Ivón Padilla-Rodríguez

Padilla-Rodríguez is a socio-legal historian of Latinx child migration to and within the U.S. Padilla-Rodríguez's research bridges the scholarship on immigration and childhood to challenge adult-centric understandings about the evolving meaning of citizenship; access to the welfare state; and the consequences of draconian border enforcement. Padilla-Rodríguez's doctoral work has been supported by the Harry S. Truman Foundation; American Historical Association; American Society for Legal History; and the Immigration and Ethnic History Society; among others. Outside of academia; Padilla-Rodríguez has conducted research on child and family migration for the federal government; and national immigrants' rights non-profits in the U.S. and Mexico. Padilla-Rodríguez's work and experiences have been featured in Teen Vogue; Slack’s “Work in Progress” podcast; the L.A. Review of Books; and Wayne State University's "Tales from the Reuther Library."