PROFILE

Abigail Fisher Williamson, Ph.D., researches and teaches on immigration policy, health policy, urban politics, and political behavior. Her book Welcoming New Americans? Local Governments and Immigrant Incorporation (University of Chicago Press, 2018) explains why cities welcome immigrants and how these efforts both promote and restrict incorporation. She works with an interdisciplinary team of scholars on the AmeRicans’ Conceptions of Health Equity Study (ARCHES), which examines how people form and change their understandings of whose health deserves society’s attention and investment.