Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters

Faculty & Staff

Phillip Granberry, PhD

Lecturer II in Economics, College of Liberal Arts, University of Massachusetts Boston
Research Associate, Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy

Contact

• Phone: 617.287.6950
• Email: Phillip.Granberry@umb.edu
• Office Location: Healey Library - 10th Floor

Areas of Expertise

Social Capital, International Migration, Urban Economics

Degrees

PhD, Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston

Professional Publications & Contributions

• Granberry, Phillip and E. A. Marcelli. “Social Capital and Wages among Foreign-born Mexican Men and Women in Los Angeles County” International Migration : 49(5) (Forthcoming).
• Granberry, Phillip, Sarah Rustan and Faye Karp. (2013) "Latinos in Massachusetts Selected Areas: Massachusetts." Mauricio Gastón Institute, UMass Boston.
• Granberry, Phillip, Sarah Rustan and Faye Karp. (2013) "Latinos in Massachusetts Selected Areas: Boston." Mauricio Gastón Institute, UMass Boston.
• Granberry, Phillip (2011) "Foreign-born Latinos in Massachusetts." Mauricio Gastón Institute, UMass Boston.
• Granberry, Phillip and Idalí Torres. "Foreign- and Native-Born Workers in the U.S. Food Production Chain" in Food Issues. Ken Alba Ed. SAGE Publications, Inc. (Forthcoming)

Additional Information

Phillip Granberry is a social demographer who specializes in unauthorized immigration. He worked with various community-based organizations assisting recently arrived U.S. immigrants before earning a PhD in Public Policy from the University of Massachusetts Boston in 2007. His dissertation, “The Formation and Effects of Social Capital among Mexican Immigrants,” examined how unauthorized Mexican immigrants accumulate social capital in the United States, and how it helps explain both their economic and health outcomes.

Granberry currently is working on research with newly collected data from Brazilian and Dominican immigrants in the Metropolitan Boston area. He has published several articles on demographic and economic trends among Latinos in New England and the impact of welfare and immigration policy reform on Latinos in Massachusetts. He currently teaches economics, demography, and community development courses at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Bridgewater State College.

Granberry’s interest in community development springs from his previous academic experience studying theology. He holds a MA in Theology and a MTS in Pastoral Studies from St. Meinrad School of Theology.

1 OLLI Course:
The Political Economy of International Migration