Nina rabin

Faculty Fellow 2014-2016

Nina Rabin’s work focuses on the impact of immigration and border policies on women's and children’s rights. She directs projects that provide legal and social services to low-wage immigrant workers and women in immigration detention facilities. At the same time, she undertakes policy research to study the impact of immigration enforcement on women and families. Recently, she has authored articles and reports on the working conditions of low-wage immigrant women workers, the intersection of immigration enforcement and the child welfare system, and the treatment of domestic violence victims at the border. She has spoken extensively on immigration policy issues in a variety of venues, including academic conferences, community forums, and a Congressional briefing. She has also participated in training on immigration for attorneys and community leaders.  During the 2012-2013 academic year, she visited Yale Law School as the Senior Fellow in Residence with the Liman Public Interest Program. Prior to her work in Arizona, Dr. Rabin clerked for the Honorable Dorothy Nelson on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and practiced in a civil rights law firm in California. She graduated from Yale Law School in 2003 and Harvard College in 1998. Dr. Rabin is also Director of Border Research at the University’s Southwest Institute for Research on Women.