May 18, 2026
Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia recognized by HeinOnline's Scholarly Impact Rankings
She ranks No. 18 for immigration law
Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA—Professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia ranks No. 18 for immigration law in HeinOnline's Scholarly Impact Rankings of Most Cited Authors by Subject. HeinOnline rankings recognize authors from ABA-approved law schools.
Wadhia is the author of four books and more than 30 articles. The founding director of the Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic, she has spent 18 years at Penn State Dickinson Law.
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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.