Dr. Cristina-Ioana Dragomir is an immigrant and scholar of Social Justice and Human Rights, working on migration, gender and environment. Previously she taught at Queen Mary University of London, Columbia University, Institute for the Study of Human Rights; she served as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at SUNY Oswego, and was a Center for Advanced Study of India 2016-2018 Visiting Scholar at University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. She also consults with the United Nations, GIZ, and IOM.
Cristina-Ioana Dragomir
Clinical Assistant Professor
Ph.D. – New School for Social Research
M.A. – Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania
B.A. – Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania
Social justice, migration, gender and environment
NYU Migration Network Faculty Colloquium for Research Development Award, 2021
Queen Mary University of London Research fellowship, 2020
“Beyond Borders,” Die Ziet Stiftung/ Bucerius Foundation, 2019
Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant, SUNY, 2017, 2016, 2015
Dean Award – Travel Europe, 2016
SUNY Oswego Extended Learning Division Grant, 2016
Individual Development Award, University Union Program, 2015
Council for European Studies, Conference Travel Grant, Paris, France, 2015
International Education Travel Fund – field research in India, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
Research Foundation grant field research, India, 2013-2012
DAAD fellowship at Technical University Dresden University, 2012
Melon Research and Travel Grant for Faculty from PRATT Institute, 2012, 2011
The Petri Fund, New School University, 2012, 2011
Bucerius PhD Fellowship “Settling in Motion” - Zeit Institute, 2010
Academic Publications
“Destabilizing the privilege of the knower to establish forms of solidarity: Reflections on conducting fieldwork with vulnerable communities in India and Romania” in Methodological Innovations, 2020
“Gender Practices as Rituals of Knowledge” for International Feminist Journal of Politics (2019)
“Vulnerable Populations’ Access to Health Care: A study of the nomadic women “Gypsy’ Narikuravars in Tamil Nadu, India” in International Journal for Romani Studies (2019)
“Identity Is Dialogical: The naturalization of immigrants in American military” in Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov Series IV: Philology and Cultural Studies (2018)
“Research on the move: revealing power dynamics in the field” (2017) Bulletin Series Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov Series IV: Philology and Cultural Studies. Vol. 10 (59) No. 2 – 2017
“History of Immigrants in the U.S. Military” in Making Modern Immigration, ABC-CLIO (2012)
Non-Academic Publications
“The Namesake: Migration and Environmental Crises,” Global Politics Unbound, Queen Mary University of London, May 2021
“The Narikuravars’ Quest for Political Engagement in Perambalur During COVID-19” India in Transition, CASI/ UPenn (2020)
“Scheduled Tribe Status: The Need for Clarification” India in Transition, CASI/ UPenn (2017)