Chandler Patton Miranda, Ph.D., is a scholar, educator, and community advocate whose work focuses on immigration and education. She is the author of Sanctuary School, forthcoming from Harvard Education Press, which draws on her ethnographic research at an International High School in New York City. Her work critically examines how educators and school leaders navigate state policies and advocate for equitable practices that center the lived experiences of immigrant students.
Dr. Miranda holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from NYU and is a professor dedicated to preparing future educators to serve marginalized and minoritized students. Her scholarship has appeared in Harvard Educational Review, Anthropology & Education Quarterly, Leadership and Policy in Schools, and Equity & Excellence in Education. Her research interests are deeply informed by her personal experiences with immigration, her current and former students, and her Brooklyn community.
Beyond academia, Dr. Miranda is actively involved in community organizing with Floyd Bennett Field Neighbors, a mutual aid group supporting newly arrived immigrant families in Brooklyn. Prior to her work in higher education, she spent seven years as a high school teacher, which fuels her commitment to Sanctuary Schools. Dr. Miranda lives in New York with her family.