Felecia Russell’s groundbreaking book, Amplifying Black Undocumented Student Voices in Higher Education, powerfully centers the perspectives of self-identified Black undocumented
Author: Kevin Escudero
Kevin Escudero is an Associate Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies and Co-Founder of the Migration Studies Initiative at Brown University. His research and teaching center on comparative studies of race, ethnicity, and Indigeneity; U.S. imperialism and militarism; immigration and citizenship; social movements; and law. His book, Organizing While Undocumented (NYU Press, 2020) examined Latinx and Asian undocumented immigrant youth’s utilization of an intersectional movement identity to affirm heterogeneity within the contemporary U.S. immigrant rights movement and build coalitions with members of similarly situated groups. His current book manuscript, “Imperial Unsettling,” examines Filipinx immigrant and Indigenous Chamoru coalition building as part of Guåhan (Guam)’s ongoing decolonization movement. He has served as Special Advisor to the Provost for Undocumented and DACAmented students and as a Faculty Fellow for Brown’s Undocumented, First-Generation College and Low-Income Student Center.
Interview with Kevin Escudero, author of Organizing While Undocumented: Immigrant Youth’s Political Activism under the Law (NYU Press, 2020)
Latinx Talk: Tell us about yourself. Kevin Escudero: I am an assistant professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at