Liu Institute for Global Issues University of British Columbia V6Z 2T1 erin.baines@ubc.ca 604-822-4579

An assistant professor at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, I teach in the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice and the Department of Political Science. For the past seven years, most of my work has been in northern Uganda. My areas of interest are gender, youth and armed conflict; civilian protection and humanitarianism; and, transitional justice and social reconstruction. PhD Supervision Beth Stewart (abd) Department: Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice Title of Research: Stigma, the Everyday, & Youth Born Into LRA Captivity Awards: SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship; IDRC Doctoral Award PhD Co-Supervision Katherine Fobear (post-comps) Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice Understanding Migration, Settlement, and Violence Through Memory and Oral History of Sexual and Gender Minority Refugees in Canada Award: Emerging Scholar Award; 4 Year Fellowship Valentine Kalende Nankanja Department: Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice Title of Research: Forced Migration and Movement Building in African Queer Social Movements Awards: Graduate Global Leadership Fellowship Laura Lee (abd) Department: Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program - Liu Institute for Global Issues Title of Research: Youth Sexual Health in Settings of Chronic Crisis: The Case of Youth-Headed Households in Kenya’s Rift Valley Province Awards: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship; Africa Initiative Graduate Research Grant (fieldwork); Liu Scholars Bottom Billion fieldwork Fund Juliane Okot Bitek Department: Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program, Liu Institute for Global Issues Title of Research: Dawn Stories and Prodigal Daughters: Identity and Belonging Through Postwar Narratives in the Transition from War to Peace in Northern Uganda Awards: Liu ScholarPhD Committee Member Eberechi Ifeonu (post-comps) Department: Law Title of Research: Sermonizing in the Godless Temple of Universality: A Critical Examination of Universal Jurisdiction in View of the African Union’s Concerns Award: 4 Year Fellowship Amel Abdel Fabil Eldhaib Department: Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice Title of Research: The Role of Women and Youth Organizations in Social Repair Awards: Graduate Global Leadership Fellowship Anastasia Shesterinina (abd) Department: Department of Political Science Title of Research: Post-Conflict Violence and Transformative of Social Networks Awards: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral fellowship Ricardo Chaparro-Pacheco Department: School of Social Work Title of Research: Memories From the Violence: Perpetrator’s Narratives of Human Rights Abuses in Colombia Awards: UBC – 2011 Graduate Global Leadership Fellowship Lara Rosenoff Gauvin (abd) Department: Anthropology Title of Research: The Old Pumpkin in the Homestead Shall Not Be? Uprooted: Intergenerational Knowledge Transmission and Social Repair After Two Decades of War in Northern Uganda Awards: SSHRC GSD; Trudeau Scholar MA Students Hannah van Voorthuysen (Political Science) (Supervisor - completed 2011) Natalie Hill (CWAGS) (Supervisor - completed 2011) Farida Hussein (Journalism) (2nd Reader - completed 2012) David Morgan (Political Science) (2nd Reader - completed 2011) Postdoctoral Students Eunyoung Choi (Geography) (Supervisor), 2010-2012 Erin Jessee (Anthropology) (Supervisor)