Deborah Boehm

Deborah Boehm, Ph.D., is a Foundation Professor of Gender, Race, and Identity and Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she also serves as Graduate Director for the Gender, Race, and Identity Program. Her research explores intersections between immigration, gender, family dynamics, and state control mechanisms, with a focus on transnational Mexican communities.

• Education: Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of New Mexico

Her work examines:

• Gendered family relations in immigration contexts
• Transnational youth experiences
• 21st-century immigration control systems
• Detention and deportation practices
• Borderlands studies
• Intersectionality in migration narratives

Recent research trends include analyzing spaces of invisibility in immigration detention and collaborative studies on undocumented migrant children categorized as 'unaccompanied' by the U.S. government.

Scientific Awards & Fellowships:

• American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship
• Fulbright-Garcia Robles Award
• School for Advanced Research residency
• University of Arizona School of Anthropology residency
• Center for the Study of Law and Society (UC Berkeley) residency