Dr. Rajeev Bais
School of Medicine
Our Mission
The Migration Lab at the University of South Carolina aims to foster interdisciplinary research, sustained scholarly dialogue, and community engagement that advances conceptual and empirical understanding of contemporary migrations.
Faculty Affiliates
Dr. Kara Brown
College of Education
Dr. Austin Crane
Walker Institute of International and Area Studies, Department of Geography
Interests: humanitarianism, asylum, return policies, bordering practices, international development, European Union, Ukraine
Dr. Carl Dahlman
Walker Institute of International and Area Studies, Department of Geography
Interests: forced migration, refugee/asylum, return migration, borders, Europe, Balkans, Middle East
Dr. Robin Dawson
College of Nursing
Dr. John Doering-White
College of Social Work, Department of Anthropology
Interests: humanitarianism, everyday politics of care, climate-related displacement, Central America, Mexico
Dr. Bre Grace
College of Social Work
Interests: humanitarianism, refugees, international development, gender, unaccompanied children
Dr. Rebecca Janzen
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Dr. Emily Mann
Arnold School of Public Health, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
Dr. Davíd Martinez
College of Education
Dr. Caroline Nagel
Department of Geography
Interests: citizenship, the politics of integration, religion, refugee resettlement, Arabic-speaking diasporas
Dr. Aparna Polavarapu
Joseph F. Rice School of Law
Dr. Jennifer Reynolds
Department of Anthropology
Dr. Ben Roth
College of Social Work
Interests: legal status, liminal legality, immigrant youth, unaccompanied children, immigrant-serving organizations
Dr. Myriam Torres
Arnold School of Public Health
Dr. Bongki Woo
College of Social Work
Interests: Asian immigrants in the US, Asian Americans, social determinants of health, racism, racial discrimination, immigrant health and well-being