Spires, B. (2021, October 23). Tea garden worker issues in Assam India. Paper presented at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Association for Asian Studies. Villanova University, Villanova Pennsylvania.
Spires, B. (2021, April 9). Land and wage slavery: The cases of Assam, India and Western Cambodia. Highland Support Partners. Retrieved from
Spires, B. & Datta, M. (2020). Trust and civic engagement matter: Connections to human trafficking in the United States. Presentation for the Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding: Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice. Retrieved from
Spires, R. (2019, April). Preventing human trafficking: Lessons learned in Thailand. Presentation at the Atlanta Global Studies Center Symposium. Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Spires, R. (2019, April). An exploratory case study on rural Cambodian border youth: Social and educational barriers with implications for development. Presentation for the Comparative and International Education Society, San Francisco.
Spires, R., & Tost, J. (2019, April 16). An exploratory case study on rural Cambodian border youth: Social and educational barriers with implications for development (Paper presentation). Comparative & International Education Society 2019 Conference, San Francisco.
Spires, R. (April 22, 2017). Non-formal education for disadvantaged children and youth: Human trafficking prevention in Cambodia (Keynote address). Georgia Psychological Society. College of Coastal Georgia.
Spires, R. W. (March 8, 2016). Social mobility and marginalized youth in Hong Kong: The impact of NGO mentorship internships and workshop programs. Comparative and International Education Society 2016 Conference, Vancouver Canada. Presenter and Session Chair.
Spires, R. W., (March 12, 2015) EASEL School: a case study of human trafficking prevention on the Cambodian border, Comparative and International Education Society 2015 Conference, Comparative and International Education Society, Washington DC. Published in the proceedings:
