Marsha Henry

Experience Keywords

Cyprus; Haiti; India and South Asian Diaspora; Kosovo; Liberia; development; gender; militarisation; peacekeeping; representation; security; sex-selective abortion

Research Summary

Dr Henry''s research interests focus on three main research areas: gender and development; gender and militarisation; and qualitative methodologies. Her doctoral research focused on reproductive decision-making amongst middle-class women in India and her postdoctoral research was concerned with immigration medical exams in Canada. Over the past 10 years, her research interests have been concentrated on documenting the social experiences of living and working in peacekeeping missions. Her recent research focusses on female peacekeepers from the Global South.¿¿Over a number of years she has been thinking and writing about the fieldwork challenges faced by the ''unconventional'' researcher.

Research Countries

Cyprus; Haiti; India; Kosovo; Liberia

Languages

French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]