Dr. Marisa O. Ensor

Dr. Marisa O. Ensor (Ph.D., in Anthropology University of Florida, 2002; LLM, International Human Rights Law; University of Essex, UK, 2006; Assistant Professor) is a cultural and applied anthropologist whose research interests include human/environmental relations, forced migration, humanitarian assistance, international development, human rights, law and policy. Her regions of specialization are Central and South America and the Caribbean. She is currently conducting field research on post-disaster reconstruction in Central America and New Orleans, responses to long-term displacement among Western Saharan refugees in Algeria and the Canary Islands, and patterns of human trafficking worldwide, with an emphasis on women and children. Recent publications include “Displaced Once Again: Honduran Migrant Children in the Path of Katrina”. Special Issue on Children and Disasters. Journal of Children, Youth and Environment (2008). “Enslaved Hondurans: Human Trafficking and Vulnerability in Central America”. Journal of International Migration; under review. The Legacy of Mitch: Lessons from Post-Disaster Reconstruction in Honduras. Forthcoming. “Disaster Evangelism: Religion as a Catalyst for Change in Post-Mitch Honduras”. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters (2003). “Hohokam Political Ecology and Vulnerability: Comments on Waters and Ravesloot. Co-authored with Bradley E. Ensor and Gregory W. Devries in American Antiquity (2003).

Courses taught by Dr. Marisa O. Ensor:

• ANTH 135 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH 210 History of Anthropological Theory
• ANTH 214 Racial and Cultural Minorities
• ANTH 337 Applied Anthropology
• ANTH 330 Anthropology of Law and Policy
• ANTH 339 Development Anthropology
• ANTH 355 Anthropology of Women
• ANTH 379 Human Ecology
  

Contact Dr. Marisa O. Ensor

713-E Pray-Harrold
734. 487.7920
mensor@emich.edu