Jennifer Trowbridge

Jennifer Trowbridge is a sociocultural and forensic anthropologist in the Human Rights Program at Barnard College, where she teaches courses on asylum and immigration in New York City. Mia Roque, Gianna Archuleta, Sophie Sorensen-Wald, and Eira Prakash are students at Barnard who took part in the ethnographic court witnessing course via the Immigration Research Hub. 

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The Spectacle at Federal Plaza: Student Ethnographers in NYC Immigration Courts

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The Spectacle at Federal Plaza: Student Ethnographers in NYC Immigration Courts

“Por miedo,” the asylum-seeking respondent admitted over video when the immigration judge demanded to know why she had not shown up to court in person. “Because... More

In Death

Theorizing the Contemporary

In Death

(Con traducción al español)The morning Tom Abercrombie passed away was also the day of my dissertation defense. Tom was one of my principal advisors, and needle... More