Waters, Mary C.

Mary Catherine Waters (born c. 1957) is an American sociologist, demographer and author. She is the John L. Loeb Professor of Sociology and the PVK Professor of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. Much of her work has focused on immigrants, the meaning of racial and ethnic identity, and how immigrants integrate into a new society. Waters chaired the 2015 National Research Council Panel on The Integration of Immigrants into American Society. Her books have received multiple awards. Waters has been elected to the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. As of August 2023, Waters became a co-editor of the Annual Review of Sociology.