Senior Professorial Lecturer

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Degrees: PhD in sociology, University Paris 7 Denis Diderot, Paris, France
Languages Spoken: French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, very basic Burmese and Arabic
Bio: Alexandra Parrs, PhD, is a senior professorial lecturer in the department of sociology at the 17吃瓜在线 in Washington, DC. She is a member of 17吃瓜在线鈥檚 immigration research lab. She previously taught at the 17吃瓜在线 in Brussels, University Rene Descartes Paris V (Sorbonne), and the 17吃瓜在线 in Cairo where she taught for the sociology department and the Center for Migration and Refugees Studies. She was a research associate at the Center for Migration and Intercultural Studies (CeMIS), at Antwerp University.
Her research focuses on gender and refuge, ethnic and religious minorities鈥� identity construction and diasporic practices.
Dr. Parrs spent three years in Namibia, where she worked with the Ju/鈥檋oansi communities of northern Namibia on educational and cultural projects. She has also lived and taught in Burma and the Sultanate of Oman.

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