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Jordan Dez conducted her PhD research on the human rights of undocumented migrants, employing legal anthropology to study the impact of migrant organizing on human rights law. Her research often examines the meeting points between constitutional law, migration law and human rights law. Before coming to the VU, she worked as an attorney of US immigration law and international law in the United States. Jordan currently teaches constitutional law in the Dutch Law Bachor's and comparitive public law in the Law in Society Bachelor's. 

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Jordan Dez deed promotieonderzoek naar de mensenrechten van ongedocumenteerde migranten, waarbij ze gebruikmaakte van juridische antropologie om de impact van migrantenorganisaties op het mensenrechtenrecht te bestuderen. Haar onderzoek richt zich vaak op de raakvlakken tussen constitutioneel recht, migratierecht en mensenrechten. Voor haar komst naar de VU werkte zij als advocaat in het immigratierecht en internationaal recht in de Verenigde Staten. Momenteel doceert Jordan staatsrecht in de bachelor rechtsgeleerdheid en publiekrecht in de bachelor Law in Society.

Research

T.P. Spijkerboer & J. Dez, NWO Open-Competition in the Social Sciences and Humanities 2018-2024, 'Claim-making as Rights-Making: Irregular Migrants Reshaping International Human Rights Law.

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  • Vereniging voor Sociaalwetenschappelijke bestudering van het Recht (VSR) | Amsterdam | Bestuurder | 2026-01-01 - present

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Academic qualification

Law, PhD, The Political Rights of Migrants: Undocumented Migrant Politics as Human Rights-making Practice (cum laude), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

1 Sept 20198 May 2025

Award Date: 8 May 2025

LLM International Migration and Refugee Law (cum laude), Vrije Universiteit

Award Date: 15 Oct 2018

JD (Highest Honors), S.J. Quinney College of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah

Award Date: 1 May 2015

BA Anthropology & Spanish (magna cum laude), University of Connecticut

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