Category: News release
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Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative Welcomes New Scholar, Dr. Estefanía Castañeda Pérez

WASHINGTON, DC – The Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative (“the Collaborative”) proudly announces a new scholar affiliate, Dr. Estefanía Castañeda Pérez. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Southern California. She is also a Women PeaceMaker Fellow at the Kroc School at the University of Read more
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Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative Welcomes New Scholar, Dr. Deirdre Conlon

Washington, DC – The Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative (“the Collaborative”) proudly announces a new scholar affiliate, Dr. Deirdre Conlon. She is an associate professor of Geography at The University of Leeds in Leeds, England, with research expertise in critical migration and border studies, the U.S. immigration detention system, immigration enforcement, carceral geographies, and borders and Read more
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Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative Welcomes New Scholar, Dr. Nancy Hiemstra

WASHINGTON, DC – The Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative (“the Collaborative”) proudly announces a new scholar affiliate, Dr. Nancy Hiemstra. She is an associate professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University on Long Island, New York, with interests in global migration, immigration enforcement practices, detention and deportation, gender and race, and Latin Read more
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Collaborative Co-Founder Elected 2025 – 2026 Chair of ASA International Migration Section

TAMPA, August 1, 2025 – The American Sociological Association (ASA) International Migration Section has selected Dr. Elizabeth Aranda (University of South Florida) as the Chair-Elect of the International Migration Section for the coming 2025-26 term. The election results are a testament to Dr. Aranda’s award-winning body of academic research, leadership in public sociology, and commitment Read more
