Tania is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology and the Russian and East European Institute (REEI). She earned her MA in Anthropology from IU as a Fulbright Scholar. For her doctoral dissertation, Tania works with internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine, inquiring into the state-citizenship relationships, social welfare provision, and, more generally, the humanitarian responses to conflict-driven mobility. Previously, Tania worked for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the UN CHildren’s Fund (UNICEF) in Ukraine as a communication specialist.