Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers University

I'm a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers–Newark. I received my PhD in Sociology at Cornell University, where I was affiliated with the Asian American Studies Program, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, and Latina/o Studies Program.

My research examines how the legal inclusion of historically excluded groups into the polity and its national projects produces normative subjects. My research areas include race and im/migration, gender & sexuality, family, and law & society.

My dissertation explores post-DOMA queer migration in the U.S. Specifically, I draw on interviews with same-sex binational couples applying for the marriage-based green card, as well as lawyers who provide guidance. This project has received multiple paper awards from ASA and SSSP.

My research has been published in Social Networks, Sex & Sexualities, and Gender and Research. I have been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Justice, and Social Science Research Council. I received my B.A. in Sociology and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Harvard University.

Updates

2026-05

I was awarded the Graduate Student Paper Prize by the Law & Society Association.
My paper was accepted at Law & Society Review.
I presented at the Law & Society Association's annual meeting in San Francisco.

2026-04

I was invited to present at the Princeton Queer Migrations Mini Conference.

2026-03

I presented at the IVR Japan International Conference.
I presented to Rutgers School of Criminal Justice.
I presented to the Rutgers Interdisciplinary Qualitative Collective.

2025-12

I led my class on a Oliver Center-funded field trip to Ellis Island.

2025-10

I presented at the Mid-Atlantic Law & Society Association's conference.
I organized a Rutgers Democracy Lab-funded panel on voting rights.

2025-09

I became the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice.
I joined the Rutgers RCN Mentoring Program.

2025-08

I received my Ph.D. in Sociology from Cornell University.

2025-06

I successfully defended my dissertation.

2025-05

My state-of-the-field review article on queer migration studies (Open Access) was published in the inaugural issue of Sex & Sexualities.

2024-10

I presented at the Northeast Law and Society Retreat at UMass-Amherst.

2024-08

I was awarded the ASA Sociology of Sexualities Graduate Student Paper Award.
I was awarded the SSP Family Division Graduate Student Paper Award.
I was awarded the Cornell Sociology Robin M. Williams Jr. Best Paper on Race & Ethnicity Award.
I was honorable mention for the ASA Family Section Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award.
I presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association and the Society for the Study of Social Problems in Montreal.

2023-05

I was accepted to attend the Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop at the Law & Society Association's annual meeting in San Juan.

2022-10

I presented at the New Directions in Law and Society conference at UMass-Amherst.

2021-09

I was awarded the NSF-funded Law and Science Dissertation Grant.

2021-06

I was awarded the Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Institute of Justice.

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