Name: Sorana Acris
Email: sa1509@nyu.edu
Program: International Education
Research Interests: education and conflict, education in divided societies, post-conflict nation building, social cohesion, identity formation
Principal Advisor(s): Elisabeth King
Research Description/Bio: Sorana Acris is a fourth year PhD student in International Education. Her research focuses on the impacts of education in post-conflict, divided societies on educational inequalities, nation building, social cohesion, and identity development.
Prior to her PhD, Sorana worked with the Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) team at the World Bank and as a management consultant in the education sector. She holds an M.A. in International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a B.A. in Political Science from Duke University.