{"id":1297,"date":"2020-05-07T17:21:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T21:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=1297"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:41:09","slug":"elizabeth-ferris","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/people\/elizabeth-ferris\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Ferris"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. <strong>Elizabeth Ferris<\/strong> is Research Professor with the <a href=\"https:\/\/isim.georgetown.edu\/\">Institute for the Study of International Migration<\/a> at Georgetown University\u2019s School of Foreign Service and a Non-resident Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/\">Brookings Institution<\/a>. From January-September 2016, she also served as Senior Advisor to the UN General Assembly\u2019s Summit for Refugees and Migrants in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2006-2015, she was a Senior Fellow and co-director of the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement where she worked to support understanding and protection of internally displaced persons.&nbsp; Prior to joining Brookings, she spent 20 years working in the field of humanitarian assistance, most recently in Geneva, Switzerland at the World Council of Churches.&nbsp; She has also served as the director of the Church World Service\u2019s Immigration and Refugee Program, as research director for the Life &amp; Peace Institute in Uppsala, Sweden and as a Fulbright professor at the Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico.&nbsp; Her teaching experience has included positions at Lafayette College, Miami University and Pembroke State University.&nbsp; She has written extensively on refugee, migration and humanitarian issues, including&nbsp;<em>The Politics of Protection: The Limits of Humanitarian Action<\/em>&nbsp;(Brookings Institution Press, 2011) and most recently,&nbsp;<em>Consequences of Chaos: Syria\u2019s Humanitarian Crisis and the Failure to Protect<\/em>, with Kemal Kirsici (Brookings Institution Press, 2016).&nbsp; She received her BA degree from Duke University and her MA and PhD degrees from the University of Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white cu-section--cards ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\" data-attributes=\"&#x7B;&quot;numberOfPosts&quot;&#x3A;3,&quot;orderBy&quot;&#x3A;&quot;date&quot;,&quot;moreButton&quot;&#x3A;&quot;loadmore&quot;,&quot;blockType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cards&quot;,&quot;contentType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;post&quot;,&quot;currentPage&quot;&#x3A;1,&quot;blockBackground&quot;&#x3A;&quot;white&quot;,&quot;numberOfColumns&quot;&#x3A;3,&quot;showImages&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showDates&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showTimeToRead&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showExcerpts&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showFilter&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;taxName&quot;&#x3A;&quot;category&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;&#x3A;&quot;288&quot;,&quot;tags&quot;&#x3A;&quot;&quot;&#x7D;\" data-page=\"2\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n                \n        <div class=\"cu-loading hidden text-center mx-auto h-6 w-6 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]\" role=\"status\">\n    <span class=\"!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]\">\n        Loading&#8230;\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n                                        \n        <p class=\"cu-no-posts hidden\">\n            No\n            category\n\n            posts are available.\n        <\/p>\n\n                <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n                        \n                    \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n            <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/JMHS-logo-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n        <\/figure>\n    \n    \n        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-row w-full gap-1\">\n                        <time datetime=\"2022-02-27T19:00:00-05:00\" class=\"block italic text-sm text-cu-black-600\">\n        February 28, 2022\n    <\/time>\n\n                    <\/div>        \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        [CLOSED] Request for Papers and Commentaries on Protracted Refugee Situations, Creative Solutions, and Refugee-Led Initiatives\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 dark:text-white\">\n            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700 dark:text-white \">\n                PLEASE NOTE: The application period for this opportunity has closed. 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