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Amanda Flaim

Associate Professor

Berkey Hall, 410A

(517) 355-5504

flaim@msu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Area of Expertise

Environment Migration and MovementsRace Class Gender and Sexuality

Biography

Professor Flaim studies problems and paradoxes in human rights policy, including statelessness and citizenship, human trafficking, and the global expansion of rights to education and birth registration. Her current research projects explore the risk of trafficking among Cambodian and Burmese men and boys into the Thai fishing industry, and the causes and consequences of statelessness in Thailand and Nepal. Professor Flaim has consulted for several NGOs and United Nations agencies on a number of

Education

PhD, Development Sociology, Cornell University

MS, Stanford University

Publications

2019 Mohan, Taneesha, and Amanda Flaim. “Beyond Migration for/or Development.” Policy in Focus. 16(1): Special edition Rural Poverty Reduction in the 21st Century. R. Nehring and A.P. de la O Campos, eds. (April 2019). Brasilia: International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.

2019 Flaim, Amanda and Celine Villongco. “Vulnerability to Exploitation and Human Trafficking: A Multi-Scale Review of Risk.” Routledge International Handbook of Migration Studies. 2nd edition. Steven J. Gold and Stephanie J. Nawyn, eds. New York: Routledge Press.

2018 Ahlquist, Daniel, and Amanda Flaim. 2018. “Racialization and the Historical Production of Contemporary Land Rights Inequalities in Upland Northern Thailand.” In Race and Rurality in the Global Economy. Michaeline Crichlow, Patricia Northover, and Juan Giusti-Cordero Eds. Fernand Braudel Center. SUNY Press, Albany, pp. 69-92.

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