Tom Wong
Associate Professor of Political Science · UC San Diego
Tom K. Wong's research focuses on the politics of immigration and how it links to race, ethnicity and identity.
Immigrant Civic Engagement Interior Immigration Enforcement DACA Immigration Policy Sanctuary Policies
Stephanie J. Silverman
Bora Laskin National Fellow in Human Rights Research
Professor Silverman is an international expert on immigration control, particularly immigrant detention and community monitoring programs.
Immigration Policy Immigration Detention Refugee Studies Alternatives to Detention Public Policy Analysis
Theo Liebmann
Clinical Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Programs · Hofstra University
Professor Liebmann has directed the interdisciplinary Hofstra Youth Advocacy Clinic since its inception
Juvenile Delinquency Immigration Youth Advocacy Child Welfare Trial Advocacy
Richard A. Boswell
Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: boswellr@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4633 / Office 350-200
Statutory Interpretation Immigration Law Immigrants' Rights Clinic Refugee Law & Policy
Nadia Y. Kim
Professor of Sociology · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Migration Immigration Race and Ethnicity Gender and Transnationality/Globalization Race/Gender/Class Intersectionality
Leo Chavez
Distinguished Professor Anthropology · UC Irvine
Professor Chavez began his academic career as a Latin Americanist and has been working on transnational migration since the 1980s.
Media Representations Transnational Migration Immigration Latin America Medical Care
Karla McKanders
Clinical Professor of Law · Vanderbilt University
Expert in refugee and immigration Law. Runs Vanderbilt's Immigration Practice Clinic.
Asylum Law Refugees Civil Rights Refugee Law Immigration
Zoltan Hajnal
Professor · UC San Diego
Zoltan is a scholar of racial and ethnic politics, urban politics, immigration and political behavior.
Voter Turnout Ethnic Politics Race and American Politics Voter Suppression
Petra Molnar
Associate Director · Refugee Law Lab, Osgoode Hall Law School
Refugee and migration issues; technology and human rights; immigration detention; and the relationship between law, society, and culture
Technology and human rights Anthropology of Migration Ethnography and Ethnographic Writing Women's Rights Refugee and Human Rights Issues
Charis Kubrin
Professor · UC Irvine
Charis E. Kubrin is Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and (by courtesy) Sociology.
Race, Ethnicity, and Crime Crime Trends Crime Immigration and Crime Rap Music and Media
Krystyn Moon
Professor · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Moon is an expert in U.S. immigration history, popular culture, race and ethnic studies, foodways, gender and sexuality, & consumerism.
Consumerism Foodways Popular Culture U.S. Immigration History Race and Ethnic Studies
Angela Stuesse
Associate Professor · UNC-Chapel Hill
In light of the coronavirus pandemic, Stuesse can discuss immigrant labor and food chain workers – especially in the U.S. meat industry.
Immigration Immigrant labor Labor The South Immigrant
Lori Wilkinson
Professor of Sociology · University of Manitoba
Professor of Sociology, specializing in immigration and refugee studies and survey methods
Research Methods Race and Ethnic Relations Settlement Integration Youth and School-To-Work Transitions
Louis DeSipio
Professor and Chair · UC Irvine
Louis DeSipio examines how democratic nations incorporate new members, including policymaking in the areas of immigration.
U.S. Electoral Politics Immigration Ethnic Politics Latino Politics Latino Studies
Mireille Paquet
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science · Concordia University
I work on immigration in Canada, Canadian and Quebec politics, public administration, equality and feminism. Francophone et bilingue!
Immigration Immigration and Citizenship Immigration Issues Canada Federalism
Laila Hlass
Professor of Practice · Tulane University
Professor Hlass focuses on law, policy and practices that affect access to justice within the immigration law regime.
Experiential Learning Asylum Law Children Access to Justice Immigration Law
Karen Musalo
Professor of Law, International Law Professorship Chair and Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: musalok@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4720 / Office 403-100
Refugee Law and Policy Gender Asylum Women's Rights Child Migrant's Rights Gender Justice / Central America
Laura Hernandez, J.D.
Professor of Law · Baylor University
Expert litigator, focusing on immigration law, insurance law, Civil Rights Actions, and separation of Church and State
Immigration Law Insurance Law Civil Rights Actions Separation of Church and State DACA
Gregory DeFreitas
Professor of Economics · Hofstra University
Prof. DeFreitas is an expert on labor studies.
Labor Economics Research Methods Urban Economics Microeconomics African Economic Development
Melita Garza
Associate Professor · Texas Christian University
Melita Garza’s areas of expertise include journalism history, diversity, businesses and economic news and literary journalism.
Media Literacy Fake News Journalism History Literary Journalism Diversity