Welcome to my website, which merges my love for writing with my passion for teaching and social justice. My home base is Durango, Colorado, where I work in the Department of Sociology and Human Services at Fort Lewis College, but my work takes me all over the world. As a writer, I am available for commissioned work in the United States and abroad.

My main area of expertise is international migration but I also write extensively about poverty, inequality, race and ethnicity, and human development. For examples of my writing, please visit Research and Writing. In addition to writing for the popular press, I provide expert testimonies for immigrants seeking asylum or protective status in the United States. For more information, please visit Immigration Cases.

My goal is to encourage my students and readers to think critically about the most pressing issues of our time, so that together we can contribute to making the world a better place. To this end, I work hard to provide my students with the tools necessary to address tomorrow’s challenges today. I have long believed that education is the impetus of social progress, which is why I approach teaching and writing as an opportunity to contribute to positive change in the world.

You can contact me at: bjwaddell@fortlewis.edu or benjaminjameswaddell@gmail.com