What’s your most significant research accomplishment and how has it made a difference? We asked some of our National Academy members, Distinguished Professors, Chancellor's Professors and named chairs in social sciences to comment and we got some really interesting responses. Here, Ruben Rumbaut, sociology professor, discusses his work studying large movements of people across international borders.

Learn more about Rumbaut's research in this audio interview, courtesy of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.