Nicole E. Trujillo Pagán is a sociologist whose research focuses on race, migration, urban inequality, and Latino communities in the United States. She is a professor of sociology at Wayne State University, where her work examines immigration policy, urban governance, and the experiences of Latino populations in Midwestern cities. Trujillo Pagán has published research on citizenship, labor, and the politics of belonging. She is the author of Detroit Never Left: Black Space, White Borders, Latino Crossings, published by New York University Press in 2025, which studies how Latino migration intersects with the racial and spatial history of Detroit.