Melissa Hernandez Jasso
Ph.D. Student in Sociology
Melissa Hernandez Jasso is a Doctoral Student in Sociology and a Fulbright-García Robles scholar. Her work focuses on international migration, higher education, and immigrant integration through qualitative research. She examines how legal and educational trajectories shape social membership and inclusion, particularly through the recognition of professional credentials and processes of bureaucratic incorporation, influencing immigrants’ sense of belonging in society.