Copts in North America: Diaspora Politics, Generational Dynamics, and Digital Advocacy

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Lilian Estafanous is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar. She has also served as a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University. Lilian earned her first PhD in International Relations from Cairo University in 2016 and her second PhD in Comparative Politics from Queen’s University in Canada in 2024. Her recent doctoral research focuses on diaspora studies, the mobilization of ethnic and religious minorities, and social movement studies. Currently, her work examines the digital mobilization of first- and second-generation Copts in North America. Lilian has received numerous academic awards and fellowships, including the Queen’s Graduate Award (QGA), Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), Graduate Dean’s Doctoral Field Travel Grant, ASMEA Research Grant, R.S. McLaughlin Fellowship, Robert Sutherland Fellowship, and Senator Frank Carrel Fellowship.