H Girma
Biographic Data
| ID | 39616 |
|---|---|
| NAME | H Girma |
| GIVEN NAMES | H |
| FAMILY NAME | Girma |
| SIGNATURE | GIRMA H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8262-1059 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Respecting names: Ethiopian transnational adoptee name changes, retention and reclamation
Although changing, retaining, or reclaiming names can be powerful statements, there is a confounding lack of research concerning naming practices in transnational adoption. Drawing from 40 in-depth interviews with adult Ethiopian-origin adoptees from North America, Europe and Australia, this paper examines how the personal names of transnational adoptees can be used to displace from and alternatively reconnect with home cultures. More specificall…
Outsiders within: Examining Ethiopian adoptee experiences through a diasporic lens
The term ‘diaspora’ continues to have purchase, as public and scholarly communities grapple with a world increasingly characterized by transnational flows of people, ideas, and capital. The concept has played a critical role in making these messy constellations of social, political, and economic ties both visible and legible. However, transnational adoptees are often positioned just outside this analytical purview, and their migrations, identity …
Positive discrimination doesn't mean anything: Understanding Black French Ambivalence toward Affirmative Action
Using in-depth qualitative interviews with French Caribbeans of African descent (N=52) in the Paris region, this study examines minority perspectives on the possibility of racial or ethnic affirmative action in France. Through a narrative analysis of their justifications for supporting or criticizing affirmative action, we find that the majority of our respondents expressed reservations over the possibility of quotas and other affirmative action …
Black Names, Immigrant Names: Navigating Race and Ethnicity Through Personal Names
This article explores the naming patterns of a new African immigrant group in the United States to discuss the creative ways that Black immigrants navigate their racialized immigrant identities and their positioning vis-à-vis their ethnoracial compatriots, African Americans. I argue that the significant contention around Black names and immigrant names demonstrates that personal names are a subject worthy of in-depth investigation. Through the ca…
Somali (Return) Migration and Settlement Patterns Somalis in the Twin Cities and Columbus: Immigrant Incorporation in New Destinations . By Stefanie Chambers Return Migration and Nation Building in Af…
Somali populations have been of interest to migration scholars since their dispersal post 1991 following the fall of the Siad Barre regime and the disintegration of the Republic of Somalia (constituted in 1960 by unifying British and Italian Somaliland). The two books in this review cover different facets of Somali migration––diaspora integration patterns (Stephanie Chambers, political science) and nation-building through return migration (Adele …
Beyond Expectations: Second-Generation Nigerians in the United States and Britain
"Beyond Expectations: Second-Generation Nigerians in the United States and Britain." Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 52(3), pp. 394–396
The salience of gender in return migration
Return migration warrants special attention as a growing trend in our current globalized environment wherein migration can no longer be assumed to be a one‐way journey. As studies of return migration are burgeoning, this article argues for the salience of taking socially constructed ideas of gender as a central analytical factor in order to understand the complexities of human movement. It is imperative to take up gender both as a category of ana…
African Migrations: Patterns and perspectives
The challenge with any edited book is presenting a holistic and balanced picture of the topic at hand with consistent quality. Comprised of 14 chapters, not including the Introduction, this edited volume includes contributions by a diverse group of scholars from history, anthropology, sociology, as well as religious and migration studies. The authors' diverse and interdisciplinary perspectives inspire the overarching exploration of contemporary m…
The salience of gender in return migration
Return migration warrants special attention as a growing trend in our current globalized environment wherein migration can no longer be assumed to be a one‐way journey. As studies of return migration are burgeoning, this article argues for the salience of taking socially constructed ideas of gender as a central analytical factor in order to understand the complexities of human movement. It is imperative to take up gender both as a category of ana…
African Migrations: Patterns and perspectives
The challenge with any edited book is presenting a holistic and balanced picture of the topic at hand with consistent quality. Comprised of 14 chapters, not including the Introduction, this edited volume includes contributions by a diverse group of scholars from history, anthropology, sociology, as well as religious and migration studies. The authors' diverse and interdisciplinary perspectives inspire the overarching exploration of contemporary m…
Positive discrimination doesn't mean anything: Understanding Black French Ambivalence toward Affirmative Action
Using in-depth qualitative interviews with French Caribbeans of African descent (N=52) in the Paris region, this study examines minority perspectives on the possibility of racial or ethnic affirmative action in France. Through a narrative analysis of their justifications for supporting or criticizing affirmative action, we find that the majority of our respondents expressed reservations over the possibility of quotas and other affirmative action …
African Migrations: Patterns and perspectives
The challenge with any edited book is presenting a holistic and balanced picture of the topic at hand with consistent quality. Comprised of 14 chapters, not including the Introduction, this edited volume includes contributions by a diverse group of scholars from history, anthropology, sociology, as well as religious and migration studies. The authors' diverse and interdisciplinary perspectives inspire the overarching exploration of contemporary m…
The salience of gender in return migration
Return migration warrants special attention as a growing trend in our current globalized environment wherein migration can no longer be assumed to be a one‐way journey. As studies of return migration are burgeoning, this article argues for the salience of taking socially constructed ideas of gender as a central analytical factor in order to understand the complexities of human movement. It is imperative to take up gender both as a category of ana…
Beyond Expectations: Second-Generation Nigerians in the United States and Britain
"Beyond Expectations: Second-Generation Nigerians in the United States and Britain." Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 52(3), pp. 394–396
Somali (Return) Migration and Settlement Patterns Somalis in the Twin Cities and Columbus: Immigrant Incorporation in New Destinations . By Stefanie Chambers Return Migration and Nation Building in Af…
Somali populations have been of interest to migration scholars since their dispersal post 1991 following the fall of the Siad Barre regime and the disintegration of the Republic of Somalia (constituted in 1960 by unifying British and Italian Somaliland). The two books in this review cover different facets of Somali migration––diaspora integration patterns (Stephanie Chambers, political science) and nation-building through return migration (Adele …
Black Names, Immigrant Names: Navigating Race and Ethnicity Through Personal Names
This article explores the naming patterns of a new African immigrant group in the United States to discuss the creative ways that Black immigrants navigate their racialized immigrant identities and their positioning vis-à-vis their ethnoracial compatriots, African Americans. I argue that the significant contention around Black names and immigrant names demonstrates that personal names are a subject worthy of in-depth investigation. Through the ca…
Positive discrimination doesn't mean anything: Understanding Black French Ambivalence toward Affirmative Action
Using in-depth qualitative interviews with French Caribbeans of African descent (N=52) in the Paris region, this study examines minority perspectives on the possibility of racial or ethnic affirmative action in France. Through a narrative analysis of their justifications for supporting or criticizing affirmative action, we find that the majority of our respondents expressed reservations over the possibility of quotas and other affirmative action …
Respecting names: Ethiopian transnational adoptee name changes, retention and reclamation
Although changing, retaining, or reclaiming names can be powerful statements, there is a confounding lack of research concerning naming practices in transnational adoption. Drawing from 40 in-depth interviews with adult Ethiopian-origin adoptees from North America, Europe and Australia, this paper examines how the personal names of transnational adoptees can be used to displace from and alternatively reconnect with home cultures. More specificall…
Outsiders within: Examining Ethiopian adoptee experiences through a diasporic lens
The term ‘diaspora’ continues to have purchase, as public and scholarly communities grapple with a world increasingly characterized by transnational flows of people, ideas, and capital. The concept has played a critical role in making these messy constellations of social, political, and economic ties both visible and legible. However, transnational adoptees are often positioned just outside this analytical purview, and their migrations, identity …
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (2 works) · Economics (2 works)