Farrah is a recent graduate from Vanderbilt University with degrees in Chemistry and English, and she has a research interest in climate migration. She is currently a Master’s student at SMEA. She plans on conducting her thesis centralizing the field site of Khulna, Bangladesh, where she will investigate what resources and policy systems are needed to prepare cities for the acceleration of climate migration in the coming years and the resulting urban influxes. Farrah is also interested in identifying the symbols of home that allow for community resilience as place-based identities are disrupted. She gravitates towards science communication; she has designed a StoryMap that presents Nadia Seetaram’s dissertation work on inundation and displacement narratives in Miami, and she intends to use similar mediums to translate her work as it develops. Farrah thrives in interdisciplinary spaces; she completed her Chemistry capstone in a Bioarchaeology lab, initiating the use of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry to answer the anthropological questions of equality and migration. As a creative writer, she won the Climate Hub Award for her story on inter-generational displacement and flooding concerns in Miami (her hometown) and Bangladesh (her family origin). Farrah is looking forward to continuing at the intersection of storytelling and research while at SMEA.

Farrah enjoys hiking, hammocking, and spending time with friends/family!