A book by Jeffrey Kahn, assistant professor of anthropology, about Haitian boat migration to the U.S. is the winner of a 2020 Herbert Jacob Book Prize from the Law and Society Association.

UC Davis anthropologist Jeffrey Kahn’s book on Haitian boat migration to the United States is the co-winner of the 2019 Avant Garde Book Prize from the Haitian Studies Association. The award selection committee called Kahn’s book, "Islands of Sovereignty: Haitian Migration and the Borders of Empire" (Chicago University Press, 2019) a “timely and important contribution” to the field.