Like my research, my courses on the politics of immigration take seriously the dynamic interplay between immigrants, migration, and political institutions. Accordingly, I build syllabi that move across levels of analysis, include research that draws on various methodologies, and include a range of theoretical frameworks from across and beyond political science. You can download my graduate-level and undergraduate-level syllabi below.

>> Spring 2024: Undergrad Syllabus

• Week 1: Introduction
• Wee2 2: Externalization and Asylum
• Week 3: Binaries
• Week 4: Hierarchies
• Week 5: The Making of Borders
• Week 6: Data, Technology, and Surveillance
• Week 7: The President and the Congress
• Week 8: Deportation
• Week 9: Spring Break
• Week 10: Courts and Bureaucracy
• Week 11: States and Cities
• Week 12: Collective Action and Organizing
• Week 13: Families
• Week 14: In-Class Research Conference
• Week 15: In-Class Research Conference
• Week 16: The Future of US Immigration

You can download the syllabus here:

>> Fall 2022: Undergrad Syllabus

• Week 1: Introduction
• Week 2: The Migrant/Refugee Binary
• Week 3: Migration and the Making of Hierarchies
• Week 4: Empowered Executive Branch
• Week 5: Legislative Politics
• Week 6: Immigration Federalism and State Politics
• Week 7: Immigration Courts
• Week 8: Immigrant Youth Activism: Lessons from a Movement Leader
• Week 9: Mid-Semester Check-Ins
• Week 10: Organizations and Mass Mobilization
• Week 11: Immigration Enforcement
• Week 12: Immigrant Families
• Week 13: Public Opinion and Media
• Week 14: In-Class Research Conference
• Week 15: In-Class Research Conference
• Week 16: Lessons from Hope Border Institute

You can download the syllabus here:

>> Spring 2022: Grad Syllabus

• Week 1: Introduction
• Week 2: Theorizing Immigration Policy
• Week 3: Binaries, Hierarchies, and Hegemony
• Week 4: States, International Organizations, and Refugee Rights
• Week 5: Interstate Relations and Foreign Policy
• Week 6: Regulating Mobility
• Week 7: Presidential Immigration Powers
• Week 8: Border Making and Settler States
• Week 9: Spring Break
• Week 10: Externalization and the Shifting Border
• Week 11: Immigrant Admissions in a Comparative Perspective
• Week 12: Incomplete Citizenship and Legal Limbo
• Week 13: Immigrants, Electorates, and Political Parties
• Week 14: Immigrants, Political Participation, and Transnationalism
• Week 15: Immigrants and Collective Action
• Week 16: In-Class Research Presentations

You can download the syllabus here:

>> Fall 2021: Undergrad Syllabus

• Week 0: Introduction
• Week 1: Immigration Policymaking Powers
• Week 2: Politics of Immigration Policy
• Week 3: Legality, Illegality, and Liminal Legality
• Week 4: Immigration Federalism: States and Local Governments
• Week 5: Public Opinion
• Week 6: On-the-Ground Enforcement
• Week 7: Beyond Borders and Externalization
• Week 8: Fall Break
• Week 9: The Politics of Asylum
• Week 10: Immigrants as Political Actors
• Week 11: Immigrant Lives, Immigrant Families
• Week 12: In-Class Presentations
• Week 13: In-Class Presentations

You can download the syllabus here:

II: Students as Knowledge Producers

Drawing on my experiences with the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship and the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, I know undergraduate students are capable of conducting rigorous research. Accordingly, my courses invest in undergraduate and graduate student research training. I build an intentional classroom with collaborative and incremental assignments whereby students produce original and collaborative research projects. Additionally, I invite community-based experts into my classroom, including immigrant rights advocates and movement leaders. I also collaborate with scholars who are dedicated to power-sharing methodologies like the Community-Driven Archives Initiative.