Mirian G. Martinez-Aranda
Mirian G. Martinez-Aranda is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. Her academic work focuses on immigration detention, surveillance, law and society, and race and ethnicity. She is currently working on her first book, which examines the social, material, and health consequences of immigration detention on immigrants, families, and communities. Specifically, the book explores the experiences of immigrants after their release from detention, highlighting how immigration enforcement policies constrain and shape their lives as they navigate family reunification, community incorporation, life under ICE surveillance, and engagement with the immigration legal system. Her research has been published in well-regarded academic journals such as Social Problems, American Behavioral Scientist, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, and Law & Society Review.
