Krista Billingsley joined the Department of Justice Studies as an Assistant Professor specializing in the areas of Human Rights, Transitional Justice, Restorative Justice, Violence, Activism, and Children/Youth. She earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee and taught for several years at the University of South Florida and UT before coming to JMU. Dr. Billingsley has broad research interests in applied anthropology, political and legal anthropology, transitional justice, the missing due to war and migration, activism, displacement, human rights, and violence with a focus on children and youth. Her research in Nepal, funded by a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship, a Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, and a W.K. McClure Scholarship for the Study of World Affairs, is published in peer-reviewed journal articles and academic news outlets. Her book project examines transitional justice in Nepal, illuminating continued national policies of exclusion and highlighting the perceptions of Nepalis affected by conflict as children. In addition to research on transitional justice, disasters, ethnic federalism, and peace education in Nepal, she has conducted research in the United States on farmers' perceptions of state policy initiatives, media coverage of U.S. presidential candidates, predicting electoral outcomes of U.S. presidential primaries, and the impact of academic research on national policy-makers. Her current research examines what forms of governance are made possible by post-conflict contexts and how global articulations of nation-building intersect with conflict victims' demands for ethnic federalism in Nepal.