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Kiran Jayaram

University of South Florida, Anthropology, Faculty Member

Université d'état d'Haïti (UEH), Anthropologie/Sociologie (Faculté d'Ethnologie), Post-Doc

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Publications by Kiran Jayaram

State, Market, Xenophobia: Making Haitian Educational Migrants in the Dominican Republic

While the phenomenon of young Haitians traveling to study at universities in the Dominican Republ... more While the phenomenon of young Haitians traveling to study at universities in the Dominican Republic is not new, the first decade of the 21 st century saw an increase in these educational migrants. After depicting the institutional, legal, demographic, and social contexts in which these Haitian university students exist, this paper will describe understandings and experiences of Haitian students at Dominican universities in Santo Domingo. The chapter focuses on: students' motivation for internationalized higher education; social relations; and financial issues they face as educational migrants, particularly since the 2010 earthquake. The goal of this chapter is to show how Haitian university students in the Dominican Republic manage their educational studies in the context of the pressures of modern capitalism and of a potentially antagonistic national discourse within their host country.

Transnational Hispaniola: Toward New Paradigms in Haitian and Dominican Studies

by Kiran Jayaram and April Mayes

Radical History Review, 2013

State literacies and inequality: Managing Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic

International Journal of Educational Development, 2011

The Faces of Haiti: Resolute in Reform, Resistance and Recovery

Capital Changes: Haitian Migrants in Contemporary Dominican Republic

Caribbean Quarterly, Sep 2010

Report on Land Tenure in Post-Earthquake Haiti

Digging the Roots, Or, Resistance and Identity Politics of the Mouvman Rasin in Haiti

So far in this paper, I have intentionally left out a degree of analysis of the material. This ch... more So far in this paper, I have intentionally left out a degree of analysis of the material. This chapter complements the previous material. In this final section, I will provide a summary in order to stress the key points of the paper. Next, I will provide a critical analysis of my work in light of the larger anthropological canon, followed by concluding remarks on issues relating to my work.

Translations, Transnations, Transgressions: Michel-Rolph Trouillot's "Imigrasyon"

Chain (Literary Journal), 2003

Other Publications by Kiran Jayaram

Be(com)ing the Scholars We Know We Are

Anthropology News, 2013

I am not a CIA Agent: Reflections from the Field

Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter, May 2009

Engaging Structures of Power: Reflections from the Field

Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter, Aug 2008

When World Collide: Reflections from the Field

Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter, May 2008

Brother, can you spare a dime? Reflections from the Field

Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter, Feb 2008

Problems Encountered on the Research Path: Reflections from the Field

Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter, Nov 2007

Seeing Disasters through Human Rights and Social Justice (with Mark Schuller)

Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter, Aug 2007

Translating Realities: Challenges, Opportunities, and Anthropology in Software Development

Computer-Mediated Anthropology Website, 2007

Book Reviews by Kiran Jayaram

Review of: Haiti in the Balance: Why Foreign Aid has Failed, and What We Can Do About it

Latin American Politics and Society, 2010

The Devil Behind the Mirror: Globalization and Politics in the Dominican Republic (Gregory 2006)

Caribbean Studies Association Newsletter, 2007

On Ethnographic Authority in Elizabeth McAlister's Rara

Cultural Survival Quarterly, May 2003

Papers by Kiran Jayaram

Mayes TH Statement Radical History Review

by April Mayes and Kiran Jayaram

State, Market, Xenophobia: Making Haitian Educational Migrants in the Dominican Republic

While the phenomenon of young Haitians traveling to study at universities in the Dominican Republ... more While the phenomenon of young Haitians traveling to study at universities in the Dominican Republic is not new, the first decade of the 21 st century saw an increase in these educational migrants. After depicting the institutional, legal, demographic, and social contexts in which these Haitian university students exist, this paper will describe understandings and experiences of Haitian students at Dominican universities in Santo Domingo. The chapter focuses on: students' motivation for internationalized higher education; social relations; and financial issues they face as educational migrants, particularly since the 2010 earthquake. The goal of this chapter is to show how Haitian university students in the Dominican Republic manage their educational studies in the context of the pressures of modern capitalism and of a potentially antagonistic national discourse within their host country.

Transnational Hispaniola: Toward New Paradigms in Haitian and Dominican Studies

by Kiran Jayaram and April Mayes

Radical History Review, 2013

State literacies and inequality: Managing Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic

International Journal of Educational Development, 2011

The Faces of Haiti: Resolute in Reform, Resistance and Recovery

Capital Changes: Haitian Migrants in Contemporary Dominican Republic

Caribbean Quarterly, Sep 2010

Report on Land Tenure in Post-Earthquake Haiti

Digging the Roots, Or, Resistance and Identity Politics of the Mouvman Rasin in Haiti

So far in this paper, I have intentionally left out a degree of analysis of the material. This ch... more So far in this paper, I have intentionally left out a degree of analysis of the material. This chapter complements the previous material. In this final section, I will provide a summary in order to stress the key points of the paper. Next, I will provide a critical analysis of my work in light of the larger anthropological canon, followed by concluding remarks on issues relating to my work.

Translations, Transnations, Transgressions: Michel-Rolph Trouillot's "Imigrasyon"

Chain (Literary Journal), 2003

Be(com)ing the Scholars We Know We Are

Anthropology News, 2013

I am not a CIA Agent: Reflections from the Field

Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter, May 2009

Engaging Structures of Power: Reflections from the Field

Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter, Aug 2008

When World Collide: Reflections from the Field

Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter, May 2008

Brother, can you spare a dime? Reflections from the Field

Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter, Feb 2008

Problems Encountered on the Research Path: Reflections from the Field

Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter, Nov 2007

Seeing Disasters through Human Rights and Social Justice (with Mark Schuller)

Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter, Aug 2007

Translating Realities: Challenges, Opportunities, and Anthropology in Software Development

Computer-Mediated Anthropology Website, 2007

Review of: Haiti in the Balance: Why Foreign Aid has Failed, and What We Can Do About it

Latin American Politics and Society, 2010

The Devil Behind the Mirror: Globalization and Politics in the Dominican Republic (Gregory 2006)

Caribbean Studies Association Newsletter, 2007

On Ethnographic Authority in Elizabeth McAlister's Rara

Cultural Survival Quarterly, May 2003

Mayes TH Statement Radical History Review

by April Mayes and Kiran Jayaram

State literacies and inequality: Managing Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic

by Kiran Jayaram and Lesley Bartlett

International Journal of Educational …, Jan 1, 2011

Keywords of mobility: Critical engagements

by Noel B. Salazar and Kiran Jayaram

Keywords of mobility: Critical engagements, Jun 2016

Scholars from various disciplines have used key concepts to grasp mobilities, but as of yet, a wo... more Scholars from various disciplines have used key concepts to grasp mobilities, but as of yet, a working vocabulary of these has not been fully developed. Given this context and inspired in part by Raymond Williams’ Keywords (1976), this edited volume presents contributions that critically analyze mobility-related keywords: capital, cosmopolitanism, freedom, gender, immobility, infrastructure, motility, and regime. Each chapter provides an historical context, a critical analysis of how the keyword has been used in relation to mobility, and a conclusion that proposes future usage or research.