I am a migration scholar and an urban geographer who uses primarily qualitative, interdisciplinary and community-based approaches to conduct my research. My key interests lie in exploring the complex relationships between people and place and especially in the ways that flows of capital, labour, bodies, and ideas may transform various landscapes. I am currently a Professor in the Department of Geography and Geosciences and Director of the Global and Regional Studies Program at the University of Vermont. I also serve as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education for the College of Arts and Sciences. I am a Fellow of the Gund Institute for the Environment and affiliated with the graduate programs in Food Systems and Sustainable Development, Policy, Economics and Governance at UVM and have previously served as a Science Advisor for the USDA, a National Councillor for the American Association of Geographers and have served as a commissioner for the Burlington Housing Authority, Green Mountain Transit, and the City of Burlington’s Public Works Committee. I currently chair the Reparations Taskforce for the City of Burlington, Vermont.
On this site you will find information on my current teaching, research, university-related and community-based initiatives. Here are a few related links on my work:
- Website on my work related to refugee resettlement in small cities in the US
- An article on community based refugee research at UVM
- An interview and a reflection on my publication Refugees in New Destinations – Resettlement in Vermont
Recent publications:
Nexus dynamics: the impact of environmental vulnerabilities and climate change on refugee camps, Oxford Open Climate Change 4(1), 2024 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfclm/kgae001
Research with refugees: working with ethnic community-based organizations, Geographical Review, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1080/00167428.2024.2322001
Revisioning Urban Pulse, Urban Geography 45(1), 2024 https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2023.2270351
Getting people to food and food to people: considering transportation barriers and food access in the future of food, Geographical Review, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1080/00167428.2024.2383459
