Elyse Legeay

Elyse is a senior majoring in international studies with a co-major in global and intercultural studies and a minor in Middle East, Jewish, and Islamic studies. Her research interests include the geopolitics of borders and migration, colonialism in North Africa, and gender and identity in how it relates to forced migration. Her current research as a Geoffrion fellow focuses on gender dynamics in the Syrian refugee camp, Za’atari, in Jordan.
She contributed to, with the support of the Myaamia Center, the Myaamia Forced Removal portion of this project.