Caitlin Katsiaficas is an Associate Policy Analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, where she works with the National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy. Her research focuses on policies and practices that support the successful integration of immigrant and refugee families.

Prior to joining MPI, she conducted research on European Union migration policy, including irregular migration, international protection, and border management for Bridging Europe, and worked at George Washington University’s Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies. She also interned at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement, where she wrote a strategy paper on strengthening cooperation with other government agencies to assist resettled refugees and service providers, and provided case management support to refugees and asylum seekers in the Refugee Services Program in Portland, Maine.

Ms. Katsiaficas holds an MA and BA (summa cum laude) in international affairs from George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, where she focused on conflict, migration, and development. She also studied in Belgium and Turkey.