Logan de La Barre-Hays graduated summa cum laude from the Louisiana State University Honors College in 2014, where she obtained B.A.s in International Studies and in Political Science. She specialized in Middle Eastern Studies and International Politics, focusing on the intellectual history of the region. Her honors thesis, “Western Media Discourse on the ‘Arab Spring’”, was an analytical deconstruction of the language used outside of the Middle East and North Africa to describe the events of the Arab Spring. It was directed by Dr. Touria Khannous.
She is a two-time Critical Language Scholarship recipient. In the summers of 2013 and 2014, she travelled to Tangier, Morocco and to Amman, Jordan in order to embark on an intensive study of the Arabic language.
Her scholarly interests include intellectual history, Islamic studies, and international relations. Logan is particularly inspired by her time spent in the Levant, and wishes to conduct research on Palestine and the overwhelming refugee crisis in the region.
