Thelma L. Dietrich Rivera

Education:

B.A., Anthropology/Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Latin American and Iberian Studies, University of California, Riverside; Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Riverside

Dissertation:

Displaced Diasporas: Narratives of Displacement, Migration, and Survival across Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the US

Thesis Advisor:

João Costa Vargas, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Riverside

Research Topic:

The Asylum-Seeking Central American Diaspora in Southern California: This research examines how asylum seekers strategically reframe their narratives to emphasize human rights violations and justify their claims by challenging anti-immigrant sentiment.

Mentor:

Susan Bibler Coutin, Professor of Criminology, Law, and Society, University of California, Irvine

Current Position:

President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Criminology, Law, and Society, University of California, Irvine

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