Kelsey Norman

2026-01-23 03:20:32

(MENAFN- The Conversation)

Fellow for the Middle East, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University

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Dr. Kelsey Norman is a Fellow for the Middle East and Director of the Women's Rights, Human Rights and Refugees program at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. Her research focuses on the politics of migration and refugee hosting in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as globally. Her first book, "Reluctant Reception: Refugees, Migration and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa," was published by Cambridge University Press in 2021. A second book with Dr. Nicholas Micinski, titled "Aiding Autocrats: Migration Management, Governance and Repression in Africa," is currently under contract with Cambridge University Press. In recognition of her research, she was awarded the 2025 Emerging Scholar award by the Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration section of the International Studies Association. She also regularly teaches in Rice University's Master of Global Affairs program and in the Department of Political Science.

Experience

–present Fellow for the Middle East, Rice University

Education

2017 University of California, Irvine, PhD, Political Science
2010 University of Toronto, MPP
2007 University of Michigan, BA, Political Science

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