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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nMore than just a job, work in the diverse refugee community of Clarkston, GA has filled every part of my life over the years. I have seen various ethnic communities start and grow and change. I’ve shared in the local faith communities of many. I’ve walked with families through births and deaths and a host of other life transitions. I’ve shared a home with close friends from the Zotung culture of Burma and become part of their close-knit community. Throughout it all, I’ve learned a lot about how people adapt to new circumstances, retain traditions and connections back home, deal with trauma, and raise up a new generation in a different setting: all things I studies academically but only understood once involved with them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The links below lead toward a (hopefully soon to be updated) overview of my academic studies, my job, and—most importantly—stories of the people and cultures I have had the chance to interact with over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Refugees in America: Seeking Hope and Home<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Photologs: The Somali Bantu<\/a>, The Meskhetian Turks<\/a>, and Ethnic minorities of Burma<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With grandparents on both sides of my family who were career church missionaries in diverse places like Nigeria, Japan, and …