Maryann Bylander

Maryann Bylander is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Department Chair at Lewis & Clark College. Her work focuses on migration, global development, and credit/debt dynamics in Southeast Asia, particularly Cambodia and Thailand.

• Academic Credentials: PhD and MA in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin; BA from Rice University
• Key Research Themes: Regularization policies, microfinance impacts, environmental migration, and gendered migration pressures

Recent Publications (2024-2013) explore:

• Legal status trade-offs in migrant documentation regimes
• Critical perspectives on microfinance as exclusionary practice
• Environmental distress driving migration patterns
• Translocal debt systems shaping migrant experiences

Teaching includes International Migration, Debt & Society, and Quantitative Research Methods. She previously held teaching roles at SOAS (University of London), University of Texas at Austin, and Pannasastra University of Cambodia.