Molly Fee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at the University of South Florida. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow in Sociology at Nuffield College, University of Oxford where she was also a Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre. She received her PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles.

 

Molly studies how organizational structure and policies shape the migration and incorporation of refugees in the United States and how refugees interact with the institutions that grant rights and resources. Her research has been published in outlets such as Social Problems, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Her book, Believing in Light after Darkness: Displacement and Refugee Resettlement, is forthcoming in March 2026 with the University of California Press.

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Molly developed an interest in how policies shape social contexts while working at the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) in Washington, DC. During her time at CAL, she focused on English Learner and foreign language education.