Tomás R. Jiménez, the Joan B. Ford Professor in the Department of Sociology and the founding Director of Stanford's Institute for Advancing Just Societies, will visit Rockford University on October 19-20, 2026. Professor Jiménez's lecture, "Are We Still a Nation of Immigrants?", will be held on Tuesday, October 20, at 7:00 PM CT at Fisher Memorial Chapel. The lecture is free and open to the public.