Isaac Kimmel

Cohort

2017

Subfields

Cultural Sociology, Political Sociology, Qualitative Methods

Profile

Isaac Kimmel is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology at Notre Dame and, since November 2023, the Program Manager for the Center to Counter Human Trafficking at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) in Laredo, Texas. Isaac's dissertation, entitled "Congressional Candidates Constructing COVID: Strategic Communication and Social Problems", draws on insights from cultural sociology, journalism studies, and legislative studies to examine the role of politicians as knowledge producers for the public within America's shifting media ecosystem. In his role at TAMIU, Isaac coordinates a multidisciplinary initiative to create and deliver trainings that will prepare South Texas healthcare providers and educators to identify and assist persons who are being trafficked for sex or labor. A native South Texan, Isaac holds a BA in Philosophy from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC and an MA in Sociology from Notre Dame. Isaac anticipates completing his doctoral work in 2025.