Swan Htut

Swan Ye Htut (he/him) is a PhD candidate in the sociology department. His dissertation focuses on how Chin displaced migrants from Myanmar navigate informal refugee reception in the Indian northeastern state of Mizoram. In this research, he does extensive ethnographic fieldwork and community engagement with displaced migrants to advocate for their needs internationally and deliver resources through educational workshops. He has published research on migration, race/ethnicity, social movements and Southeast Asia in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Journal of Contemporary Asia and Big Data & Society. Swan received a MA in sociology from Stanford University and a BA in sociology and global studies at UCLA.