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Stephanie Nawyn

Stephanie J. Nawyn
  • Professor | Associate Chair | Graduate Program Director
  • Department of Sociology
  • Ph.D. University of Southern California, 2006
  • Berkey Hall 462
  • 509 E. Circle Drive
  • East Lansing, MI 48824
  • 517-353-7747
  • 517-353-5040

CURRICULUM VITAE

Stephanie Nawyn

BIOGRAPHY

Stephanie J. Nawyn is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Michigan State University. Her research and teaching expertise are in migration, refugees, and gender. Nawyn co-edited The Routledge International Handbook of Migration Studies (with Steven J. Gold) and Gender Through the Prism of Difference (with Maxine Baca Zinn, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, and Michael Messner). Her most recent articles were published in Refugee Survey Quarterly, International Migration Review, Migration Letters, and Environment and Security. 

 

CURRENT RESEARCH

Nawyn’s current research involves two prongs; the first is a study of xenophobia and anti-immigrant attitudes in the United States, particularly among white Christians. Her second line of inquiry investigates the relationship between climate change and international migration. She also works on equity in higher education, drawing upon tools produced by the multi-institutional NSF ADVANCE Partnership grant, “STEM Intersectional Equity in Departments,” which she led.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Karaoğlu*, Ezgi and Stephanie J. Nawyn. 2025. “Self-Settlement and the Challenges of Local Integration of Syrians in the Absence of Government Support.” Refugee Survey Quarterly 44(1):71-87. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/rsq/hdae025


Nawyn, Stephanie J., Linlang He, Jiquan Chen, Mark Axelrod, Furqan Irfan, Fahad Mohammad, and Mary Anne Walker. 2024. “Mapping the Future of Migration and Climate Change Science.” International Migration Review 58(4):1913-1936. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/01979183241272470

Nashwan, Ayat, Stephanie Nawyn, Ezgi Karaoglu*, Natalie Qaji*, and Natalynn Qaji*. 2024. “Beyond COVID skepticism: Humanitarian assistance to refugees and hyper precarity during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Migration Letters 21(8):670-679. Available at: https://migrationletters.com/index.php/ml/article/view/11413/7616

He, Linlang, Elizabeth Kreske, Stephanie J Nawyn, Amber L Pearson, Mark Axelrod, Yadu Pokhrel, Stephen Gasteyer, Sean Lawrie, and Anthony D Kendall. 2024. “Interventions addressing conflict in communities hosting climate-influenced migrants: Literature review.” Environment and Security, 2(1):145-171. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/27538796231207919open_in_new.
 

LINKS

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“Minimizing COVID-19 Spread in Refugee Humanitarian Interventions”