A child's memories of small town Connecticut
When I was young I lived in a small red clapboard house along a branch of the Farmington River. I never really thought about it much,...
Who gets the Prize?
According to the will of Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), the peace prize in his name was to be awarded to a person who in the last year, “shall...
Why Should You Recognize Us?: Somaliland's Pursuit of Recognition
Full title of PhD Dissertation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2016): Why Should You Recognize Us?: Somaliland's Pursuit of...
Regional Politics, Human Rights and U.S. Policy in the Horn of Africa
Article co-written with Tricia Redeker Hepner, published in the Africa Policy Journal (3) Spring http://www.hks.harvard.edu/kssgorg/apj/i...
Human Rights in East Timor: Advocacy and Ethics in the Field
If you're interested in Timor Leste pre-independence, check out my chapter in Women Fielding Danger: Negotiating Ethnographic Identities...
In Tigray, Humanitarian Assistance Can’t Get In, and the Truth Can’t Get Out
With 10s of 1000s of civilians killed, thousands more injured, and some 2 million displaced in the Tigray region of Ethiopia in recent...