Research Partners

Aniseh Bro is an associate professor at Appalachian State University where she works on environmental sustainability and human mobility. She is an interdisciplinary scholar who uses quantitative and experimental methods to study the behavioral drivers of individuals’ adaptation to climate change and to model the social and ecological dynamics that shape them. Prior to her position at Appalachian State, she was a post-doctoral fellow at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, and at the Center for Climate and Resilience Research at Universidad Católica de Chile. Her work includes research on informal microfinancing in Morocco, livestock production in Liberia, climate change adaptation and market access of coffee producers in East Africa and Latin America, wildfire risk reduction, and gender differences in the experience of and response to climate change in Chile.

Anyck Dauphin is a professor in the Department of Social Sciences and has a PhD in economics. Her current research focuses on the resettlement experience of Syrian refugees in Gatineau, Quebec, particularly in relation to francization and employment, the factors of attraction and retention of immigrant families in rural areas and the practices of SMEs in terms of integration of newly arrived workers.

Beatriz Zepeda is a researcher from Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de Información Geoespacial. She holds a PhD in Ethnicity and Nationalism and an MSc in International Relations, both from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research focuses on migration, borders, nationalism, identity, and foreign policy and, since 2014, she has concentrated on the study of the Mexico-Guatemala border, especially its security dimension. Beatriz brings a geopolitical dimension to the work of MEMO.