Degrees

• M.A. Sociology, Columbia University, 2021
• B.A. Sociology (with honors), UCLA, 2020

Fields of Study

International Migration, Legal Sociology, Afghan Migrants

Awards & Grants

• UC Reimagining Refuge Network (UCRRN) Grant, 2025
• Silton Undergraduate Research Mentorship Award, 2024
• Graduate Research Mentorship, 2023-2024
• Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, 2023
• Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship, 2022
• Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, 2018-2020

Conference Presentations

• “The Charade: Examining the Legal Construction and Legibility of ‘Privileged’ Asylum Seekers” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois. 2025
• “Who are the Afghan Newcomers? Understanding the Background and Socio-cultural Strengths and Needs of Afghan Evacuees to the United States” International Rescue Committee Webinar. Virtual. 2021.
• “Panahandegan: Negotiating Afghan Identities and Reforming Group Boundaries” Mellon Mays Undergraduate Symposium. Los Angeles, California. 2020.
• “Navigating Identity in the Afghan Diaspora” Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Western Regional Conference. Seattle, Washington. 2019.
• “Ethnic Networks and Identity Formation: The Relationship Between Networks, Boundary-Making, and Refugee Incorporation” Chicago Humanities Research Symposium. Chicago, Illinois. 2019.

Advisors

• Roger Waldinger
• Cecilia Menjívar