I am a political theorist and a Max Weber postdoctoral fellow at the European University Institute in Florence.

My research addresses critically the political theory of immigration by exploring four dimensions of immigration politics. First, it theorizes how international hierarchies shape the domestic politics of immigration; second, it criticizes assumptions of individual or collective benevolence toward immigrants and instead explores political sources of hostility; third, it conceptualizes immigrants as political subjects and highlights the role of their activism in democratic politics; and, fourth, it highlights the effects of institutions of immigration enforcement in fostering (or preventing) immigrant political action and, ultimately, a thriving democracy. My research relies on perspectives of Democratic Theory, Sovereignty, Modern Political Thought, Latino/a Political Thought, Biopolitics, and American Political Development.