The Wall Street Journal’s Nancy A. Youssef will be the guest lecturer for the 16th Annual Corinne Lyman Lecture on International Studies, Tues., Sept. 25 at 7:00 p.m. in R. W. Corns Building, Room 312.
Before joining The Wall Street Journal, Youssef served as the senior national security correspondent for Buzzfeed news and senior national security correspondent for the Daily Beast. Prior to that, she worked for McClatchy Newspapers, serving in roles including national security correspondent, Middle East bureau chief in Cairo and chief Pentagon correspondent in the United States.
While covering the Pentagon, Youssef focused on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, traveling extensively to the region to report how U.S. policies reached Afghans, Iraqis and U.S. troops. As Baghdad bureau chief, she explored “the everyday Iraqi experience, civilian casualties, and how the US’s military strategy was reshaping Iraq’s social and political dynamics.”
Start Date/Time: September 25, 2018 at 7:00 PM.
End Date/Time: September 25, 2018 at 9:00 PM.
Location: R.W. Corns, Room: 312.
Cost: Free and open to the public.
OWU Sponsoring Organization/Office: International Studies Program.
Contact: Pam Laucher at pllauche@owu.edu.