Immigration and the ‘Crisis’ at the Border
Monday, Feb. 10, 2025
VIP RECEPTION | 6 p.m.
LECTURE | 7 p.m.
You are invited to a private VIP gathering with cocktails and canapes hosted by the
College of Arts and Sciences in partnership with Phi Beta Kappa and the Judy Genshaft
Honors College. This event will take place before our Frontier Forum lecture featuring Phi Beta Kappa speaker Geraldo Cadava, PhD. Geraldo Cadava will
be in attendance for a portion of the VIP reception to say hello and capture photos.
Please join us along with your fellow USF alumni and friends of the College of Arts
and Sciences for an energizing and educational evening.
Bar: Cash Bar
Kindly register to attend by Monday, Feb. 3.
ABOUT THIS EVENT
This event is presented in partnership with Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society’s Visiting
Scholar Program and the Judy Genshaft Honors College.
Since 1956, the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program has been offering undergraduates
the opportunity to spend time with some of America's most distinguished scholars.
The purpose of the program is to contribute to the intellectual life of the campus
by making possible an exchange of ideas between the visiting scholars and the resident faculty
and students.
Geraldo Cadava will discuss how immigration policy has changed over time, how the has border evolved and what makes the present situation both similar to and different from earlier moments of crisis.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Professor Cadava is a historian at Northwestern University, contributing writer for The New Yorker, and author of “The Hispanic Republican: The Shaping of An American Political Identity, from Nixon to Trump” (Ecco, 2020), and “Standing on Common Ground: The Making of a Sunbelt Borderland” (Harvard, 2013). At present, he’s writing a history of Latinos over the past 500 years, tentatively titled “A Thousand Bridges,” to be published by Crown in 2026. Professor Cadava hosts the podcast Writing Latinos, and is co-editor-in-chief of the online magazine Public Books.
EVENT LOCATION
Judy Genshaft Honors College
12260 USF Genshaft Drive
Tampa, FL 33620
VIP RECEPTION: Main Level – Partitioned Side
LECTURE: Main Level: The Zimmerman Family Foundation Atrium
Join us for a book signing with Geraldo Cadava immediately following the lecture.
PARKING
Please use Lot 41. Look for signs that say Frontier Forum VIP Parking.
Additional Guest parking is available in Lots 41, 22A, 22D and 22E. Please look for signs indicating Frontier Forum Parking.
For more information about guest parking and handicap parking options, please visit
the Parking Services website.
DIRECTIONS
From I-275
- Take exit 52, Fletcher Ave/CR-582A head east toward USF
- Turn right onto USF Genshaft Drive
- Destination will be on the right
- Look for Frontier Forum signs
From I-75
- Take exit 266, Fletcher Ave and head West on Fletcher for 4.0 miles.
- Turn left onto USF Genshaft Dr/USF Maple Dr
- Destination will be on the right
- Look for Frontier Forum signs
For reasonable accommodations or questions, please contact CAS RSVP.
Thank you to our partners Visiting Scholar Program The Phi Beta Kappa Society and the USF Honors College
