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Sarah R. Coleman
Sarah R. Coleman is an assistant professor of history at Texas State University, a former advisor to President Biden and the author of The Walls Within: The Politics of Immigration in Modern America. Dr. Coleman received her PhD from Princeton University and her commentary has been published in the Washington Post and on CNN.com.