Isabel Jijon is a cultural sociologist who studies globalization, human rights, and morality, work, and markets. Her research is comparative and focuses on Latin America and the global South. Broadly speaking, she is interested in culture and inequality, in how people create, develop, and challenge narratives of stigma and recognition. Isabel is writing a book on these topics called Unintentional Stigma: How Good Intentions Lead to Unforeseen Outcomes in the Global Fight Against Child Labor. In it, she analyzes a common but misunderstood problem in human rights advocacy, how transnational campaigns can stigmatize the very people they want to protect. Isabel has also published on globalization and collective memory, globalization and sport, and theories of translation.

Isabel has a Ph.D. with distinction from Yale University. She was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University, a Visiting Assistant Professor at Purchase College, and a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale's Fox International Fellowship. Isabel is currently a Research Consultant at UNICEF's Child Protection and Development Team. She received a 21^st Century Dissertation Prize from Yale University for her research on child labor, given to a distinguished sociology dissertation that contributes to public policy or the public interest.