EDUCATION
PhD Candidate UCLA, Geography (C.Phil 2008);
M.A. UCLA, Geography, 2007;
B.A. University of Washington, Geography & American Ethnic Studies, 2005
SUBFIELDS
Demography, International Migration, Internal Migration, African Diaspora
RESEARCH
I evaluate sub-Saharan African migration to and within the United States; racial vs. ethnic/cultural identities; social, economic and political consequences of displacement of African immigrants from country of origin; human capital; acculturation and integration; quantitative & qualitative methods
ADVISORS
William A.V. Clark (Committee Chair)
Judith A. Carney
C. Cindy Fan
Lorrie Frasure (Poli Sci)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Rivers, Natasha (September 2009) "Measures of Success: Evaluating Human Capital of African Immigrants in Los Angeles County," (Poster) Association of Pacific Coast Geographers Meeting, San Diego, California
Rivers, Natasha (Presenter) and Clark, William A.V. (April 2008) "Comparing Preferences and Choices and their role in Creating Neighborhood Residential Composition," Annual Meeting for the Association of American Geographers, Boston, Massachusetts
Rivers, Natasha (April 2007) “Does Human Capital Explain African Immigrant Success?” Annual Meeting for the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, California
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