Shelly Habecker

Lecturer in Anthropology
E-mail habecker@gwu.edu
Office: 2112 G St. 104 / (202) 994-4191

Dr. Habecker is a development anthropologist specializing in displacement, transnationalism, and diasporas in Africa and among Africans in the U.S.

Research

Shelly Habecker has conducted fieldwork in refugee camps in Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia, and worked for three years at the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement in Washington, DC. In recent years, her research interests have broadened to include African immigrants living in the U.S., and her dissertation title is African Immigrants in Washington, DC: Seeking Alternatives Identities in a Racially Divided City.

Selected Publications

Articles and Book Chapters

2008	Wilson, J. H., and S. Habecker. "The lure of the capital city: An anthro-geographic analysis of recent African immigration to Washington, DC," Population, Space, and Place 14(5): 433-448.
2003	Dick, S. "Research guide on Liberia," Forced Migration Online. http://www.forcedmigration.org/guides/fmo013.
2002	Dick, S. "Liberians in Ghana: Living without humanitarian assistance." UNHCR Evaluation Reports, Working Paper No 57. http://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/3c8398f24.pdf.

Courses Taught

Anth 117: Methods in Sociocultural Anthropology
Anth 151: Development Anthropology
Anth 222: Development and Conflict
Anth 251: Displacement and Diaspora

Education

Ph.D. 2009, Oxford University, St. Antony's College
M.Phil. 2001, Oxford University, Green College
B.A. 1996, Wheaton College (Illinois)