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Contact Information

702 S Wright St.
3059 Lincoln Hall
Urbana, IL 61801
PhD Candidate

Biography

Asha Sawhney is a sixth-year PhD Candidate who is working on her doctoral dissertation project on transnational migration to and through the Americas. Her work sits at the intersection of the studies of migration, urban spaces, and social movements, with a particular regional expertise of both Latin America and South Asia. She is committed to South-South analysis and exploration of the uneven terrain produced by the global political economy. 

Research Interests

Migration 

Critical Infrastructures 

Social Movements 

Urban Sociology

Latin America

South Asia 

Awards and Honors

Illinois Distinguished Fellowship 2020-2023  

Bastian Dissertation Fellowship for Transnational Sociology 

 

 

Recent Publications

Sawhney, Asha and Jose Atiles (equal co-authors),"Dispossession by Production: The Pharmaceutical Industry and Covid-19 Resource Shortages in India and Puerto Rico," New Political Economy, September 2025. 

Sawhney, Asha, "Naanwais and Non-Citizens: The Political Economy of Afghan Migrant Infrastructures in Delhi," Urban Matters Journal, November 2023.