The Fletcher School

A Graduate School of International Affairs

Kimberly Howe

Contact Information

160 Packard Avenue
Medford, MA 02155 USA
kimberly.howe@tufts.edu

Research Interests

Urbanization, Armed Groups, Displacement, Post-conflict Peacebuilding, and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration

Regional Focus

Colombia, Great Lakes Region of Africa

Fields of Study

Human Security
Forced Migration
International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

Dissertation (Working Title)

“Urban Landscapes: Violent Crime, Displacement and Demobilization in Colombia”

Faculty Advisors

Peter Uvin
Karen Jacobsen

Curriculum Vitae

Kimberly Howe CVPDF

Fellowships and Awards

Tufts University Provost Fellowship (2007-2009)
The Feinstein International Center, Doctoral Research Award (2008)
Harvard Medical School (1999-2001)

Publications

Howe, Kimberly and Uvin, Peter. “I Want to Marry a Dynamic Girl: On Changing Gender Expectations in Burundi.” In Life After Violence: A People’s Story of Burundi, ed. Peter Uvin. London: Zed Books 2009.

Jacobsen, Karen and Howe, Kimberly with IDMC. Internal Displacement to Urban Areas: The Tufts-IDMC Profiling Study. Case 3, Santa Marta, Colombia. Sept 2008. Available at: www.internal-displacement.org

Uvin, Peter and Howe, Kimberly. Youth in Post-Conflict Burundi: Exclusion, Gender and Prospects for Peace and Reconciliation. Report Commissioned by the World Bank. Washington, DC October 2007.