Nepali-Bhutanese Refugee Resettlement

NEPALI-BHUTANESE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT: A RETROSPECTIVE LOOK AT THE FIRST DECADE

Panel A
Session #6 | 1:30pm - 3pm | Sunday, Sept 3 | HUMN 190

Retika Desai, Syracuse University
Behind the Visible Faces: Nepali-Bhutani Backstory of Arrival and American Refuge

Suchitra Samanta, Virginia Tech University
“Education as Protection:” Assessing the UNHCR Mandate in the context of Nepali-Bhutanese Refugee Students’ Experiences at a U.S. Community College in Roanoke, Virginia

Kathryn Stam, SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Secondary Migration of Bhutanese Refugees in the U.S.: Stories about movement between Utica, NY, and other cities

Joe Stadler, Gannon University
Between “Satisfaction” and Suicide: Making Do in Nepali-Bhutanese America

Panel B
Session #7 | 3:30pm - 5pm | Sunday, Sept 3 | HUMN 190

Lopita Nath, University of the Incarnate Word
From the United States to the Camps in Nepal: Challenges and Impact of the Bhutanese Refugee Resettlement

Susan Banki, The University of Sydney
Nicole Philips, The University of Sydney
Bhutanese Diaspora and Transnational Connections: Politics, Press, and Personal Practice

Andrew Nelson, University of North Texas
Nepali, Bhutanese, Nepali-Bhutanese or Bhutanese-Nepali? The Politics of Naming

Organizers:
Andrew Nelson, University of North Texas
Joseph Stadler, Gannon University