Isabel Anadon

Isabel Anadon is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is the ABF/National Science Foundation (NSF) Doctoral Fellow in Law and Inequality. Her research examines the intersection of punishment and migration with a focus on race and ethnicity and the sociology of law. Her dissertation, “Interior Immigration Enforcement: Structural Mechanisms and the Punishment of Immigrants in the United States,” conceptualizes systems of immigrant punishment into three broad and intersecting areas: 1) institutions, 2) laws and policies, and 3) procedural processes. This project uncovers how these key structural mechanisms impact outcomes for immigrants and other populations across space and time. Her research is inspired by her extensive community organizing and collaborative efforts alongside local Chicago communities and stakeholders on issues of immigrant integration, education, local & federal immigration policy and access to health care. Isabel has a M.S. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, M.P.P. from the University of Chicago. and a dual B.A. in Anthropology and Psychology from the University of Notre Dame.