Dr. Susan Martin

Dr. Susan Martin is the Donald G. Herzberg Professor Emerita of International Migration in
the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She was the founder and director of
Georgetown’s Institute for the Study of International Migration and chaired the Thematic Working
Group on Environmental Change and Migration for the Knowledge Partnership in Migration and
Development (KNOMAD) at the World Bank. Prior to joining Georgetown’s faculty, Dr. Martin
was the Executive Director of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, which was mandated
by statute to advise the president and Congress on U.S. immigration and refugee policy. She has
authored or edited a dozen books and numerous articles and book chapters on immigration and
refugee issues.