Austin Kocher, Ph.D.

I’m a political and legal geographer studying the theories, laws, and institutional practices behind immigration enforcement. Research Assistant Professor with Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) and Research Fellow at American University’s Immigration Lab.

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• June 1-4, 2023: Law and Society Association conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico in a session titled “Legal Violence, Precarity, and Migrant Youth” with Laila Hlass, Rachel Davidson, Chiara Galli, Valeria Gomez, and Rebecca Hamlin as discussant. Learn more about the conference here.
• June 15 & 16, 2023: Emerging Immigration Scholars Conference at George Washington University. Join me at the panel on Teaching & Advocacy on Friday morning. Register or learn more here.
• November 2023: 6th Annual International Conference on Border Studies Transborderism: Reimagining Social Space in Brownsville/Matomoros. Learn more here.