SoRoPhD
@sorophd.bsky.social
Prof NYU/founder @ImmigrantEdNext Ethnography, immigration, 1stgen, wanderluster, yogi, public-radio listener, seltzer-water drinker, music lover & phd wannabe
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@sorophd.bsky.social
· Jan 13
Immigration enforcement and US schools: What could happen and what education leaders can do
Trump's actions could reshape immigration and education, affecting millions of students and thousands of schools.
www.brookings.edu
Thanks to @brookings.edu for collaborating on this piece about the impact of immigration policy and enforcement on US schools and what might be ahead. Grateful to share space with wonderful educators and policy advocates! @immigrantednext.bsky.social #immigranted www.brookings.edu/articles/imm...
Appreciate the support!! 🙏🙏💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Enforcement-related trauma has long-term effects on the outcomes and opportunities of children in immigrant families. "For the sake of our kids, this must stop."
We're proud of grantee @sorophd.bsky.social for speaking out today: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...
We're proud of grantee @sorophd.bsky.social for speaking out today: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...
Opinion | ICE in America: Dread and Danger
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Appreciate the support!! 🙏🙏💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
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CTAN member Dr. Sophia Rodriguez of NYU writes in @nytopinion.nytimes.com: ICE presence and violence is terrorizing children. For the sake of our kids, this must stop! #Iceoutnow @sorophd.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 7:38 PM
CTAN member Dr. Sophia Rodriguez of NYU writes in @nytopinion.nytimes.com: ICE presence and violence is terrorizing children. For the sake of our kids, this must stop! #Iceoutnow @sorophd.bsky.social
I wrote this months ago as ground was shifting. I analyze anti-immigrant education leg, discuss their inclusionary/exclusionary impacts, and share empirical evidence of how educators and kids are experiencing the chilling effects, and hope it is of use. steinhardt.nyu.edu/ihdsc/polici...
steinhardt.nyu.edu
January 30, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I wrote this months ago as ground was shifting. I analyze anti-immigrant education leg, discuss their inclusionary/exclusionary impacts, and share empirical evidence of how educators and kids are experiencing the chilling effects, and hope it is of use. steinhardt.nyu.edu/ihdsc/polici...
Looking forward to this talk in a few weeks! @sashelton.bsky.social @uncchapelhill.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Looking forward to this talk in a few weeks! @sashelton.bsky.social @uncchapelhill.bsky.social
Happy to finally share this piece with my brilliant co-author! At a time when immigrants are constantly under threat, we call for folks to exploit racialization. #immigranted #immigrantednext this link should be free but email me if you need a copy. 💪🏽🙏🫶🏽🖤
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/ZNFDQ...
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/ZNFDQ...
A Call for New Frameworks to Capture Latinx Immigrant Young Adults’ Racialized Educational Experiences in the United States - Sophia Rodriguez, Carolina Valdivia, 2025
This article assesses the literature on immigrant assimilation frequently used to explain the educational experiences and trajectories of immigrant young adults...
journals.sagepub.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Happy to finally share this piece with my brilliant co-author! At a time when immigrants are constantly under threat, we call for folks to exploit racialization. #immigranted #immigrantednext this link should be free but email me if you need a copy. 💪🏽🙏🫶🏽🖤
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/ZNFDQ...
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/ZNFDQ...
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There will now be 10,000 new ICE agents & 100,000 new detention beds--and few safeguards protecting people from constitutional violations by the feds.
Time for states to pass laws allowing people to sue fed agents. Read about it these "converse-1983" statutes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Time for states to pass laws allowing people to sue fed agents. Read about it these "converse-1983" statutes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
July 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
There will now be 10,000 new ICE agents & 100,000 new detention beds--and few safeguards protecting people from constitutional violations by the feds.
Time for states to pass laws allowing people to sue fed agents. Read about it these "converse-1983" statutes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Time for states to pass laws allowing people to sue fed agents. Read about it these "converse-1983" statutes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
New blog up from in my series in my research lab from Rita Kamani-Renedo discusses ethnic studies and pedagogy that enables immigrant youth to see themselves in their schools. Check it out! www.immigrantednextsophiarodriguezphd.com/post/ethnic-... @immigrantednext.bsky.social #immigrantednext
Ethnic Studies Pedagogies for Newcomer Immigrant Youth: Tensions and Possibilities
Introduction by: Melissa Ortiz, New York University and Sophia Rodriguez, New York UniversityGuest Blogger: Rita Kamani-Renedo, PhD Candidate in Race, Inequality, and Language in Education, Stanford U...
www.immigrantednextsophiarodriguezphd.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
New blog up from in my series in my research lab from Rita Kamani-Renedo discusses ethnic studies and pedagogy that enables immigrant youth to see themselves in their schools. Check it out! www.immigrantednextsophiarodriguezphd.com/post/ethnic-... @immigrantednext.bsky.social #immigrantednext
Thanks for sharing the important work that districts are doing to support immigrant youth and families. I share my perspective here: calmatters.org/education/20....
How LA Unified is trying to protect immigrant families during Trump's pervasive crackdown
LA Unified offers financial help and legal advice to immigrant families, among other services. The district has emerged as a national model.
calmatters.org
September 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Thanks for sharing the important work that districts are doing to support immigrant youth and families. I share my perspective here: calmatters.org/education/20....
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UNHCR official warns that the 1951 refugee convention is increasingly under threat
“I am not exaggerating when I say that the institution of the asylum worldwide is under more threat now than it has ever been,” said Ruvendrini Menikdiwela at UNHCR in Geneva
apnews.com/article/asyl...
“I am not exaggerating when I say that the institution of the asylum worldwide is under more threat now than it has ever been,” said Ruvendrini Menikdiwela at UNHCR in Geneva
apnews.com/article/asyl...
UNHCR official warns that the 1951 refugee convention is increasingly under threat
The U.N. refugee agency says that governments around the world are increasingly undermining the global convention on refugees and asylum-seekers even threatening its very existence.
apnews.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
UNHCR official warns that the 1951 refugee convention is increasingly under threat
“I am not exaggerating when I say that the institution of the asylum worldwide is under more threat now than it has ever been,” said Ruvendrini Menikdiwela at UNHCR in Geneva
apnews.com/article/asyl...
“I am not exaggerating when I say that the institution of the asylum worldwide is under more threat now than it has ever been,” said Ruvendrini Menikdiwela at UNHCR in Geneva
apnews.com/article/asyl...
Grateful for @brookings.edu
amazing team for support w/this piece. Things are heavy but building awareness, supporting educators & community-based organizers is critical. I write about the impact of state and federal policies on local communities & what we can do. www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
amazing team for support w/this piece. Things are heavy but building awareness, supporting educators & community-based organizers is critical. I write about the impact of state and federal policies on local communities & what we can do. www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
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August 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Grateful for @brookings.edu
amazing team for support w/this piece. Things are heavy but building awareness, supporting educators & community-based organizers is critical. I write about the impact of state and federal policies on local communities & what we can do. www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
amazing team for support w/this piece. Things are heavy but building awareness, supporting educators & community-based organizers is critical. I write about the impact of state and federal policies on local communities & what we can do. www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
Sharing my new piece @immigrantednext.bsky.social
Parallel lives, re(imagined) futures, and the hidden injuries of undocumented Latinx youth across the lifespan: Ethnography and Education: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Parallel lives, re(imagined) futures, and the hidden injuries of undocumented Latinx youth across the lifespan: Ethnography and Education: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Parallel lives, re(imagined) futures, and the hidden injuries of undocumented Latinx youth across the lifespan
This article theorises the hidden injuries of undocumented immigration statues. Through ten years of longitudinal ethnographic research (2012–2022), the author centres the experiences of two undocu...
www.tandfonline.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Sharing my new piece @immigrantednext.bsky.social
Parallel lives, re(imagined) futures, and the hidden injuries of undocumented Latinx youth across the lifespan: Ethnography and Education: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Parallel lives, re(imagined) futures, and the hidden injuries of undocumented Latinx youth across the lifespan: Ethnography and Education: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New blog: Important insights on enhancing educational equity for immigrant students in New York! Dive into our policy recommendations aimed at fostering better support systems. Read more: wix.to/987UiRL #Education #Equity #Immigrants
Enhancing Educational Equity for Immigrant Students in New York: Policy Recommendations from CUNY-IIE
Introduction by: Lisa Pamela Lopez-Escobar and Sophia Rodriguez, New York UniversityGuest Bloggers: Rachel Duff and Tamara Alsace, PhD, City University of New York – Initiative on Immigration and Educ...
wix.to
July 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New blog: Important insights on enhancing educational equity for immigrant students in New York! Dive into our policy recommendations aimed at fostering better support systems. Read more: wix.to/987UiRL #Education #Equity #Immigrants
I did not think this would be exciting as it is I don’t know why because it was such a long journey to finish it, but this is pretty cool. Today is the day my book arrived. I received the first copy!
Shout out to all the people who reviewed iterations of this work!! ❤️❤️ @rutgersupress.bsky.social
Shout out to all the people who reviewed iterations of this work!! ❤️❤️ @rutgersupress.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I did not think this would be exciting as it is I don’t know why because it was such a long journey to finish it, but this is pretty cool. Today is the day my book arrived. I received the first copy!
Shout out to all the people who reviewed iterations of this work!! ❤️❤️ @rutgersupress.bsky.social
Shout out to all the people who reviewed iterations of this work!! ❤️❤️ @rutgersupress.bsky.social
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Cat owner kidnapped by ICE. Cats need a place to land. Can anyone step up? Cats are in the Baltimore area.
June 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Cat owner kidnapped by ICE. Cats need a place to land. Can anyone step up? Cats are in the Baltimore area.
Sharing my recent interview for #tapintoNewark, where the local school district has seen an increase in language learners or the last few years and have decided to bus mostly ELs & segregate schools. Parents report not knowing or accessing info. www.tapinto.net/towns/newark...
East Ward Students Bussed from Higher Performing Schools
East Ward schools are so overcrowded that over 150 students are being bussed out of the ward every morning to schools in the Central and North wards.Many of the students being bussed are learning...
www.tapinto.net
June 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Sharing my recent interview for #tapintoNewark, where the local school district has seen an increase in language learners or the last few years and have decided to bus mostly ELs & segregate schools. Parents report not knowing or accessing info. www.tapinto.net/towns/newark...
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📣Read our explainer with @youthlaw.bsky.social @immigrantjustice.bsky.social @acaciajustice.bsky.social and others that outlines how the Trump admin. is undercutting Congress’ clear mandate to separate the care & custody of children from DHS’ enforcement goals.
More here: bit.ly/4kzyZA6
More here: bit.ly/4kzyZA6
May 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
📣Read our explainer with @youthlaw.bsky.social @immigrantjustice.bsky.social @acaciajustice.bsky.social and others that outlines how the Trump admin. is undercutting Congress’ clear mandate to separate the care & custody of children from DHS’ enforcement goals.
More here: bit.ly/4kzyZA6
More here: bit.ly/4kzyZA6
Actual footage of me having a grant proposal, dissertation defenses where I’m chair, and a guest lecture in the same four days of a week…. 😂😂😂🙈🙈💀💀
a man is squatting in a hallway with an exit sign above him
ALT: a man is squatting in a hallway with an exit sign above him
media.tenor.com
May 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Actual footage of me having a grant proposal, dissertation defenses where I’m chair, and a guest lecture in the same four days of a week…. 😂😂😂🙈🙈💀💀
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*hits 'send' on final manuscript draft*
a basketball player wearing a new york jersey with the number 11 on it
Alt: New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson, striding triumphantly and blowing a kiss to the crowd.
media.tenor.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
*hits 'send' on final manuscript draft*
Friends doing critical ethnographic work, please send nominations! I was fortunate to receive this award last year- great support and network! 💜🙏
cae.americananthro.org/douglas-fole...
cae.americananthro.org/douglas-fole...
2025 Douglas Foley Early Career Award | Council on Anthropology and Education
cae.americananthro.org
April 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Friends doing critical ethnographic work, please send nominations! I was fortunate to receive this award last year- great support and network! 💜🙏
cae.americananthro.org/douglas-fole...
cae.americananthro.org/douglas-fole...
Thanks NYU for highlighting my two sessions today! If you want to hear about how to support families and communities and highlight community driven work come through at 3:20 in the mile high ballroom area! And then we have a wonderful panel on the impact of Plyler
April 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Thanks NYU for highlighting my two sessions today! If you want to hear about how to support families and communities and highlight community driven work come through at 3:20 in the mile high ballroom area! And then we have a wonderful panel on the impact of Plyler
#aera2025 day 2?! So many wonderful meet ups and of course more snacks #proflife #edterps #nyusteinhardt
April 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
#aera2025 day 2?! So many wonderful meet ups and of course more snacks #proflife #edterps #nyusteinhardt
Busy and fun #aera2025 good food and chats on the first day! #aera2025eats #denver #rioja #vitalroot
April 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Busy and fun #aera2025 good food and chats on the first day! #aera2025eats #denver #rioja #vitalroot
Excited for this invited symposium from @aera_edresearch will share our paper that we did for the Nat’l Academy of education. - Saturday at 3:20 PM! Come through! Free access to the paper: naeducation.org/wp-content/u...
April 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Excited for this invited symposium from @aera_edresearch will share our paper that we did for the Nat’l Academy of education. - Saturday at 3:20 PM! Come through! Free access to the paper: naeducation.org/wp-content/u...
