Jessy Abouarab holds a PhD in International Relations, majoring in foreign policy and security studies in the Middle East, specializing in women’s and gender studies. Her interdisciplinary academic approach is legal-normative, fostering critical thinking about security studies, refugee governance and norm translation through participatory learning methods when probing the nature of questions, issues, materials and problems under study. In addition, as a feminist Middle Eastern scholar and an enthusiastic activist, Abouarab’s non-academic work includes grassroots advocacy and community organizing to increase the power, voice and leadership of marginalized communities in advancing global justice.
Jessy Abouarab
Adjunct Professor
Center for Women's and Gender Studies
