Dr. Amanda Flaim

Associate Professor

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Biography

Professor Flaim studies problems and paradoxes in human rights policy, statelessness and citizenship, human trafficking, and the global expansion of rights education and birth registration. Her current research projects explore the risks of trafficking among Cambodian and Burmese men and boys in the Thai fishing industry, as well as the causes and consequences of statelessness in Thailand and Nepal. Professor Flaim has consulted for NGOs and United Nations agencies on a number of projects, designing and leading the largest country-level surveys of stateless populations conducted to date. Before arriving at James Madison College, she was a postdoctoral associate and Human Rights Fellow at Duke University, where she taught courses on human rights, citizenship, migration, and qualitative and mixed methods research in public policy to students.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

— Present

Department of Sociology • Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Tenure-System Faculty Associate Professor

Requirements for Michigan State University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:17
Reading
Required:17
Writing
Required:17
Speaking
Required:17
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field At least 15 credits in psychology courses
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Specialization Notes

Department of Psychology