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Vanessa Delgado

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Washington State University

Topics of expertise
  • Division of Labor in Families
  • Immigrant, Mixed Status & Transnational Families
  • Latino Families

Email: vanessa.delgado@wsu.edu
Website: https://www.vanessadelgado.com/

Vanessa Delgado is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Washington State University. Broadly, her work explores the incorporation pathways of low-income Latino/a immigrant families. She employs qualitative methods to examine how immigration laws exacerbate social and economic inequality among low-income Latino/a immigrants and their children. Her research has been published in Journal of Marriage and Family, Sociological Forum, Sociology Compass, Socius, Social Sciences, Law & Policy, Journal of Latinos and Education, and featured in public outlets such as Latino Rebels, CalMatters, California Health Report, and Northwest News Network.

Last Updated: 9/9/25