After receiving a BA in Anthropology from Yale University (2005) and an MA in Ethics, Peace, and Global Affairs from American University (2011), Dr. Frank-Vitale earned her PhD in Anthropology from the University of Michigan in 2021 (with a Graduate Certificate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies). She was a very successful Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer in Princeton’s Program in Latin American Studies (PLAS) during 2021-2023.

As both an innovative thinker in Central American migration, culture and politics, and US immigration and border policy and a stellar instructor, Dr. Frank-Vitale is poised to make lasting contributions across the policy, scholarly and broader Princeton communities.