Melyssa Haffaf

Melyssa Haffaf, Ph.D., serves as the Executive Director and Program Director for the Gender+ Justice Initiative at Georgetown University since January 2019. Previously, Melyssa held roles as Marketing Communications Coordinator and Digital Learning Project Manager at Learning Tribes USA. Melyssa's experience includes a Research Assistant position at the University of Miami's Office of Civic and Community Engagement and several roles at the University of Miami from 2008 to 2016, including Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies and Instructor of French, Spanish, and Literature. Melyssa also worked as a Curriculum Developer and ESL Instructor at Abu-Ghazaleh & Co. Consulting and as a Teaching Assistant at Denison University, along with serving as an Educational & Pedagogical Assistant with Education Nationale. Melyssa Haffaf holds a Ph.D. in Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies from the University of Miami and a Bachelor's degree in Humanities, Sociology, and Philosophy from Université Paris-Sorbonne.