Mitra Naseh Biography

PSU School of Social Work
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Mitra Naseh is an early career forced migration scholar. She is an assistant professor and research director of the Initiative on Social Work and Forced Migration at Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Naseh’s research focuses on refugees’ social and economic integration from a multidimensional perspective. Her work and research are rooted in and guided by her previous professional work experience as a staff member of non-governmental organizations and the United Nations in the Middle East and South Asia. Naseh is the co-author of the Best Practices for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants (Columbia University Press) and the list of her scholarly work can be found on Google Scholar.