Haiyun Damon-Feng is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she teaches immigration law and constitutional law. Damon-Feng’s research lies at the intersection of administrative law and immigration law and policy, and focuses on issues relating to executive power, federalism, procedure, and race. Her scholarship has appeared or is forthcoming in the Duke Law Journal, the Washington International Law Journal, the Harvard Law Review blog and the Harvard Law & Policy Review’s Notice & Comment. Damon-Feng previously taught at the New York University School of Law and the University of Washington School of Law, and she was an inaugural Administrative Law Fellow with the ABA Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.

Prior to entering academia, she co-founded the Adelante Pro Bono Project, a cross-border immigration rapid response initiative. Her work at the U.S.-Mexico border has been featured by news outlets including The New York Times and the Washington Post. Damon-Feng also serves as an advisor to Define American and consults on immigration law issues in television and popular media, including on projects for NBC, ABC, HBO, and others. She was previously a staff attorney and Microsoft fellow at Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) and an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Damon-Feng earned her J.D. from Yale Law School. Additionally, she speaks Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.