Nilüfer Akalin

Nilüfer Akalin is an Assistant Professor at the Lyman Briggs College within Michigan State University. Her academic work intersects sociology, healthcare policy, and immigration enforcement studies.

• Ph.D. in Sociology from Binghamton University (2021)
• M.A. in Sociology from EHESS, Paris
• B.A. in Cultural Studies from Sabancı University

Her research focuses on how immigration enforcement practices in U.S. healthcare settings affect documented Haitian immigrants' well-being, emphasizing intersections of immigration status and race in producing health inequalities. She also teaches a Senior Seminar (Fall 2022) as part of LBC's Science and Society curriculum.

Scientific awards include being selected as a Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow at Lyman Briggs College.