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Celebrating Immprof Achievements in 2022

By immigrationprof

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Immigration law professors around the country had a whole lot to celebrate in 2022. Check out these professional developments.

New Jobs:

  • Jennifer Chacón joined the faculty at Stanford Law School.
  • Ming Hsu Chen joined the faculty at UC Hastings.
  • Eugenio Mollo, Jr. joined Toledo as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law to launch and direct the school’s Immigrant Justice Clinic.
  • Aadhithi Padmanabhan (Maryland) started her first full-time job in academia as an Assistant Professor of Law directing the new Federal Appellate Immigration Clinic. 
  • Carrie Rosenbaum joined Chapman as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Fall 2022.
  • Tania N. Valdez started her first tenure-track job as an Associate Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School.

Promotions and Awards:

  • Lauren R. Aronson (Illinois) was promoted to Full Clinical Professor in August and granted Clinical Tenure.
  • Jennifer Chacón (Stanford) received the Bruce Tyson Mitchell professorship.
  • Ming Hsu Chen (Hastings) was named the Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair and Founding Director of the Center for Race, Immigration, Citizenship, and Equality (RICE) .
  • Kevin Johnson (Davis) was named the first recipient of the Michael A. Olivas Award for Outstanding Leadership in Diversity and Mentoring in the Legal Academy. We look forward to the formal celebration in 2023.
  • Kit Johnson (Oklahoma) received the Thomas P. Hester Presidential Professorship.
  • Gabriela Kahrl (Maryland) was promoted from Associate Director to Co-Director of the Chacón Center for Immigrant Justice.
  • Jennifer Lee (Temple) was approved for tenure by a vote of the law school faculty — their first tenured clinician! We look forward to celebrating the formal approval from central campus in 2023.
  • Mauricio E. Noroña (Cardozo) became a VAP this year after a stint as a teaching fellow in the Cardozo Immigration Justice Clinic.
  • Shalini Bhargava Ray (Alabama) was approved for tenure by a vote of the law school faculty. We look forward to celebrating the formal approval from central campus in 2023.
  • Rachel Rosenbloom (Northeastern) is a fellow with Northeastern’s Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) while she is on sabbatical this year.
  • Scott Titshaw (Mercer) was promoted in 2022 from Associate Professor to Professor. 

Administrative Gigs:

  • Hemanth Gundavaram (Northeastern) became Associate Dean of Experiential Education and Director of Clinical Programs; he continues to also serve as Director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic.
  • Anita Maddali (Northern Illinois) became the Associate Dean for Student Affairs in August 2022, stepping down from the Director of Clinics role she’d been in since 2011.
  • Rachel Rosenbloom (Northeastern) finished her term as Associate Dean for Experiential Education.

Other Exciting News:

  • Jill Family (Widener) became Chair of the ABA Administrative Law section.
  • Geoffrey Hoffman (formerly Houston) became an immigration judge!

Congratulations to all!

-KitJ

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