Galya Ben-Arieh
Galya Ben-Arieh, J.D., Ph.D. (she/her), is a professor in the Political Science Department at Northwestern University and founder of Community Partnerships for Settlement Strategies (COMPASS), a public charity registered in Illinois that works to design effective approaches in support of the long-term wellbeing of refugees and asylees in our communities. For over 20 years, Galya has brought her expertise as an academic and lawyer to broaden understandings of the rights and processes of refugee protection and the role of law in settlement and inclusion in host societies. Her current work examines the long-term patterns and outcomes of U.S. refugee resettlement policy with a focus on suitability in refugee housing placement. She is the co-editor of Adjudicating Refugee and Asylum Status: The Role of Witness, Expertise, and Testimony (co-edited with Benjamin Lawrance; Cambridge University Press, 2015). At Northwestern, she founded and directed the Center for Forced Migration Studies (2011-2018) and now directs the Research Collaborative on Refugees, Migrants and Statelessness in the WCAS Center for International and Area Studies.