Joseph Nevins received his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of California, Los Angeles. His research interests include socioterritorial boundaries and mobility, violence and inequality, and political ecology; he has conducted research in East Timor, Mexico and the United States-Mexico border region. Among his books are "A People’s Guide to Greater Boston" (2020), co-authored with Suren Moodliar and Eleni Macrakis, "Operation Gatekeeper and Beyond: The War on 'Illegals' and the Remaking of the U.S.-Mexico Boundary" (2010), and "Dying to Live: A Story of U.S. Immigration in an Age of Global Apartheid" (2008).