Research Discipline/Bio
Samaya Mansour is a Ph.D. candidate in International and Comparative Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she also serves as a Doctoral Research Fellow for the Division of Academic Planning and Global Affairs. Samaya works at the intersection of research, policy, and practice to advance global education through meaningful partnerships. In her dissertation research, she uses a decolonial lens to explore how refugees reconstitute citizenship in displacement contexts.
Currently, she is the Senior Research Analyst with the Gender Equality in and through Education workstream and co-coordinates the Echidna Global Scholars Program at the Center for Universal Education at Brookings. Prior to her current role, Samaya co-led international research and development projects with INEE, UNHCR, UNDP, Plan International, and others, providing research-based insights and policy recommendations aimed at improving education systems in fragile and crisis contexts.
Educational Background
MPhil in Education, Cambridge University, 2017
BA in Education, American University of Beirut, 2015
Last Updated: Feb 11, 2025