Deportation Diasporas: Removed to a country that was never home, with Jill Anderson, PhD
Jill Anderson will speak on her work with youth raised in the United States but forced to return to Mexico. Living in Mexico City for the past ten years, Jill co-authored with Nin Solis the bookLos Otros Dreamers, The Other Dreamers. She also co-founded the NGO Otros Dreams en Acción, Other Dreams in Action, a group which advocates for people affected by deportation, the threat of deportation, or the deportation of a family member. Jill connects this activism with theory to explore transnational identities and the way forced relocation can leave young people feeling “neither from here, nor from there.” Jill is a Mellon Visiting Professor in the Center for Latin American and Caribbean at Duke University. She received her PhD in English from the University of Texas, Austin with an emphasis on Mexican-American literature.
