ETMU (The Society for the Study of Ethnic Relations and International Migration) is a multidisciplinary scientific association that promotes research on ethnic relations and migration in Finland. ETMU does this through key activities such annual conferences, publishing the NJMR and the blog Liikkeessa yli rajojen, organizing the annual ETMU award and influencing policy-making and public debates. I am excited to join a purely Finnish scientific community through which I can share the research I do in Finland on Finnish-immigrant relations. Its worth noting that even though I do not currently leave in Finland, I’m still actively continuing the research I started while I was there. I did my MA and PhD in Finland and taught at the University of Jyvaskyla. I left Finland to the US to begin my current position as Assistant Professor of Communication (Peace and Conflict Studies) at California State University San Marcos, CA USA. Currently, my research predominantly focuses on Finland and I believe it is important for me to be part of the discussions happening in the Finnish academic community
