Esam Boraey is a PhD student in government, specializing in comparative politics and political economy with a regional focus on the Middle East.

Xintong Chen studies the auditory cultures of migration across the South China Sea from the 17th to 20th centuries.

Kathryn Foster’s research explores climate-driven migration in the U.S., focusing on how flooding prompts relocation. Using mixed methods and case studies in the southern United States, they examine how socioeconomic status, recovery aid access, and demographics shape migration decisions.

Trifosa Iin Simamora studies the impact of renewable energy development on migratory grassland birds in New York State.

Vicente Mata’s research examines how broader geopolitical trends in which humanitarianism is co-opted by state and political interests, has historically and contemporarily, shaped political discourse on immigration and restrictive anti-immigrant policies at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Hamidullah Nikzad is a researcher and advocate whose work focuses on the intersection of climate change and conflict, intensifying food insecurity, and migration in fragile contexts.

Danielle investigates migration through the lenses of law, policy, and social advocacy.

Adolfho Romero is a PhD researcher in the ILR School who studies how worker centers and allied nonprofits build voice, dignity, and durable power for migrant and low-wage farmworkers. 

Waleska Solorzano is a PhD candidate in Latin American studies. Her interdisciplinary research revolves around questions of aesthetics, domestic culture, migration, ontology, oral histories and testimonies, and the politics of representation.

Nicole T. Venker is a human-environment geographer whose work explores how conflict-driven migration shapes rural livelihoods, environmental access, and food sovereignty.