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Asha Sawhney

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Contact Information

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

Office Hours

Fall 2024: Wednesday 2pm-3pm
Graduate Student, Teaching Assistant

Biography

Asha Sawhney is a fifth-year PhD Candidate who is working on her doctoral dissertation project on migration to and through the Americas. Her work sits at the intersection of migration studies, urban sociology, social movement studies, Latin American studies, and South Asian studies. 

Research Interests

Migration 

Critical Infrastructures 

Social Movements 

Collective Behavior 

Urban Sociology

South Asia 

Awards and Honors

Illinois Distinguished Fellowship 2020-2023  

Bastian Dissertation Fellowship for Transnational Sociology