Jacob Thomas (PhD, UCLA, MA University of Chicago, BA, UC Berkeley) is an assistant professor in the Sociology Department of Corvinus University of Budapest and a research fellow at Princeton University’s Center for Migration and Development. His mixed-methods research addresses the questions of why more people do not migrate or travel internationally, migrant selectivity, the limited ability of states to control migration, and how migratory opportunities are stratified along various intersecting dimensions. He has published research in Theory and Society, International Migration, the European Journal of Sociology, International Migration Review, and the International Journal of Sociology, among others, and his forthcoming book Denial, Deterrence, and Disenchantment: Why Many Never Immigrate is under contract and forthcoming in 2025 with Cambridge University Press.