Miray Philips is a member of TIMEP’s Board of Advisors and a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of Minnesota. Her research on the transnational politics, meaning, and memory of sectarian and political violence in Egypt, Syria, and the United States has been published in the American Journal of Cultural Sociology and the Minnesota Journal of International Law. Formerly, Miray was a Visiting Research Fellow at both Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Affairs. Committed to bridging the gap between academia and policy, Miray has served as a consultant with the UN Special Rapporteur on Counterterrorism and Human Rights, as well as Minority Rights Group International. You can also find her public scholarship at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy and Egypt Migrations. Miray has an MA in Sociology from the University of Minnesota and a BS in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Michigan. She was born in Egypt, raised in Kuwait, and currently lives in the United States.