Navigating pandemic-related visa and other challenges faced by international students and postdoctoral scholars
June 2020
Foreign students and postdoctoral fellows from different disciplines and professions come to the USA to train in research labs, healthcare offices, and other workplaces, bringing immense value to the biomedical, STEM and healthcare research and professional communities. The COVID‐19 pandemic has made it increasingly difficult for these trainees to meet existing and new hurdles in immigration processing. This webinar, co‐sponsored by the National Postdoctoral Association and APA, provides discussion on current and long‐term impacts on the international community and potential legal avenues for remedy.
This program does not offer CE credit.
Presented in collaboration with
National Postdoctoral Association
Presenters
Brendan Delaney, JD
A partner at Frank & Delaney Immigration Law, LLC and member of the Advisory Council of the National Postdoctoral Association. Representing foreign nationals working in the sciences, his work includes an emphasis on Extraordinary Ability and National Interest Waiver cases, as well as EB-1B, PERM, J-Waiver, and H1B Visa applications.
Nusha Shishegar, MBA
Has worked in international student services since 2001 at public and private colleges and graduate institutions. She is currently the regulatory ombudsperson for Student Issues, Region XII, for NAFSA, the Association of International Educators, and senior coordinator of International Student Programs at Glendale Community College in California.
Moderator
Garth Fowler, PhD
An associate executive director for education, and the director of the Office for Graduate and Postgraduate Education and Training at APA. He leads the directorate’s efforts to develop resources, guidelines, and policies that promote and enhance disciplinary education and training in psychology at the graduate and postdoctoral level.
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