Harnessing the Strength of Listening to Human Stories in Education: A Language Educator’s experience at CFD by Maureen Lothrop Magnan, Ph.D.
Maureen Lothrop Magnan works at Sharon Elementary School, and participated in CFD’s Summer Workshop on Forced Displacement for K-12 Teachers. Read her reflections about the week below. In education, there is undeniable power in listening to the stories of others—stories that challenge our perspectives, evoke empathy, and transform the way we teach and learn. During […]
Reflections on CFD presentation at ISA Conference by Associate Director Carrie J. Preston
Our presentation at the International Studies Association Annual Conference in San Francisco was very well received, and we learned a ton that will advance this research. Participants in our panel were particularly interested in how we reframed our work away from “experiential learning” or “field work” (the term most often used in International Studies) to […]
Interview with Paul Spiegel
Paul Spiegel, MPH ’96, MD, is recognized for his research on preventing and responding to complex humanitarian emergencies and director of the Center for Humanitarian Health at Johns Hopkins University. Spiegel is also chair of the the CHH–Lancet Commission for Health, Conflict and Forced Displacement. The Lancet Commission on Health, Conflict, and Forced Displacement aims to reimagine the humanitarian […]
CFD Associate Director Carrie Preston on “Sanctuary: Who Belongs Here”
The Special Collections at the University of Arizona in Tucson currently hosts an exhibition titled “Sanctuary: Who Belongs Here? The Search for Homeland on the U.S.-Mexico Border, 1848 to Today.” The exhibition draws from the University’s extensive holdings on the contemporary Sanctuary Movement, which is rooted in faith-based communities along the U.S. southern border, […]
Reflections on Gender, Race, and Intersectionality in the Global Border Regime by Catherine Abou-Khalil
Our next Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar, “Gender, Race, and Intersectionality in the Global Border Regime,” will take place on Thursday, February 15, 2024 and will embody understanding migrants’ experiences and journeys through an intersectional lens. What determines admissibility or deservingness of protection? Since the war in Ukraine, attention and access to resources has varied from […]
Interview with Sarah Kimball
Sarah Kimball, MD is a board-certified internist and is an Assistant Professor at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Kimball has a expertise in immigration-informed medical care, where she has helped to research and build health systems that are responsive to the needs of im/migrant patients. She is currently the Director of the Immigrant […]
Interview with Devin Bowes
Devin Bowes is an assistant professor at the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina, and a former CFD postdoctoral associate. Her work pioneers the field of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), where she leverages community wastewater to analyze human excreted biomarkers indicative of various aspects of human health at population-scale in order […]
Cross-Disciplinary Conversation Must Be Our Priority – Reflections on Climate Displacement and Migration from CFD Director of Programs Marina Lazetic
Boston University’s Initiative on Cities and the University of Toronto’s School of Cities organized a workshop on climate displacement in Toronto on September 28th. I traveled to present the Center on Forced Displacement’s research on climate-related migrations and displacement. The goal of this workshop was to bring scholars from different disciplines together to share their […]
Amal Walks Across America, First Steps in Boston by Carrie J. Preston
My family and I walked for a few blocks in East Boston with Little Amal, a twelve-foot-tall puppet of a ten-year old Syrian refugee child, just as she was beginning a 6,000-mile journey from Boston, MA to San Diego, CA. “I want to get closer, but I’m a little scared of her,” said my seven-year-old […]
Reflections from 2023 Summer Program on Forced Migration and Borders
From July 17 through July 29 2023, CFD held a Summer Program on Forced Migration and Borders at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Science in Belgrade, Serbia. This project was designed and spearheaded by the CFD Director of Programs, Marina Lazetic, in partnership with the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade, Faculty […]