Sapiens: SUNY Poly's Dr. Kathryn Stam Weighs in on Self-Naming in US Bhutanese Nepali Communities

Sapiens: SUNY Poly's Dr. Kathryn Stam Weighs in on Self-Naming in US Bhutanese Nepali Communities

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Tuesday, November 12, 2019 - 08:45
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Stam, meanwhile, is the president of the board of the Midtown Utica Community Center, which serves refugees in the area. She has documented several aspects of the resettlement experience in studies and for the Refugees Starting Over project.

“Bhutanese Nepali refugees have this really complicated relationship with identity,” Stam says. She adds that their flexible identity is unique among the many refugee communities living in Utica.

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