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Rick Baldoz is a scholar of immigration, empire, and Asian American Studies, focusing on the convergence of foreign and domestic policy imperatives that demarcate and administer the borders of national community. His work broadly grapples with the politics of citizenship and national belonging, exploring the boundary processes—national, racial, and ideological—that determine membership in American society. He teaches courses related to immigration, citizenship regimes, popular culture, and Asian American Studies. His book, 'Asiatic Invasion: Empire Migration Filipino America 1898-1946,' published by NYU Press, has received accolades from the American Sociological Association and the American Library Association. Professor Baldoz has published articles on comparative colonialism, Cold War radicalism, and racial ideology in Hawaii. He is currently working on a new book entitled 'Sovereignty's Devil: Immigration, Geopolitics, Borders Empire,' which examines the entanglements of immigration policy and national security imperatives from the Cold War to the present.
Department: Department of Economics