Serena Parekh All Experts

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion

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Serena Parekh In the Media

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Our moral responsibility to refugees goes beyond resettlement

Serena Parekh for Northeastern

Follow the journey to the U.S. border of the caravan of people fleeing Central America

Thousands of people from Central America are fleeing the unstable governments and widespread violence in their home countries to seek a better life in the United States. But who are they, and what awaits them? We tracked their weekslong journey with this interactive map and spoke to two Northeastern associate professors to get a better understanding of this complex issue.
- by Molly Callahan and Gregory Grinnell November 21, 2018
Professor calls helping refugees a moral obligation for US

Serena Parekh, associate professor of philosophy, believes that we have a moral obligation to solve the global refugee crisis. “Rather than objects of fear,” she said on Wednesday, during a lecture on the topic, “refugees ought to be objects of moral compassion.”
- by Jason Kornwitz March 20, 2017
A survivor’s story: From genocide to healthcare visionary

Deogratias Niyizonkiza, the protagonist in author Tracy Kidder’s Strength in What Remains, inspires first-year students to understand “the pain of others so you can work to never let people suffer like that again.” The book was this year’s selection for the university’s First Pages program.
- by Thea Singer September 9, 2016
‘We can’t keep doing what we are doing’

on refugees who have fled the ongoing turmoil in Syria, Northeastern professors shed light on mistakes that have been made and offer solutions to the crisis.
- by Joe O'Connell September 7, 2015
The immigration debate in America

As part of Northeastern’s educational series on civic sustainability, a trio of Northeastern scholars led a discussion on immigration issues in the U.S. from a legal, philosophical, and criminal justice perspective.
- by Greg St. Martin October 18, 2013

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