Kendra C. Fehrer
I am a PhD candidate interested in the politics of social welfare and
inclusion and their intersection with peoples’ emotional lives. My
dissertation research is on community engagement in Venezuela,
examining how national representations of social change are
constructing new norms of citizenship and how these ideas and
practices shape the lives of urban poor activists. I am also
interested in academic-practitioner collaboration to support program
delivery to, for, and with marginalized communities. I have a BA and
MA in International Development and Social Change from Clark
University and an MA in Anthropology from Brown University. My
dissertation research has been supported by grants from the Social
Science Research Council, the National Science Foundation, the
Wenner-Gren Foundation, and Fulbright-Hays.
Status: Post field
Dissertation Research:
Ethnography of public participation and the construction of citizenship in contemporary Venezuela.
MA Thesis:
Seeing the Venezuelan State: Participatory Politics in the Chavez Era
Previous Degrees:
MA Anthropology, Brown University
BA and MA International Development, Clark University
Contact Information: Kendra_Fehrer@brown.edu
