United States and on economic sociology. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and served as president of the American Sociological Association in 1999.

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2019Princess of Asturias Award for Social SciencesAward2010W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship awardAward2008NAS Award for Scientific ReviewingAward1944Born13 October 1944

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Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences2019

W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship award2010

NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing2008

Honorary Doctor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarly Book Award

Honorary Doctorate

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