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Lillian Frost
Virginia Tech
Occupation
Assistant Professor
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ABOUT
Lillian Frost is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). She specializes in citizenship, migration, and gender issues in the Arab World, particularly in Jordan. Her research has received support from the European University Institute's Max Weber Programme, United States Institute of Peace and the Minerva Research Initiative, Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Fulbright Program, Council of American Overseas Research Centers, Project on Middle East Political Science, Boston Consortium for Arab Region Studies, and the George Washington University Institute for Middle East Studies.
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
Arab Studies
Diaspora/Refugee Studies
Gender/Women's Studies
Identity/Representation
Middle East/Near East Studies
Nationalism
Geographic Areas of Interest
Jordan
The Levant
Palestine
Specialties
Citizenship
Forced Migration
Law And Society
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
French (advanced)
Italian (elementary)
Education
PhD | 2020 | Political Science | George Washington University
MA | 2016 | Political Science | George Washington University
MPP | 2012 | Public Policy | University of Virginia
BA | 2011 | Foreign Affairs | University of Virginia
Abstracts
Beyond Citizenship: The Impact of Non-Citizens on State-Society Relations Intentional Ambiguity: Refugee Policies under Pressure in Jordan Citizenship Spectrums: Misalignments of Nationality, Passports, and Belonging among Palestinian Protracted Refugees in Jordan Citizenship In the Shadow of Law: The Exercise and Contestation of Authoritarian Power in Jordan Temporary Citizens: Precarious Gaza Refugee Rights in the Shadow of Jordan’s Law