معرفی
Asad L. Asad is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Stanford University and a faculty affiliate at the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE). His research agenda examines how institutional categories like citizenship and legal status shape inequality through immigration enforcement, health outcomes, and social control mechanisms.
- B.A. in Political Science and Spanish, University of Wisconsin
- A.M. and Ph.D. in Sociology, Harvard University
His work bridges multiple subfields, including:
- Immigration Policy: Analysis of deportation systems and their societal impacts
- Social Determinants: Linking legal status to health disparities
- Urban Sociology: Residential strategies under surveillance
- Legal Sociology: Judicial decision-making in immigration courts
- Population Studies: Longitudinal analysis of Latino communities
Recent publications (2024-2025) expand on temporal trends in deportation fears, spatial dimensions of immigration policing, and advocacy perspectives reshaping policy frameworks. Earlier empirical work (2018-2019) established foundational connections between undocumented status and health outcomes, while his 2023 book Engage and Evade received multiple academic awards.
Scientific recognition includes awards from:
- American Political Science Association
- American Sociological Association
- Order of the Coif
- Mellon Mays Faculty Mentor Award
- Stanford Dean’s Teaching Award
Research funding has been secured through the National Science Foundation and Russell Sage Foundation. He teaches courses on race, ethnicity, immigration, and research methodology.
