2013 – 2012 Fellows

Amy Bracken

The human impact of detaining more than 10,000 asylum seekers in the United States every year.

• “Texas Border Vigilantes,” Latino USA, January 3, 2014
• “Casa Marienella: A Home For Asylum Seekers,” Latino USA, October 25, 2013
• “Why Some Haitians Are Still Waiting on Family-based Visas to Come to the US,” PRI’s The World, September 18, 2013
• “How Volunteers Keep Watch, Ease Isolation of Immigrant Detainees,” PRI’s The World, September 13, 2013
• “Abuse at the Border? Immigrants and Legal Groups Allege Harsh Treatment,” PRI’s The World, July 31, 2013

Annie Correal

The lives of “disaster migrants” who trail natural and manmade disasters like oil spills and chemical leaks.

• ” WBEZ’s This American Life,“ June 14, 2013

Maïa de La Baume & Stefania Rousselle

The fate of Senegalese women whose husbands have disappeared at sea.

• “Senegal’s Sea Widows Are Well on Their Way to Financial Independence,” Vice, June 15, 2014

David Dieudonné

The French and American models of integration and the experiences of Algerians who migrate to each country.

• “Ces Algériens qui ont préféré l’Amérique (series),” Le Huffington Post, December 5, 2014

Ian Gordon

The trauma endured by children during and after their experiences crossing into the border of the United States.

• “70,000 Kids Will Show Up Alone at Our Border This Year. What Happens to Them?,” Mother Jones, July/August 2014
• ”What’s Next for the Children We Deport?,” Mother Jones, June 3, 2014
• “Trying to Escape Violence, Gangs, and Crushing Poverty by Coming to America,” Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC, July 22, 2014

Damaso Reyes

The experiences of Europeans of Turkish descent who return to Turkey for better prospects.

• “Finding Europe’s Lost Generation (series),” Forbes.com, November 11, 2013

Bill Wheeler

The lessons learned from Ecuador’s open-border policy.

• “How Not to Design a World Without Borders,” The Atlantic, July 21, 2014
• “From Havana to Quito: A refugee’s fight for LGBT rights in Cuba,” GlobalPost, December 13, 2013

James Angelos

The rise in anti-immigrant sentiment in Greece, GlobalPost.

• “Embattled Greeks lash out at migrants,” GlobalPost, October 4, 2012

Kim Badawi

The Chinese community in Cairo, Egypt.

• “Chinese in Egypt,” kimbadawi.com

Santorri Chamley

Undocumented workers in France, africa.com.

• “Embattled Jean-Christophe Rufin and Irregular Immigration,” africa.com
• ‘We Are Fed Up With Bad Treatment,’” New African Magazine, September 14, 2012

Daniel Denvir & Zoe Strauss

Immigrant communities in deindustrialized America, The Philadelphia City Paper.

• “Trial of Faith: How a Vietnamese temple in South Philly became the center of an ugly, nasty, American-style legal brawl,” The Philadephia City Paper, September 27, 2012
• “Dearborn: Where Americans Come to Hate Muslims,” The Atlantic Cities, September 25, 2012
• “The Paradox of Mexicantown: Detroit’s Uncomfortable Relationship with the Immigrants it Desperately Needs,” The Atlantic Cities, September 24, 2012
• “Millbourne Identity – How South Asian immigrants made one small town their own,” The Philadelphia City Paper, July 26, 2012

Moise Gomis

French migrant workers.

• “Grand Écart,” Le Web Documentaire

Burt Hubbard

Disparities between races in the United States, Colorado Public Radio.

• “Losing Ground,” Rocky Mountain PBS I-News

Joseph Kolb

PTSD among immigrant students from Ciudad Juarez, Catholic News Service.

• “Class at El Paso high school helps students cope with Juarez violence,” Catholic News Service, August 24, 2012
• “Mexico Drug War Refugees Face Long Odds for Asylum,” Fox News Latino, July 2, 2012
• “Mexico Violence Creates Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children,” Fox News Latino, July 13, 2012

Adriana Marcolini

Highly skilled professionals migrating to Brazil.

• “Flying South,” Brazil in Focus, February 25, 2013

Marine Olivesi

The Arab Spring and its impact on migration trends in Africa.

• “Post-revolution Libya faces ethnic tension.” Deutsche Welle, November 14, 2012
• “Ghanaian emigrants head north to Libya,” Deutsche Welle, October 17, 2012
• “Syrians move from town to town to escape the fighting,” Deutsche Welle, September 5, 2012
• “Foreign Workers Trek Across Sahel to Libya, Again,” NPR, July 7, 2012
• “Libyan Exiles Return to Run for Office,” PRI’s The World, July 5, 2012
• “Libya Detains Immigrants, but Needs Migrant Labor,” PRI’s The World, June 29, 2012
• “Mali refugees Caught in Growing Sahel Food Crisis,” Deutsche Welle, May 30, 2012
• “Tuaregs Escape Violence and Islamic Rule in Mali,” PRI’s The World, May 25, 2012
• “African Migrants Caught in Libyan Conflict Rebuilding Lives in Mali,” PRI’s The World, May 1, 2012

Sam Quinones

Zapotec Indian migrants and their struggles with tradition, Los Angeles Times.

• “Bonds of tradition are a financial bind for Oaxacan migrants,” Los Angeles Times, November 20, 2012

Omar Sacirbey

Muslim immigrant communities in the U.S.

• “Bosnian Muslims thrive in U.S. despite unease over homeland,” The Washington Post, November 28, 2012
• “Muslims back Obama, but by smaller margin than in 2008,” The Huffington Post, October 30, 2012
• “Activists say religion is key in combating female genital mutilation,” Religion News Service, October 26, 2012
• “Muslim women bridge differences to help refugees resettle in U.S.,” The Washington Post, October 11, 2012
• “Shiite Muslims quietly establish a foothold in U.S.,” The Huffington Post, October 4, 2012
• “Shariah or not, Muslim divorces can get tricky,” Religion News Service, October 1, 2012
• “Muslim parents wrestle with passing on Islamic values,” The Washington Post, September 24, 2012
• “Boston mosque aims to keep young Somali immigrants off the streets,” Religion News Service, July 12, 2012
• “Pool of American imams too small to meet the demand,” The Huffington Post, June 26, 2012