Adrie Kusserow is a cultural anthropologist and poet, the author of three books of poetry (REFUGE and Hunting Down the Monk published by BOA Editions, Ltd, New American Poets Series) and recently, THE TRAUMA MANTRAS: A Memoir in Prose Poems (Duke University Press, 2024), as well as an ethnography American Individualisms (Palgrave MacMillan, Culture, Mind and Society Series). She has taught at St. Michael’s College since 1996 where she is currently Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
She was born and raised in Underhill, Vermont and now lives on the land she grew up on. Most of her anthropological humanitarian work, research and field work is on refugee health and resettlement. She has worked with refugees for over two decades internationally and locally in Vermont, from South Sudan, Bhutan, Nepal, Somalia, Tanzania, the Congo and Afghanistan. She is currently on the Board of Trustees at the Vermont Afghan Alliance and is a co-founder, (along with the Lost Boys of Sudan resettled in Vermont) of Africa Education and Leadership Initiative: Bridging Gender Gaps Through Education (www.africaeli.org) which supports refugee girls education in East Africa.
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Entrance to the park will be covered by Vermont Humanities. Please register in advance to attend this in-person program. Families camping at or otherwise visiting the parks will be able to join the presentations without advance registration.
Accessibility
This is an accessible event. It take place in a pavilion located a short distance from a parking lot, along a paved road. Please contact us at info@vermonthumanities.org for information on disability services.
To request a specific accommodation for this event please contact us by Friday, July 18th.