Jaymelee J. Kim

2012 Kim, Jaymelee J. Transitional Justice in a Non-Transitioning Society: A Study of the
Perceived Efficacy of Canada’s Justice and Reconciliation Efforts. W.K. McClure
Scholarship Study for World Affairs Symposium, Knoxville, TN.
Panels
2015 Organizer, Counter-Narratives in North American Anthropology: Challenging
Dominant Discourse in Justice, Rights, and Representation. 114 th Annual Meeting of
the American Anthropological Association, November 18-22, Denver, CO.
2015 Organizer, Anthropology and Indigeneity: Situating Knowledge, Memory, and
Identity in North America. Southern Anthropological Society 50th Anniversary
Meeting. April 9-11, Athens, GA.
2014 Organizer and Chair, The Influence of Stakeholders, Westernization, and Policy on
Anthropological Knowledge Production in Disaster, Displacement, and Human
Rights Research and Practice. 113th Meeting of the American Anthropological
Association. December 3-7, Washington, D.C.
2013 Moderator, Disaster, Displacement, and Human Rights Roundtable: What’s
Anthropology Got to do with it? Inaugural Disaster, Displacement, & Human Rights
Symposium: Framing the Field. February 8-10, Knoxville, TN.
Invited Lectures & Roundtables
2015 Kim, Jaymelee J. Roundtable entitled, The Politics of Allyship and Representation
in Research and Advocacy on Disasters, Displacement, and Human Rights.” Second
Disasters, Displacement, and Human Rights Symposium: Bridging the Collaborative
Gap, September 25-27, Knoxville, TN.
2014 Kim, Jaymelee J. Polygamy & Marriage Practices. The University of Findlay
Psychology Program, Findlay, OH.
2014 Kim, Jaymelee J. Professional Development in Anthropology. University of
Tennessee Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN.
2013 Kim, Jaymelee J. Applied Anthropology in Real World Scenarios. University of
Tennessee Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN.
2013 Kim, Jaymelee J. Indigenous Rights and Human Rights in British Columbia.
University of Tennessee Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN. (Declined)
2011 Kim, Jaymelee J. Transitional Justice in Post-conflict Uganda and Post-colonial
Canada, a Comparison. University of Tennessee Department of Anthropology,
Knoxville, TN.
2011 Kim, Jaymelee J. 2nd Institute for African Transitional Justice Conference - Whose
Memory Counts. The Refugee Law Project, Kampala, Uganda. (Invitation Declined)
RESEARCH PROJECTS & FIELD WORK
2014-Present “Agency of the Dead and Implications for Transitional Justice in northern Uganda,”
Co-PIs: Tricia Redeker Hepner, Dawnie Wolfe Steadman, Julia Hanebrink.
2013-Present “Implications of Transitional Justice and Structural Violence in Canada.” Primary
Field Site: British Columbia, CAN
2012 “Perceptions of Transitional Justice in a Canadian Context.” Primary Field Site:
British Columbia, CAN
2011 “Preliminary Investigation of Perceived Efficacy of Transitional Justice in Canada.”
Field Sites: Manitoba, British Columbia, CAN
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