Dr. Javier Hidalgo is a political theorist whose teaching and research interests center on the ethical and public policy questions related to Mexican immigration in the United States, the morality of the market, and democratic theory.

He teaches courses such as Leadership and the Humanities and Leadership Ethics, and advanced courses on issues of leadership and diversity.

A finalist for the 2012 American Political Science Association Best Dissertation Award in the field of Human Rights, his work examined the political morality of unauthorized immigration and considered the ethics of deportation, the relationship between the criminal law and immigration law, and moral constraints on access to citizenship.

A Fulbright Scholar, he earned a bachelor's degree in political science and philosophy from Reed College and a master's and doctorate from the Program in Political Philosophy at Princeton University. He was a visiting scholar at Brown University prior to joining the Jepson School.