Kendra Duran

Contributing Faculty
College of Health Sciences and Public Policy
Ph.D. Public Policy and Administration

Kendra L. Duran received her Ph.D. in Public Policy: Social Policy at Liberty University and her M.A. in Human Rights Practice from the University of Arizona. Dr. Duran is an interdisciplinary pracademic in the fields of human rights, public policy, and theology. She has tackled policy and practice issues in diverse regions, including the United States, Southeast Asia, East Africa, and Central America. Dr. Duran was a National Geographic Explorer and has embarked on groundbreaking research concerning topics such as human trafficking, international child law, indigenous rights, migration, asylum, refugee rights, social protection, and rights related to the family. Her most recent research focuses on the intricacies of global social policy and its impact on the diffusion of human rights, democracy, and development. Currently, she works as Contributing Faculty in the school of Public Policy and Administration at Walden University and serves doctoral candidates toward completing the dissertation phase of their studies.

Education

PhD, Liberty University

MA, University of Arizona

BA, Catholic International University

Public Service

Refugee Survey Quarterly, Oxford University Press, Other -

New Mexico Dream Center, Member -

International Affairs, Oxford Academic, Other -

Institute of Strategic Governance, Volunteer -

Nosheski Solar, Volunteer -

Political Science and Politics, Cambridge University Press, Other -

Publications

Duran, K. L. (2024). Welfare-Based Human Rights Diffusion in Global Social Policy: Evaluation of an Extended Spiral Model.

Duran, K., , R. A., Ahmed, S. (2023). Considering the shrinking physical, social, and psychological spaces of Rohingya refugees in Southeast Asia. Wellbeing Space and Society

Al-Haddad, R. E., Duran, K., Ahmed, S. (2022). A lost generation: perpetual education insecurity among the Rohingya. Race Ethnicity and Education

Duran, K. Addressing precarity for peace: The Rohingya refugee crisis and policy interventions. International Review of Sociology

Presentations

Duran, K. (2020). Examining Rohingya Refugees’ Spaces in Bangladesh: Bridging the Gap Between Foreign Policy and Social Policy through Global Social Policy. University of London

Duran, K. (2023). Success in Doctoral Research and Writing. Liberty University

Duran, K. (2019). Utilizing Zoom for higher education in learning, a problem-based learning approach. University of Washington