Cawo Abdi

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. 2006 University of Sussex
Room 1146 Social Sciences
tel.: 612-624-3714
email: cabdi@umn.edu

Interest Areas

Migration, Transnationalism, Islam, Gender, Family, Identity, Globalization, Forced Displacement

Current Research

Dr. Abdi's Ph.D. thesis examined the gender and transnational relations of Somalis in Minnesota and East Africa. Her postdoctoral research is a comparative work on the transnational relations of East African migrants.

Recent Publications

“The New Age of Security: Implications for Refugees and IDPs in the Horn of Africa.” 2007. Development, 50(4): 75-81.

“Convergence of Civil War and the Religious Right: Re-Imagining Somali Women.” 2007. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 33(1): 183-207. Reprinted in War and Terror: Feminist Perspectives, K. Alexander and M. Hawkesworth, eds. 2008. University of Chicago Press.

“Refugees, Gender Based Violence and Resistance: A Case Study of Somali Women in Kenyan Camps.” 2006. Chapter in Gender Migration and Citizenship: Making Local, National and Transnational Connections, Evangelia Tastsoglou and Alexandria Dobrowolsky, eds. London: Ashgate Press.

“In Limbo: Dependency, Insecurity and Identity amongst Somali Refugees in Dadaab Camps,” Refuge: Canadian Periodical on Refugee issues, Volume 22: 2 (2005). Reprinted in Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies, Volume 5, 2005.