Emir Estrada is a qualitative immigration scholar whose work focuses on the migration and incorporation aspect of immigrants from Latin America.

Her research interests in immigration and gender are influenced in great part by her own immigration experience. She is currently investigating three lines of research that share a common theme centered on Latin families and decision-making processes. Estrada is also an affiliated faculty member with the School of Transborder Studies and the School of Social Transformation in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.