IIH/SOC MIGRATION WORKSHOP SPEAKER SERIES: DR. SOPHIA RODRIGUEZ, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY STUDIES AND SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION, NYU STEINHARDT
02/10/2026 - IIH/SOC MIGRATION WORKSHOP SPEAKER SERIES: DR. SOPHIA RODRIGUEZ, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY STUDIES AND SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION, NYU STEINHARDT
Dr. Sophia Rodriguez, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and Sociology of Education at NYU Steinhardt and founder/director of the ImmigrantEdNext Research Lab, will discuss “Immigrant youth belonging and well-being in racialized policy and school climates.” Her talk will explore how racialized immigration and education policies shape immigrant youths’ sense of belonging and well-being in schools, highlighting research that centers minoritized youth voices and advances racial equity, urban education, and justice-oriented leadership and policy.
Her recent book, Undocumented in the South: How Youth Navigate Racialization and Immigration Status in Policy and School Contexts, provides a rare look into the everyday realities of undocumented youth in K-12 public schools. In an anti-immigrant policy context, youth and their families navigate historical and current legacies and realities of segregation, racial discrimination, and inequality.
Learn more about this research in her new book, Undocumented in the U.S. South, published by Rutgers University Press.
