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International Migration Section Refereed Roundtables
Sun, August 9, 2:00 to 3:00pm, TBATable Presider
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How the Past Shapes the Present: Multinational Migration and Job Satisfaction among Hong Kong Domestic Workers - Sinyee Qianyi Lu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Tim F Liao, University of Illinois
Producing Storefront and Shopfloor Maids: Transnational Carework Regimes in Singapore and Indonesia - Andy Scott Chang, Florida State University
Symbolic Vindication: How employers of migrant domestic workers present ‘fairness’ within potentially exploitative relationships - Isaac An-Jie Lam, University of Southern California
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Legal Inclusion or Economic Prosperity? Venezuelan Migration Decisions to Argentina and the United States - Deisy Del Real, University of Southern California; Clara Jasmine Alvarez Caraveo, University of Southern California
Stratified Incorporation Under Temporary Protection: Heterogeneity Among Venezuelans with TPS - Cecilia Menjivar, University of California-Los Angeles; Roxanne Louise Corbeil, University of California-Los Angeles; Victor Agadjanian, University of California - Los Angeles
The Omnipresence of Violence in the Venezuelan Asylum Seeker Experience - Katheryn Olmos, American University; Ernesto Castañeda, American University; Sarah Iverson, American University
Documenting Experiences of Recently Arrived Migrants in Chicago: Push Factors, Current Needs, and Trust in Government - Keyla Navarrete, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; Peter Rosenblatt, Loyola University-Chicago; Maria Akchurin, Loyola University Chicago; Anna E Bullock, Loyola University Chicago; Connor W Wood, Loyola University Chicago; Cristian Luis Paredes, Loyola University Chicago
Asylum-Seekers’ and the Stranger: Building Networks in Transition - Xochitl Y de Anda Arellanes, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
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A Distant Claim to Belonging -The Impact of an Anti-Immigrant Administration on 1.5-Generation Undocumented Adults - Mariana Magana, University of California Irvine
Keeping Racism Alive: The Anti-Immigrant Movement, Politicians and Colorblind Americans - Carina A. Bandhauer, Western Connecticut State University
Policies that harm or help?: How anti-immigrant policies deepen inequalities for youth and impact schools - Sophia Rodriguez, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Humanities; Melissa Ortiz, New York University; Sofía Antonia Gómez-Doyle, New York University
Social Rights for Whom? How Immigration Policy Environments Impact the Welfare Participation of Immigrants - Clara Alvarez Caraveo, University of Southern California
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Beyond the Ballot: Immigration Attitudes and Everyday Allocative Behavior - Muna Adem, University of Notre Dame; Denise Ambriz, Pitzer College; Manuel Rodriguez, University of Notre Dame
Neighborhood Demographic Composition, Misperceptions, and Attitudes Toward Immigrants in New York City - Yu-Jhen Chen, CUNY-Graduate Center; Philip Kasinitz, CUNY-Graduate Center; Liza G. Steele, CUNY-John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Stolen Pride, Stolen Security? Emotions, Economics, and Immigration Preferences - Joey Dickinson, Washington University in St. Louis
Cable News Coverage of the U.S.-Mexico Border and Public Opinion on Immigration - Christopher Maggio, Mercy University
In the wake of Trump’s victory: Perceived migration stigma and post-election beliefs about one’s future - Maureen A. Eger, University of Southern California; Emily Dunkel; Margaux Grivel; Lawrence Yang; Bruce G Link, University of California-Riverside
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An Intervention that Worked: How Alternative Voting Systems Promoted Hispanic Voter Integration into Political/Public Life - Robert Courtney Smith, Baruch College, CUNY
A New Era for Change: Empowering Muslim Political Organizing Through Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign - Nazreen Sameena Bacchus, SUNY-Farmingdale
Transnational Politics of Georgian Immigration to The U.S. - Mariam Machabeli, University of Massachusetts Boston
Interpersonal Ties to Migrant Kin Abroad on Outcomes of Political Perceptions in Turkey - Elif Buyukakbas, Northwestern University
Latino Collective Action in The United States 1990-2009: The Impacts of Legislative and Repressive Threats - Yanming Kuang, Indiana University-Bloomington; Dina G. Okamoto, Indiana University-Bloomington; Kim Ebert, North Carolina State University
Voluntary Associations and the Welfare State: Deservingness in the Case of Contemporary Immigration Politics - Danning He, University of California-San Diego
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Challenges and Support of the H-2 Visa Program in an Uncertain Policy Landscape - Michelle S Dromgold-Sermen, George Mason University; Sandip K Sureka; Julissa Zelaya Barrera, George Mason University
No Longer Morally Obligated: A Critical Overview of the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Program - Durana Saydee, University of California-Los Angeles
Overeducated and Underpaid: Characteristics of H-1B Visa Holders from New Administrative Records, 2014-2024 - Milly Yining Yang, Yale University
Bureaucratic Tradeoffs in Migration Management - Nathan Ly, Cornell University
Learning Administrative Burdens: Transnational Working Migrants in Canada’s ‘North’ - Kiran Mirchandani, University of Toronto; Leah F Vosko, York University; Sara Komarnisky, University of Alberta
Hemming Close. A Comparative Analysis of Comparative Refugee Regularization Policies - Andrés Sebastián Besserer Rayas, El Colegio de Mexico; Sevin Gulfer Sagnic, University of California-San Diego
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Do Individual Refugee Traits Matter in Mass-Influx Settings? Survey-Experimental Evidence on Syrian Refugees in Istanbul - Kerem Morgul, Elon University
Refugee Characteristics and Public Attitudes: Evidence from an Image-Based Vignette Experiment - Debora Mantovani, University of Bologna; Loris Vergolini, University of Bologna
Beyond Skill: National Origin and Public Preferences for Immigration - Nasim Vaseiezadeh, Texas A & M University-System Office
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Gendering the Central American Migrant Caravans: An Analysis of the Gender Dynamics within the Caravans - Rosario de la Luz Rizzo Lara, California State Univ-San Bernardino
“We can’t afford to be picky”: Gender, Brokerage, and Informality in Thailand’s Fishing Sector - Sokha Eng, University of Massachusetts Boston; Maryann Bylander, Lewis and Clark College
Iranian Women’s Transnational Patriarchal Bargains Across Borders and the Life Course - Bahar Hashemi, University of Toronto
Beyond a framework of vulnerability in women’s migration: Punjabi women’s narratives of opposing migration - Diditi Mitra, Brookdale Community College
More than Transmitters of Culture: Evolving women’s agency in migrant families - Shumaila Fatima, University of South Florida
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Americanized and Whitewashed: Boundaries around Ethnic Membership for Mexican and Chinese Americans - Kyle Levin, University of California-Irvine
Class Homology and the Mobilization of Ethnic Capital: Middle Class Immigrant Parents’ Child-rearing Strategies - Yiching Huang, University of Maryland-College Park
The Paradox of Belonging: Korean Chinese Identity Practices in New York - Lixiang Jin, CUNY-Graduate Center
When did European Ethnics Become White Americans? Whiteness and Non-European Immigrants in a Three-group Assimilation Scenario - Aryan Karimi, UBC; Rima Wilkes, University of British Columbia
Sorting Respectability: How Work and Space Produce Intra-Ethnic Hierarchy Among Chinese Immigrants in Los Angeles - Anni Gu, University of Notre Dame
The Right Kind of Brown”: Indo-Caribbeans and Asian Indians’ Divergent Incorporation Trajectories - Anjanette M Chan Tack, Northeastern University; Battseren “Baji” Tumendemberel, Yale University (undergrad alum)
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From Symbolic Inclusion to Institutional Transformation: The Certified Welcoming Framework and Immigrant Incorporation - Erick Faro, Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Landlords, Rental Market Segmentation, and Latino Immigrant Incorporation - Steven Edward Schmidt, Boston University
Feeling at Home? Mixed Sense of Belonging Among Economically Successful Immigrants in the United States - Gabriela León-Pérez, Virginia Commonwealth University; Saltanat Liebert; Grant Rissler; Daniel Morales; Helga Staalhane
Refugee Homeownership in the U.S: Determinants and the Role of Social Capital - Hillary Douglas, University of Iowa
Pathways to Refugee Integration: Social Service Utilization and Rebuilding Bridging Social Capitals in Resettlement Cities - Shu-Yun Yang, University at Buffalo; Isok Kim
Deferred right of soil: Sibling variation in preferred burial locations among immigrant families in France - Rachel Rammal, McGill University
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Expected Educational Returns and Youth Migration: Causal Analysis of Rural Youth Using a Genetic Approach - Yuxin Liu, Princeton University
Hope and Access to Educational Experiences: Perspective of Diverse Newcomer Families in New York City - S. Garnett Russell, Columbia University; Camille Fabo, Columbia University; Leonardo Arevalo Rojas, Teachers College, Columbia University; Javiera Zamora Iturra, Teachers College, Columbia University
Access to Newcomer Schools: How Student Characteristics, Neighborhood Context, and Policy Shape Enrollment - Brian Holzman, Texas A&M University; Aimee Chin, University of Houston; Camila Cigarroa Kennedy, Education Northwest; Tori LaShan Thomas, Houston Education Research Consortium at Rice; Stephanie Potochnick, UNC Chapel Hill; Kalena Cortes, Texas A&M University; Weiqi Guo, Texas A&M University
How Pre-Arrival Education Shapes Refugee Educational and Financial Mobility in the US - Paola Andrea Echave, Urban Institute; Jasmine L. Whiteside, University of Louisville; Mustafa Rfat, Brown School of Social Work
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Arenas of Performance and Support: Illuminating the Diasporic Spaces of White-collar Vietnamese Migrants in Singapore - Robin Ming Feng Chee, Singapore Management University
The Double-Edged Sword of Skill Underutilization for Highly Educated Migrants in Sending and Receiving Nations - Homa Sadri, University of California-Irvine
Corporate Migration and New Immigrant Settlements in the Global South: Korean Expatriates in Southeast Asia - Jeong Taek Lim, University at Albany, SUNY
Decolonial Methodology in Migration: Studying Skilled Immigrant Workers in the United States - Rianka Roy, Wake Forest University
Does Automation Drive Talent Flows? A Global Perspective on Robot Adoption and Immigration - Chunxue Zhang, The University of Hong Kong; Eric Fong, University of Hong Kong
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Navigating Return: Emotional Distress among Mexican Return Migrants - Yulissa Penaloza, University of California-Davis; Erin R. Hamilton, University of California-Davis; Claudia Masferrer, El Colegio de Mexico
The Road to Return: Children’s Experiences of (Un)Anticipated US Departure - Adriana P. Ramirez, University of California-Berkeley
Cosmopolitanism at Home: Creative Migrants and the Remaking of Migrant Hometowns - Fanling Cheng, Wenzhou Kean University; Yintan Fan, University of Essex
Vulnerability and Adaptation for Deported Americans in Mexico City - Alice Cepeda, University of Southern California; Avelardo Valdez; Jessica Frankeberger, Arizona State University; Nefertari Rincon Guerra, Arizona State University
Im/migration to Mexico: Identifying Compositional Shifts within Mexico and at the Southern Border - Jenjira Yahirun, Bowling Green State University; Grecia Garcia-Castellon, Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State University; Kammi Schmeer, Ohio State University
Safety and Prosperity in Homeland — Manufactured Return Migration and Capital Circulation from the U.S. to China - Pengfei Liu, University of California-Davis
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Factors Shaping Migration Patterns of Central Asian Labor Migrants to Russia - Umida Hashimova, George Mason University; James C. Witte, George Mason University
Family-Based Immigration and Coercive Vulnerability: The Paradox of Support & Control - Vahid Jadidi, University of Notre Dame
Mobility Under Constraint: Spatial Relocation as a Mechanism of Intergenerational Mobility among Lower-Skilled Chinese Immigrant Families - Yi Lu, University at Albany, SUNY
African Asylum Seekers in NYC: A Qualitative Analysis of Migration to the United States - Sauda Muhammad, CUNY-Graduate Center; Heba Gowayed, CUNY-Hunter College; Dialika Sall, CUNY-Lehman College; Ethan Mayer-Rich, CUNY-Graduate Center
Educational Expansion and Migrant Selection: Evidence from Mexico–United States Migration - Adriana Scanteianu, University of Pennsylvania
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Race and Selective Migration: Ethnoracial Differences in High-Status Occupational Representation Among Black Africans and Afro-Caribbeans - Iteoluwakiishi Rébecca Arigbabu, Washington University in St. Louis
Spousal Resources and the Paradox of Labor Market Incorporation among Marriage Migrant Women in South Korea - Sohee Shin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
The ‘Secondary’ Spouse: Exploring Differences in Relative Earning Contribution in Asian and White Households 2021-2024 - Veena S. Kulkarni, Arkansas State University-Main Campus
De-Skilling of Ukrainian refugees: A Longitudinal Perspective and Transatlantic Comparison - Petra Aigner, University of Linz, Austria; Andreas Zemsauer, Johannes Kepler University
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Navigating Eldercare in North Carolina: Healthcare Decision-Making Among Chinese Immigrants for Aging Parents - Yuxin Zhao, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
The Second Generation and Context of Socialization - Health Over The Life Course - Matthew Tarizzo, Vanderbilt University
Skin Color and Cardiometabolic Diseases among Black Populations in the United States - Mosi Adesina Ifatunji, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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How Political and Social Contexts condition the Integration-Settlement link among Ukrainian Refugees in Germany - Leona Przechomski, University of Cologne, Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, Germany; Karelis Olivo Rumpf, Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden, Germany; Johanna Gereke, University of Mannheim; Andreas Ette, Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden, Germany
Nepali-Speaking Bhutanese Refugees and their Transnational Families: Dynamics, Dilemmas, and Challenges - Shobha Hamal Gurung, Southern Utah University
Residential Segregation of Refugees in Germany. Comparing Ukrainians and Earlier Refugee Groups in German Cities - Sarah George, Leibniz-Institut for educational trajectories
The Informality Paradox: Secure Belonging and Organizational Fragility in a Refugee Learning Center - Sobia Mushtaq, Syracuse University
Transitional Refugees: Waiting, Sticky Labor, and the Politics of In-Between Status in Hong Kong - Haicheng Wang, Hong Kong Univ of Science and Technology
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Measuring International Migration to the U.S. and Limiting Disclosure Risk - Rachel Sparkman, NORC at the University of Chicago; Brian M. Wells, NORC at the University of Chicago; Ilana Ventura, University of Chicago; Benjamin Schaprio, NORC at the University of Chicago
Social Safety Net Participation Among Resettled Refugees: Comparing Estimation Approaches - Lindsay Dusard, University of Pennsylvania
Not Just Filling Slots: International Medical Graduates and the Spatial Inequality of Health-Care Capacity - Xin Zhao, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Perception Gaps: How Official Statistics Shape Attitudes on Immigrants in Italy - Olga Griaznova; Nevena Kulic; Debora Mantovani, University of Bologna; Loris Vergolini, University of Bologna
Economic Incorporation Without Inclusion? Labor Migration and Boundary-Making in Europe’s New Immigration States - Tamara Pavasovic Trost, University of Ljubljana; Denis Marinsek, University of Ljubljana; Julija Sardelic, Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand
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Navigating the Immigrants and Refugees Nonprofit Institutional Fields under the Second Trump Administration - Pui-Yan Lam, Eastern Washington University; Jason Scully, Eastern Washington University; Jasmine Joy Paloma, Eastern Washington University; Christian Agyei, Eastern Washington University
Multiscalar Framing: Comparing How Immigrant-Serving Organizations Challenge Immigration Enforcement Across States with Varied Migration Histories - Blanca A Ramirez, University of Texas-Austin; Hajar Yazdiha, University of Southern California
The Outsourcing of Migrant Labor Recruitment and Management at the State Level - David A. Cook-Martín, University of North Carolina; Valentina Serrano Salomon, University of Colorado-Boulder; Katharina Klaunig, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
The Politics of Protection: National Origin and the Architecture of Humanitarian Legal Inclusion - Shayda Ines Hami, University of California-Riverside
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A Bubble of Diversity: International Students and Global Cultural Capital in Japan’s Compartmentalized Internationalization - Ryoko Yamamoto, SUNY Old Westbury
Aspirational Migration and Cultural Entrepreneurship: Taiwanese Immigrants in Austria - Chien-Juh Gu, Western Michigan University
Cosmopolitan Dreams or Golden Parachutes? Reproduction Strategies in the Global Field of Education - Conor McCutcheon, New York University
Precarious Lives: Assimilation & Temporariness among Chinese International Students - Eva Chen, Columbia University
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Strategically Breaking the Silence: How Memory Entrepreneurs Shape Intergenerational Transmission in Korean American Divided Families - Paul Kyumin Lee, University of Notre Dame
The Contested Citizenship of Latinx Children of Immigrants - Tsveta Dobreva, University at Albany, SUNY
Who Goes Digital, Who Stays Local: Generational Capital and Spatial Diffusion in Immigrant Business Platform Adoption - Jiangnan Liu, University at Albany, SUNY; Zai Liang, State University of New York at Albany
Halal New York: Gendered Emotional Labor, Sibling Capital, and Second-Generation Incorporation - Serra Kocak, SUNY Binghamton
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Colombian Immigrant Identity and U.S. Media Representation in Boston, Massachusetts - Isabella Rebecca Epshtein, University of Massachusetts-Boston
Marshallese Liminal Legality in Rural Ohio - Anna Louise Jacob, The Ohio State University
Modern, Historical, and Neutral: Visa-Holding Indian Immigrants Responding to Racialization in the US - Rianka Roy, Wake Forest University
The Reactive Ethnicity Process Among New Immigrants in Germany: A Test of Causal Assumptions - Daniel E. Herda, Merrimack College
Group position and the genesis of threat: a sociological revisit of Integrated Threat Theory - René Rosado González, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Envisioning Intimacy and Families: Partnering Pathways among Second-Generation Young Adults in South Korea - Jeewoo Shin, University at Albany, SUNY
From Classroom to Partnership: How Contact with Immigrants in Primary Schools Influences Interethnic Unions in Adulthood - Lanciné Eric Diop-Christensen; Jeppe Fjeldgaard Qvist, Aalborg University; Jeevitha Yogachandiran Qvist, Aalborg University; Christian Albrekt Larsen, Aalborg Universitet; Hans-Peter Yogachandiran Qvist, Aalborg University
What affects diverging bilingual abilities among mixed-ethnic children in South Korea? - Sojin Yu, University of Sheffield; Feinian Chen, Johns Hopkins University / School of Arts & Sciences
The Effect of Forced Family Separation on Immigrant Families: Policy Recommendations - Nina Michalikova, University of Central Oklahoma
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Keeping the Nation: Conditional Dual Citizenship in South Korea - Jinhyuk Kim, University of California-San Diego
Selling Passports for Development in the Age of Climate Change: Local manifestations of colonial continuities. - Marilyn Grell-Brisk, Pitzer College
Membership without Citizenship: Being 'In' but not 'of' the nation, 1868-1965 - Lauren Duquette-Rury, Wayne State University
"Now my Passport Matches my Face": Dual Citizenship as Ethno-National Recognition of a Racialized Belonging - Victor Patricio Verde Neri, University of California-San Diego
The (Im)mobility Chessboard: Conceptualizing Movement and Coercion - Rawan Arar, University of Washington; David Scott FitzGerald, University of California-San Diego
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Protective or Risky: How Gender and Ethnicity Shape Mental Health Outcomes for International Migrants - Aryaa Rajouria, University of Washington
Predictors of Sadness across Colombian, Salvadoran, and Guatemalan Refugees in the United States - Stephanie I. Winston, Michigan State University
Uncertainty about Immigration Enforcement and Mental Health among Asian International Students in the U.S. - Shan Mohammed Siddiqui, SUNY-Farmingdale
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Gendered Inequalities and Deskilling among Turkish Immigrants in the United States - Sevval Yilmaz Aslan, Michigan State University
The Sovereign Migrant: Gender Inversion and the 'Policy Wall' in Pakistani-Italian Academic Migration - Syed Imran Haider, Ca Foscari University of Venice; Iqbal Hussain, Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad; Francesco Della Puppa, Associate Professor, Ca Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Explaining Skill-Job Mismatch Among Highly Skilled Immigrants in the United States - Aja Nikole Matthews, Texas Womens University; Philip Q. Yang, Texas Woman's University
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An Intersectional Analysis of ICE Newsroom Propaganda - Emma-Claire LaSaine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Racialized Carceral Federalism: Texas’ SB 8, Sheriff Incentives, and the Reconfiguration of Illegality - Eric Gamino, California State University-Northridge
Victims’ crime reports and institutional avoidance across mixed-immigrant-status and mixed-citizenship-status households, 2017 to 2023 - Ricardo David Martinez-Schuldt, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Social Bonds, Context of Reception, and Gang Involvement Among Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Youth - Isaac Idahosa Ekhator, University of Iowa
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A disruptive contrast: the working body in educational institutions - Nubin Ciziri
Artisanal Founders: A Qualitative Account of Food Entrepreneurship’s Expanding Appeal Among Latinos - Ivana Mellers, CUNY-Baruch College
Beyond Employment: Job Quality, Precarity, and the Limits of Self-Sufficiency for Resettled Refugees in the U.S. - Mehr Mumtaz, The Ohio State University; Sinem Esengen, The Ohio State University
Temporal Governance, Immigrant Incorporation, and Asset Building in Platform Work - Laura Lopez-Sanders, Brown University
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Ambivalent Risk Reduction: SADR’s Techniques in Authority and Climate Action - Ethan Mayer-Rich, CUNY-Graduate Center
Emancipating Expressions, Anodyne Multiculturalism, and Beyond: Four Decades of a Local Activist Group in Japan - Youngmi Lim, Musashi University
Hybrid Knowledge and Its Limits: Mushroom Foraging among Immigrants and Locals - Riki Anteby, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Beyond Infrastructure: Exploring Gendered and Social Barriers to Use Communal Bathing Spaces in Rohingya Refugee Camps - Sarmin Akther, University of South Florida; Ahmed Jubayer, Research Fellow (Public Health Division), Bangladesh Institute of Social Research (BISR) Trust, Bangladesh