Professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia headlines “Reframing the Immigration Narrative”

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.—Professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar, director of the Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic, and clinical professor of law, recently spoke during a Penn State Research event titled, “Reframing the Immigration Narrative: A Conversation with Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia.”

The small group discussion, which was limited to 25 participants from within Penn State, aimed to demystify legal and media narratives, shed light on recent policy developments, and highlight how visa-sponsored postdocs can successfully navigate complex U.S. systems at this time.

Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia is a nationally respected immigration scholar, law professor, author, and attorney. She joined Penn State Dickinson Law as a Clinical Professor of Law in 2008 and was named Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar in 2013.

Wadhia's scholarship has focused on the role of prosecutorial discretion in immigration law and policy and the intersection of immigration, race, and national security. She is the author of two award-winning academic press books by New York University Press and co-author of a textbook on Immigration & Nationality Law by Carolina Academic Press.