Professor Katy Collin
Professor Katy Collin is a co-organizer of the PS-PSI, the Director of Georgetown University’s M.A. in Conflict Resolution Program, and an Assistant Teaching Professor in Georgetown’s Department of Government. Her Ph.D. is from American University’s School of International Service in international relations. Her M.A. is in international policy from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, and B.A. is from UC Berkeley in history and peace and conflict studies. Professor Collin’s research is on the role of elections in post-conflict transitions, in particular the use of referendums in peace processes. She worked for several years in the civilian components of multilateral peace operations, most often in elections projects, including with refugee and expat communities. She has worked with the United Nations, International Organization for Migration, and IFES in the US, Europe, Asia, MENA and sub-Saharan Africa.