Rawan Arar
Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Societies, and Justice
University of Washington
Box: 353565
In the News:
- CSDE Welcomes Four More Faculty Affiliates! (2/8/2021)
- Panel: New Methodologies in the Study of Migrations & Settlements (2/1/2021)
- Spotlight on CSDE Affiliate, Rawan Arar (9/28/2020)
- Arar and Fitzgerald New Book Published -The Refugee System: A Sociological Approach (11/6/2022)
Rawan Arar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Law, Societies, and Justice. She completed her Ph.D. in sociology at the University of California San Diego. Her research program begins with the refugee as a central figure of analysis. Refugee displacement is the manifestation of the breakdown of borders and citizenship rights while refugee status, as a legal construct, is delimited by the principle of sovereignty. Refugees’ lives and life chances are inextricably tied to national and global policies, which create or impede access to basic needs, education, rights, and mobility. Rawan’s research lies at the intersection of these issues and pushes forward debates about states, rights, and theories of international migration.