Scholars of US Immigration
Mostly academics who study US immigration. Topics include citizenship, immigrant identity, assimilation, race/ethnicity, health, structural racism, crimmigration, and deportation studies. Prioritizing sociologists, historians, demographers, criminologists, and geographers.
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@patrickdhardy.bsky.social
@hongciology.bsky.social
Sociology PhD candidate @ualbany studying migration, race/ethnicity, and intimacy.
@ericfish.bsky.social
Law Professor at UC Davis and former federal public defender. Writing about criminal law, constitutional rights, and prosecutions at the border.
@fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social
Sociology professor at University of California San Diego and (co)author of The Refugee System (2023); Refuge beyond Reach (2019); and Culling the Masses (2014). I research policies and experiences around migration and asylum. https://tinyurl.com/4snsdvzf
@taylorbrooks.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Sociology •• Researching: US immigration, media, emotions, voice, racism •• critical discourse analysis •• linguistics •• photography 🏳️🌈
@juliagelatt.bsky.social
Associate Director, US Immigration Policy, Migration Policy Institute. Former Urban Institute. PhD Sociology/Social Policy. Avid data user.
@abregoleisy.bsky.social
@sarahbruhn.bsky.social
Studying immigration, families & education. Postdoc @ Penn. Writing two books. Raising three kiddos. sarahbruhn.com
@ameliafv.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @PrincetonAnthro @PrincetonSPIA deportation/migration/violence/borders/police/asylum/honduras/mexico.
@jdcis.bsky.social
Teacher and writer focusing on political rhetoric, social movements, and immigration. Cultural studies, activism, media. Star Trek fan. Soccer watcher. Bad poetry writer. Novice gardener. Cat lover. Opinions mine. He/they
@mpaarlberg.bsky.social
Associate professor of political science, Virginia Commonwealth University. Associate Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies. Formerly SEIU, The Guardian, Latin America foreign policy advisor, Bernie Sanders 2020. PhD Georgetown. 교포 michaelpaarlberg.org
@rggonzales1.bsky.social
Sociologist at Penn| Founding Director Penn Migration Initiative| Previously at Harvard| Author Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America| Writing book on DACA| Fan of the Yankees, Broncos, Springsteen, & my son’s baseball teams
@pallavib.bsky.social
Associate Professor @UCalgary. Sociologist of migration, gender, and families. Author of #TheOpportunityTrap @NYUpress - link ↓. Views my own; not endorsements.🌈 ✊🏾 https://www.criticalmigration.org/projects/opportunity-trap/more-on-the-book
@drlizaaranda.bsky.social
Sociologist who studies im/migrant lives, specifically im/migrant well-being among undocumented youth and Puerto Rican climate migrants. Views are my own and do not reflect the institution for which I work.
@eladiobobadilla.com
Pittsburgh-based historian of social movements, radicalism and extremism, the working class, and immigration and ethnicity. Father. Autism advocate. Duke, Steelers, Penguins, Pirates, Riverhounds, RSL, USM&WNT, Liverpool, St. Pauli.
@rosinalozano.bsky.social
Historian—Borderlands; Latine; American West; Relational Studies of Race and Ethnicity, especially MexAm/Indigenous. Gardening. Author of An American Language: The History of Spanish in the US.
@nourhalabi.bsky.social
Race, migration and media academic, IDR Fellow at University of Aberdeen. Author #RadicalHospitality @RutgersUPress. Pronouns: she/هي
@nellstra.bsky.social
Historian of transnational politics & religion between US & Latin America. Postdoc, SDSU. Co-founder, histcatmex.bsky.social. Social justice. Foodie. https://nathanellstrand.com/
@carlbontempo.bsky.social
Historian of immigration, refugees, human rights, and modern American politics. Sports. Music. Food. University at Albany, SUNY.
@tinashull.bsky.social
Associate Professor and public historian at UNC Charotte | Author of DETENTION EMPIRE | Carceral Studies, Climate Migration, Abolition | Creator, Climate Refugee Stories digital history project
@juliarosekraut.bsky.social
JD/PhD | THREAT OF DISSENT: A HISTORY OF IDEOLOGICAL EXCLUSION AND DEPORTATION IN THE UNITED STATES | https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674292352 | Posts are mine, not the views of my employer. ❤️ & Reposts are not endorsements.
@andreavelasquez.bsky.social
Orgullosamente Colombiana 🇨🇴 Associate Professor of Economics at @CUDenver working on crime and migration She/Her/Ella andreapvelasquez.com
@ijuanathesaurus.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) https://www.socialdemography.xyz opinions/views = my (ijuanathesaurus) own
@ksuenamu.bsky.social
@jenniferleekoh.bsky.social
Professor @ Pepperdine Law - Immigration, Criminal Law, Evidence. Co-Director Nootbaar Inst Law, Religion & Ethics.
@koulflo.bsky.social
He/him/his. Dad, husband, Ph.D. Political scientist. Teaches law, immigration and social justice, and Director of MLAW Programs— MPOWERING Law and Society at University of Maryland. Researches crimmigration, risk and social justice
@daphnempenn.bsky.social
Asst. Professor doing academia differently • Deep work disciple democratizing academic knowledge and spaces • Southern girl writing to change the world • Sociologist writing a book about race, immigration, and schooling in the U.S. South
@drernestocast.bsky.social
Director,@theimmigrationlab.bsky.social; Center for Latin American & Latino Studies; and Full Professor, Sociology, American University, DC. Immigration and the politics of the possible. Author of multiple books & articles.
@jean23bean.bsky.social
Sociologist @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cunygcsociology.bsky.social @NorthwesternU alum. Author #CitizenOutsider @ucpress.bsky.social. AE @identitiesjournal.bsky.social. Research on race/racism/France & US. Yoga lover & sarcasm expert
@abigailandrews.bsky.social
Sociologist @USPUCSD. Study gender, migration, state violence, agency. Direct http://mmfrp.org. Books: Undocumented Politics(2018) & Banished Men(2023). #AcademicMama
@tiffjhuang.bsky.social
AP in #sociology at Ohio State studying race, diversity, immigration, second-gen Asian Americans, etc. Currently writing on race & college admissions. Skeeting as a private citizen.
@ryandedwards.bsky.social
Health Economics, Macro, Labor, Demography @UCSF and @UCBerkeley @berkeleyecon Former faculty @CUNY and @NBERpubs. 2002 Econ Ph.D. & Oakland fan. He/him
@cathleendcahill.bsky.social
Historian of US women & gender, race & citizenship in the GAPE. Currently working on a graphic history. 🖍️I’ve lived in all 4 continental time zones, but CA in the redwoods 🌲is home.
@grigorisargeros.bsky.social
Prof of Sociology @EasternMichU. Race/ethnicity, immigration, urban soc, social demography & other stuff. Posts/re-posts are my own, and they don’t necessarily mean I’m in favor of or against them.
@wdlopez.bsky.social
Prof UM School of Public Health | Write about immigration | Partner | Dad to 2+🐶 | He/Him 💖💜💙 |
@bethlewwilliams.bsky.social
Historian at Princeton University. Preoccupied with immigration, past and present.
@carlygoodman.bsky.social
Author, editor, professor of history, Philadelphian. Nobody should be deported. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469673042/dreamland/
@rosenbloom.bsky.social
Law professor at Northeastern, focusing mostly on immigration law. Writing a book about birthright citizenship. Jewish supporter of Palestinian liberation. Cat person.
@dcm19.bsky.social
Political sociologist. International migration. Temporary labor migration. Race and ethnicity. Citizenship. Futbol
@thaniagalvanphd.bsky.social
Asst Prof @ UGA | Director, FUERTE lab | Latinx Youth/Families, Health Disparities, Traumatic Stress, Dev Psychopathology | Latina Immigrant 🇲🇽| Proud Academic Mama | Views My Own
@jorgenleal.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History UC Riverside Mexican American History | Latinx Cultural Expressions | US & SoCal Historian | LÁ 90s Youth Cultures y lo que salga esta semana... https://www.jorgenicolasleal.com/
@realesttheorist.bsky.social
Asst. Prof at Oregon Law, wondering how my scholarship is legal yet I'm not. Crimmigration & Jurisprudence. 🐱 Dad to Ricky & Bruce. CFC. Views mine; yours soon.
@profmchin.bsky.social
Mastondon id @MargaretChin@edumasto.org|Prof|Sociology|Hunter|GC||1st Gen Col|Affirm Act Ben|CDH Bd|Tenement Mus Bd|Author of Sewing Women, STUCK, & ThePeerEffect
@claudiacalhoon.bsky.social
Immigration/health advocate, health policy professor, CUNY York College, NYC/NC.
@stephcanizales.bsky.social
Sociologist // Author of ‘Sin Padres, Ni Papeles’ @UCPress & ‘Everyday Futures’ @StanfordPress
@stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social
prof at UNC ⚽️getting REALLY into professional women's soccer ⚽️
@irpinaingiro.bsky.social
Historian. Author of Unwanted (@UNC_Press). Current President of @IEHS.
@iehs.bsky.social
Founded in 1965, the IEHS promotes the study of immigration history through the Journal of American Ethnic History and professional/educational outreach. https://iehs.org/
@deeesharp.bsky.social
Read my work here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VYT_0LjgcGgXDKEx4JSxTaRXxEU0rJP1?usp=drive_link
@kevinkenny.bsky.social
Historian of US immigration | 19th-century | race | labor | slavery | global migration | diaspora
@austinkocher.com
I study immigration enforcement. Assistant Professor at Syracuse University and Research Fellow at the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University. https://linktr.ee/austinkocher
@yaelschacher.bsky.social
Immigration historian and Director for Americas and Europe at Refugees International. Views my own.
@reecejones.bsky.social
Professor of political geography at the University of Hawai'i; editor-in-chief of Geopolitics; author of Violent Borders, White Borders, Border Walls, and Nobody is Protected
@mathuclair.bsky.social
Sociologist at Stanford and author of PRIVILEGE & PUNISHMENT www.matthewclair.org
@jmchacon.bsky.social
@grahamousey.bsky.social
Father, husband, criminologist, sports fan, data nerd and wannabe meteorologist. Trying to get from point A to B without losing all the marbles.
@asadasad.bsky.social
Sociologist, writing on immigration, surveillance, and inequality. Author of ENGAGE AND EVADE: http://bit.ly/m/asadbook
@hebagowayed.bsky.social
Sociology Prof at CUNY (Hunter & Grad Center) sharing her own thoughts. Maker of resistance humus. Author of REFUGE. Now writing on the violence & COST OF BORDERS. she/هي https://linktr.ee/hebagowayed لسه عايزين عيش حريه و عداله اجتماعية
@nedasoc.bsky.social
Ned-a Mag-boo-leh. A close enough pronunciation. Maq, if you want the bonus point (you’re on bsky.app, so you probably do)
@alixabeth.bsky.social
Maxwell Professor of United States Citizenship at Boston University and Political Theory Editor at American Journal of Political Science. I write about immigration, citizenship, and the politics of time. https://www.bu.edu/polisci/profile/elizabeth-cohen/
@unlawfulentries.bsky.social
Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY Brooklyn College. Political scientist specializing in US constitutional law and development, US migration(s) and citizenship law and policy history. Often mistaken for a historian. Home cook, wine drinker, foodie.
@hidehirota.bsky.social
Historian of US immigration. Teaches at UC Berkeley. Vice President of @iehs.bsky.social. Author of Expelling the Poor (Oxford). Writing books on foreign contract labor law and on transpacific Japanese migration.
@patrickdhardy.bsky.social
aspiring to be the anti-stephen miller of my generation he/him