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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.
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.
Ancillary activities are updated daily
Law, PhD, The Political Rights of Migrants: Undocumented Migrant Politics as Human Rights-making Practice (cum laude), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
1 Sept 2019 → 8 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
Research output: PhD Thesis › PhD-Thesis - Research and graduation internal
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Web publication or Non-textual form › Web publication or Website › Popular
Research output: Case Note › Case note › Professional
Dez, J. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
Dez, J. (Speaker)
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
Dez, J. (Speaker)
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
Dez, J. (Speaker)
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Professional
Dez, J. (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference › Academic
2/09/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
3/03/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities