Kathlyn Elliott Ph.D
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boston Children's Hospital Trauma and Community Resilience Center
2023, 2024
Kathlyn Elliott earned her Ph.D. in Education Leadership at Drexel University. Her research interests are preventing violent extremism through education, education in emergencies, gender and education, and global citizenship education. Kathlyn was a Fulbright Scholar in Finland for the 2021-2022 academic year researching teachers’ perceptions of educating to prevent violent extremism. Kathlyn holds a B.S. in International Culture and Politics, specifically religion and politics, from Georgetown University (2007), and an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction (2009) from the University of San Diego. Prior to starting her Ph.D., Kathlyn taught high school history for 10 years in Houston, Shanghai, and San Diego.
The Summit unites the public and private sectors, domestic and international, against hate and extremism. Researchers, activists, lawyers, technology experts, political leaders, and more come together, each bringing their unique tools to the fight. Important relationships that were established at the Summit in 2021 have carried forward into working groups with concrete deliverables for 2022 and beyond.
