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Integration and Belonging

Max Niedzwiecki

Dr. Max Niedzwiecki, visiting scholar at the Integration and Belonging Hub

Dr. Max Niedzwiecki has worked with refugees since 1987. He has held senior positions in nongovernmental organizations focusing on forced migration, faith, LGBT human rights, education, and health. He received his Ph.D in anthropology from Boston University. His doctoral dissertation centered on the integration of Cambodian refugee communities in Massachusetts.

Niedzwiecki’s current research interests in the domain of forced migration include issues of broad concern as well as specific populations in greater Worcester and elsewhere. His focus issues include new modes of partnership occasioned by the aftermath of the 2016 election, the progress of integration between 2000 and 2020 as revealed by Census data, the context of personal narratives, and lived religion among those who have been subjected to “religious abuse.” The populations he intends to work with include LGBT forced migrants, and Americans whose families arrived in the US from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. He plans to implement this research by further developing his existing partnerships with organizations such as the LGBT Asylum Task Force of Worcester, the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center, and voluntary resettlement agencies including Episcopal Migration Ministries.

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