Global Engagement

Elizabeth Ferris is the director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University. Ferris has extensive experience working on humanitarian issues, both at the operational level and in research institutions, most recently at the Brookings Institution. She has written many books and articles on refugee and humanitarian issues. Ferris is a member of the Collaborative Design Team for Innovating Protection for Children on the Move Across the Americas, a forum convened by Georgetown University’s Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues and Institute for the Study of International Migration.