Swathi Shanmugasundaram is a senior research analyst with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). She is an expert on forms of extremism including the organized anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim movements. Before joining the SPLC, Shanmugasundaram worked as a policy consultant for South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), a national civil rights group based in Takoma Park, Maryland. She received her BA in immigration policy with minors in Asian studies and intergroup relations education from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.