Joshua Wright (BA IR ’22) Shares Story of Field Research in Kenya

As part of his undergraduate honors thesis, Joshua Wright (BA IR ’22) explored the role of political and religious elites in Kenya – political candidates, Christian clerics, etc. – in facilitating the oppression of the country’s LGBTQ+ population. While he conducted a great deal of his research at Boston University’s Charles River campus, Josh ultimately realized he needed to get out in the field, engage with the community he was researching, and break out from the on-campus environment to gain more meaningful insights for his project.