Directed by Associate Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies, Dr. Elena Shih, the Human Trafficking Research Cluster (HTRC) fosters collaborative critical inquiry into the study of human trafficking, as well as cultivates an intersectional framework that acknowledges the ways in which race, class, gender, nation, and sexual forms of power and inequality govern contemporary anti-trafficking efforts. Since its inception, the HTRC has supported undergraduate and graduate research while simultaneously maintaining community partnerships with Providence-based and global migrant, sex worker, labor, and racial justice organizations.