Yasmine Haiti
Graduate Volunteer
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
About
Yasmine is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science. She is born and raised in Casablanca, Morocco. She moved to Chicago in the fall of 2019. Yasmine received a master’s in Marketing and Trade Actions in June 2017 from École Nationale de Commerce et de Gestion de Settat, Morocco. Then, she graduated with a second masters of Public Administration from Indiana State University in May 2019 before she joined UIC for a PhD in Political Science. Her research interests revolve around forced migration, urban internal displacement, social movements, and human rights. She worked as a teaching and research assistant during the academic year of 2019/2020 in the department of Political Science at UIC. She has not only served multiple international organizations focusing on youth and women empowerment for several years, but also college-based organizations such as the Moroccan Student Organization in Indiana State University. Yasmine supported the Arab American Cultural Center as a Public Service Graduate Intern over Summer 2020. She hopes to work on several projects and engage other graduate students. She then continued working at the Center as the Graduate Research Assistant for Fall 2020. After that she was our stellar volunteer during the semesters and working during the summer. This Fall 2023, she rejoins us as our Graduate Research Assistant.