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 Benjamin Lawrance
Barber B. Conable, Jr. Endowed Chair in International Studies

Fields of Expertise:
National & International Affairs > Immigration
National & International Affairs > Political Science
Social Sciences > Criminal Justice
Sustainability > Sustainability Research and Education

Dept/Division: Sociology and Anthropology
E-Mail: bnlgla@rit.edu
News Contact: Vienna Carvalho, vnccom@rit.edu, 585-475-4952
Website: http://www.rit.edu/cla/endowed_chairs.php


Benjamin N. Lawrance holds the Barber B. Conable Jr. Endowed Chair in International Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology. A graduate of Stanford University and University College London, his research interests include comparative and contemporary slavery, child trafficking, globalization, human rights, and asylum. He has published five books, the most recent on trafficking in women and children with Ohio University Press. Professor Lawrance is also a consultant on the contemporary political, social and cultural climate in West Africa and has served as an expert witness for over 180 asylum claims of West Africans in North America and Europe. He is the recipient of national and international awards, including fellowships at Yale, Harvard, the University of Notre Dame, the Rotary Foundation, and the University of California President’s Fellowship in the Humanities.