Elizabeth Chacko

Elizabeth Chacko is a Professor of Geography and International Affairs. She holds a Ph.D. in geography and an MPH from UCLA, as well as an MA in geography from Miami University. A migration specialist, her research focuses on the flows of people, capital and ideas and their impacts on social, cultural, economic, and urban geographies. She has conducted field work related to migration, transnationalism and urbanization in the United States, India, Ethiopia, and Singapore. Her research has been supported by the Fulbright Commission, the National Science Foundation, and the Social Science Research Council. Her recent publications appeared in the Geographical Review, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Social Studies, FOCUS on Geography, Places Journal and African and Black Diaspora. Dr. Chacko is currently engaged in an NSF-funded research project titled “Geographies of Migration and (In)Security” that investigates migration in the Lower Rio Grande Valley along the US Mexican Border. She is a co-author on a 2023 report issued by the Organization of American States on the role of local authorities in the reception, inclusion and integration of immigrants and refugees in cities across the Americas.