On Tuesday November 17, Nancy Rios-Contreras will speak on “Multi-Species Migrant Family: A Story of Family Separation.”

This talk explores migration and family separation through a multi-species lens, examining how human migration affects not only people but also the animals who are part of their families. This research considers the consequences of being separated from companion animals during migration and asks how these experiences complicate conventional understandings of displacement, punishment, and violence. By centering relationships between humans and animals, this research offers a broader perspective on border enforcement—and whose experiences are often overlooked.

Nancy Rios-Contreras, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Chapman University, is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Chapman University. She is a William Averette Anderson Fund (BAF) alumna and a graduate of the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware. Her most recent work in Tijuana explores border disasters and uses Border Participatory Action Research (Border PAR). Her research interests include borders and migration, race and ethnicity, community adaptations, and visual methods. Select publications can be found in journals such as Cultural Sociology, Humanity & Society, Journal of Family Violence, and Contexts magazine

Time: Tuesday, November 17, 12–1 pm T/ 3–4 pm ET

Register: https://rebrand.ly/Multi-Species-Migrant-Family

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