Elaine C. Allard is an associate professor at Swarthmore College in the Educational Studies Department and affiliated faculty in the Latin American and Latino Studies program. Her ethnographic research and teaching focus on immigrant and emergent bilingual education, including on the impact of undocumented status on students’ experiences in high school and college. In 2020-21, she served as co-chair of Swarthmore’s Sanctuary Committee, which works toward realizing the promise of sanctuary for Swarthmore’s undocumented and DACA students. Elaine received her B.A. from Swarthmore College and her MsEd. and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education.