Media Coverage

My research has been featured in multiple nationally syndicated media outlets. In December of 2020, my discussion with journalist Noah Flora appeared in the Nation.

I spoke to journalist Bernice Yeung for a June 2020 Pro Publica article on the impacts of Covid-19 for international student workers on the J-1 visa. Low-wage workers in the U.S. on short-term visas have faced many challenges, from layoffs and evictions to inadequate personal protective wear and improper firing for Covid-related medical needs.

In January of 2020, I conducted my first radio interview for a Boise State Public Radio piece on the J-1 Summer Work Travel Program.  This story compares employers' insistence that the program is vital to addressing regional labor shortages and labor advocate claims that workers and the broader J-1 cultural exchange program are being exploited and improperly used.

My research was featured in the July 2019 report,  Shining A Light on Summer Work:  A First Look at the Employers Using the J-1 Program.  The report, authored by Migration that Works, details my analysis and occupational coding of labor market data of 95,000 J-1 workers. I was excited to collaborate with the Coalition on this project since it is the first time this kind of comprehensive, empirical data on where international student workers are placed in the U.S. and who they work for has been made available to the public.