Lauren Duquette-Rury

Lauren Duquette-Rury is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Wayne State University, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on international migration, citizenship, political sociology, and globalization, with a particular emphasis on how migration influences democracy, development, and state-society relations in countries of origin and destination. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Her groundbreaking work includes the award-winning book *Exit and Voice: The Paradox of Cross-Border Politics in Mexico* (2019), which examines transnational migrant participation in governance. Her second major project, *Naturalizing Under Threat: Citizenship in the Age of Immigration Enforcement*, investigates factors influencing immigrant naturalization in the U.S., focusing on sociopolitical threats like restrictive policies and anti-immigrant rhetoric.

Her research has been funded by prestigious organizations such as the Russell Sage Foundation, Carnegie Corporation, and the National Science Foundation. She has received multiple accolades, including the 2020 ISA Distinguished Book Award and the 2023 President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Her courses span topics like social inequality, international migration, and qualitative research methods.

Dr. Duquette-Rury’s interdisciplinary work bridges sociology, political science, and development studies. She has collaborated with institutions such as UCLA and the University of Chicago, and her scholarship has been published in top journals including the *American Sociological Review* and *International Migration Review*.