Despite having by international standards some of the most extensive socio-economic rights in the world, refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa are consistently unable …
Introduction: As of 2018, 68.5 million people worldwide have been forcibly displaced due to conflict, violence, persecution, or human-rights violations. Syria currently has one of …
Meeting the Nutrition Education Needs of Rhode Island Refugees Through the Supplemental Nutrition Education Program (SNAP-Ed) By: Hanna Shephard, Sarah Amin, Abigail Harrison, Heidi Hetzler, …
Since 2017, Lebanese politicians have increasingly urged Syrians to return to Syria, citing the presence of nearly 1.5 million displaced Syrians in Lebanon as sources …
Narratives surrounding public health infrastructure in refugee camps are critical to understanding the lived experiences of camp residents but are often understudied. This project draws …
This thesis focuses on the tensions between fact and fiction—reportage, memoir and creative writing. It provides broad context and reconceptualizes the way that migrant narratives …
Part I: Family Preparedness: A study of the influence of Family Structure on Household Preparedness Background: Despite effort by multiple agencies to educate the public …
How does armed conflict and its consequences impact the migration decisions of women? Existing migration theories have various focuses and flaws that make them inadequate …
This dissertation is an ethnographic study of Syrian refugees in Lebanon and the humanitarian workers who resettle them in Italy. Between 2015 and 2020, Italy …
This study sets out to answer the question under what conditions nationalist political parties successfully mobilize co-ethnic immigrants. It examines a case of co-ethnic immigrants, …
Abstract of “The Resilience Paradox: Ethical Quandaries of Humanitarian Aid in Jordan and Lebanon” by Malay Firoz, Ph.D., Brown University, October 2020. Anthropologists have argued …
Abstract of World Donut: Cambodians, Donut Shops, Los Angeles, 1975-Present, by Erin Michelle Curtis, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2016 At the turn of the twenty-first …
Climate change and the difficulty of addressing displacement are not future problems: they are challenges the international community faces and has been facing for some …
Based on original ethnographic research at a refugee resettlement agency, this thesis argues that various systemic contributors to burnout are overlooked in the existing literature. …
