Marnie K. Watson is an applied medical anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Missouri State University. Her research and teaching focus on homelessness, race and ethnicity, urban anthropology, expressive culture, modernity, behavioral health, migration, and refugee health. Pritha Gopalan is an educational anthropologist and the Director of Research and Learning at the Newark Trust for Education. She is committed to research grounded in community experiences and perspectives in education, refugee resettlement, and urban development. She is the author of PPP Paradox: Promise and Perils of Public-Private Partnership in Education.