{"id":15573,"date":"2017-03-07T19:33:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T19:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/07\/geography-researcher-presses-for-more-equitable-borders\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:39:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:39:44","slug":"geography-researcher-presses-for-more-equitable-borders","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/07\/geography-researcher-presses-for-more-equitable-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"Geography researcher presses for more equitable borders"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Living in Morocco for five years, Leslie Gross-Wyrtzen witnessed the plight of migrants flowing through the country en route to Europe — as they were subjected to horrific violence at the hands of smugglers and endured life-threatening travel conditions. Their experiences made her want to take action.<\/p>\n

The second-year doctoral student in Clark University’s Graduate School of Geography<\/a> hopes her research will illuminate how borders impact the everyday lives of people all over the world, especially in Africa.<\/p>\n

“I’m continually learning something that changes my perspective. I was recently in Jordan and seeing how a country of six million people can welcome almost a million refugees from Syria into their country was at once stunning and humbling.”<\/p>\n