Expertise:

I am available for media inquiries on: global education, trends in higher education, education in the Middle East and North Africa, including Syria and refugee education.

Recent Commentary:

Op-Eds and Newspaper Articles:

“Educating Syrian Refugees in Lebanon.” Sada. 2016. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

“Measuring learning: Where do we stand and where do we go?” 2015. Education Policy and Data Center, FHI 360.

“Opinion: Arab Universities Must Admit the Cost of Corruption.” 2014.  The Chronicle of Higher Education.

“Moroccan Universities Must Begin to Charge Tuition.” Al-Fanar. 2014. London: Alexandria Trust.

“Arab Private Universities Could Drive Broader Improvements.” Al-Fanar. 2014. London: Alexandria Trust.

“How University Admissions Distorts Some Arab Societies.” Al-Fanar. 2014. London: Alexandria Trust.

“Failing Civics: Violence in Jordanian Universities” Sada. 2013. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Podcast:

Mendenhall, Mary, Susan Garnett Russell, and Elizabeth Buckner. 2016. “Urban Refugees and Education.” FreshEd with Will Brehm.

Press Coverage:

Degrees of Dignity: Reforming Arab Higher Education for the Global Era. Status Audio Magazine. Issue 7.1

Rubin, C.M. 2017. “The Global Search for Education: First of Its Kind Global Refugee Study Highlights a Gap Between Policy and Practice." Huffington Post.

Pennington, R. 2016. “Mandatory teacher training often repetitive and irrelevant, UAE study shows.”  The National. July 17, 2016.