I am a Folklorist, writer and ethnographer; I study immigration, communities and change. My current book project is an examination of immigrants and other newcomers to suburban communities entitled Destination Diversity. I just completed an ethnographic documentation of the occupational culture of Arlington National Cemetery. I am also revising a novel, The Unfinished.
I am author of Beyond the Borderlands: Migration and Belonging in the United States and Mexico (2011, University of California Press), winner of the 2012 Chicago Folklore Prize
Through a collaboration with the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress I am the academic director of the Field School for Cultural Documentation, an intensive hands-on course on ethnographic research and archiving practices.
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Thanks Cyril
Fantastic writing, Debra! Do you write anything on Obamacare or about the ACA?
Love all the posts, but especially the ones you write yourself!