Migration
In this episode, sociologist and demographer Professor Amy Hsin guides us to a critical junction in the fight against poverty: the profound intersection of immigration policy and systemic inequality.
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Presented by Notre Dame Poverty Initiative
Sociologist and demographer Professor Amy Hsin guides us to a critical junction in the fight against poverty: the profound intersection of immigration policy and systemic inequality. Her insights were originally shared with Notre Dame’s Poverty Research Fellows–a passionate cohort of undergraduates dedicated to wielding rigorous, evidence-based research to uncover lasting pathways out of poverty. By examining the legal and social frameworks that impact vulnerable communities, Professor Hsin illustrates how uncovering the structural roots of inequality is an essential step toward building lasting opportunity.
Poverty Research From Every Angle highlights Notre Dame faculty from across the University leading the charge. This approach is critical because poverty is never a single problem with a single solution–it is a complex web of interconnected challenges spanning health, education, the environment, and our legal systems. No single discipline holds the entire picture, but each illuminates something the others cannot see alone. Over the course of this series, you will see how Notre Dame’s brightest minds are bridging these fields, sharing impactful research, and collaborating to build real, lasting paths out of poverty.
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Meet the Faculty: Amy Hsin
Professor Amy Hsin is a Professor of Migration at the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs. A sociologist and demographer whose research examines immigration, inequality, and education, she focuses on how legal status shapes the lives and opportunities of immigrant families and young adults in the United States. In addition to her academic research, she engages in public-facing work on immigration policy, including writing amicus briefs in defense of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and, most recently, birthright citizenship. In 2019, she was appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio to co-chair a New York City commission tasked with advancing educational equity in the city’s public schools.
Meet the Student: Annika Singh '27
Annika Singh, Class of 2027, is a Business Analytics and Economics double-major with a minor in the Hesburgh Program in Public Service from Boston, MA.