About
Cynthia Kouayi is a researcher on migration governance via brokerage in Morocco. Cynthia engages with political sociology, sociology of law, and race, ethnicity, and immigration scholarships and content analysis of archival materials, participant observations, and interviews as her methods. Her most recent project examined the proliferation of European development funds that entered Morocco in an attempt to halt mostly West and Central African immigrants and refugees from entering Europe as a result of the Kingdom's immigration policy implemented in 2013/14. Her previous research focused on how immigrant and refugee transnational mothers in Morocco redefine mothering while in transit to Europe. She holds a Master’s in Migration and Diaspora Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Occidental College. Cynthia speaks English, Spanish (fluent), French (proficient), and Arabic (intermediate). She was awarded a Fulbright research grant to Morocco in 2017/18 and is a Ford Foundation Predoctoral fellow.
