Elizabeth Benedict Christensen

Presentation

I employ qualitative, Ethnographic research methods in my Ph.D. project, which focuses on undocumented immigrant youth in the United States. I am exploring how undocumented youth navigate their daily lives with this status, and how status presents challenges, restrictions, and potential human rights issues. I focus on youth who have grown up in the U.S. alongside American peers and have spent their formative years in the American educational system. I approach the project via an interdisciplinary background and use both socio-cultural theories and human rights framework in my analysis. Additionally, I am interested in culture, cross-cultural communication, and intercultural exchange.

Research areas:

• Qualitative research & Ethnographic methods
• Cultural Analysis
• Immigration
• United States
• Human Rights

Select publications:

• Elizabeth Ann Benedict Christensen / Experiencing and Coping with Everyday (dis)Belonging : The Case of 1.5 Generation Undocumented Youth in the United States.
  In: Participation, Integration, and Recognition: Changing Pathways to Immigrant Incorporation. ed. /Elli Heikkilä; Auvo Kostiainen; Johanna Leinonen; Ismo Söderling. Turku : Institute of Migration 2015, p. 126-138 (Migration Studies, No. Histories 4, Vol. C24)
• Benedict Christensen, Beth. “Doing Green: Practices & Choices at Copenhagen Hotels.” Co2 ETN. Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, 2010.
• Damsholt, Tine and Carina Ren with contributions from Beth Benedict Christensen & Mads D. Breddam. “Invisible Green: Green City Tourism.” Center for Cultural Analysis. Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, 2011.