Edom Tesfa
Ph.D. candidate in education, Harvard University

I will be on the job market in fall 2024. To view/download my CV, click here.I study how educational spaces can help create caring contexts of reception for immigrant youth in new destinations. My dissertation is an ethnographic study of how African and Latin American immigrant-origin youth in Portland, Maine – an emerging and rapidly-changing destination for asylum-seekers and refugees – experience care and belonging.My research has been supported by, among others, the National Academy of Education and the Spencer Foundation, as well as the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Immigration Initiative at Harvard. I have presented my research across the U.S. and in Canada, Ireland, and Chile. I have taught courses on immigrant education, qualitative research methods, and critical participatory action research (CPAR).I hold a B.S. in Foreign Service - Culture and Politics from Georgetown University and an A.M. in Education from Harvard University. I am a second-generation Ethiopian American and the daughter of an asylee. In my free time, I enjoy taking care of my dog, reading, and playing video games.Languages: English, አማርኛ, español, 汉语 (标准)

Edom Tesfa
Ph.D. candidate in education, Harvard University

I will be on the job market in fall 2024. To view/download my CV, click here.

Peer-reviewed articles

“Caring through crisis: Newcomer students and their educators during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Voices in Urban Education 51(1), 90–99. (With Rebecca Lowenhaupt)

Policy and practice briefs

“Educator brief: Supporting Black immigrant-origin students & their families.” Immigration Initiative at Harvard.“Connectivity and creativity in the time of COVID-19: Immigrant serving districts respond to the pandemic.” Immigration Initiative at Harvard. (With Rebecca Lowenhaupt, Julie Yammine, Melita Morales, Paulette Andrade Gonzalez, Ariana Mangual Figueroa, Jennifer Queenan, Dafney Blanca Dabach, and Roberto G. Gonzales)