Neil Boothby
Neil Boothby is the Allan Rosenfield Professor of Forced Migration and Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health (www.forcedmigration.columbia.edu/faculty/boothby.html). His research focuses on the effects of armed conflict and violence on children.[1]
[edit] Career
In the late 1980s Boothby was a psychologist at Duke University,[2] and he worked for Save the Children at the Lhanguene children's center helping children that had been traumatized by exposure to armed conflict in Mozambique.[3] He also served as an advisor to the Mozambican Ministry of Health in the attempt to develop national programs to address this problem.[4]
Boothby is currently the director of the Program on Forced Migration at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.[5]
[edit] Select publications
- Boothby N. "Political Violence and Development: An Ecological Approach to Children in War Zones". Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2008, 497-514.
- Boothby N. "What Happens when Child Soldiers Grow Up?" Intervention, Vol. 3, No.4, 244-259.
- Boothby N, Strang A, Wessells M. (eds): A World Turned Upside Down: Social Ecologies of Children and War. Kumarian Press, 2006.
- Boothby N, Crawford J, Halperin J. "Mozambique Child Soldier Life Outcome Study: Lessons Learned in Rehabilitation and Reintegration Efforts". Global Public Health, February 2006
- Boothby N, Knudsen C. "Children of the Gun". Scientific American, June, 2000, 60-65.
- Boothby N. "Care and Placement of Unaccompanied Children: Mozambique's Effort to Link Grassroots Networks of Volunteers to a National Program". African Journal of Social Development, University of Zimbabwe, July, 1993, 11-22.
- Boothby N. "Displaced Children: Psychological Theory and Practice From the Field". Journal of Refugee Studies, Vol 5, No. 2, 1992, 107-122.
[edit] References
- ^ He has received numerous awards for his work on behalf of war-affected children, including the Red Cross International Humanitarian of the Year Award, the Mickey Leland Award, and the United Nation's Golden Achievement Award for Social Services (www.forcedmigration.columbia.edu/faculty/boothby.html). Goodman, Walter (1990-03-02). "TV Weekend; A View of the Gory Horrors Of Mozambique's Civil War". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/02/arts/tv-weekend-a-view-of-the-gory-horrors-of-mozambique-s-civil-war.html.
- ^ Goleman, Daniel (1987-02-24). "TERROR'S CHILDREN: MENDING MENTAL WOUNDS". New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40710FC3E5C0C778EDDAB0894DF484D81.
- ^ Herbert Posted, Wray (2004-12-12). "The Children of War: The former child soldiers of Mozambique's civil war offer insights into morality and human resiliency". U.S. News & World Report. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/041220/20mozam_2.htm.
- ^ Perlez, Jane (1989-03-01). "Mozambique Seeks to Heal Young Minds". New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0711F73B5F0C728CDDAA0894D1484D81.
- ^ Boothby, Neil (2010-10-27). "Don't assume they're orphans". Miami Herald. http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/15/1480767/dont-assume-theyre-orphans.html.
