Yemi graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from Georgetown University and received a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Cambridge. Her research interests center on group dynamics within the context of ethnic conflict in the Horn of Africa, with a particular focus on modern Ethiopian history. She is currently advised by Dr. Betsy Levy Paluck and Dr. Lacy Leigh. During her undergraduate studies, she completed a thesis examining how various forms of perceived threat influence an individual’s willingness to relinquish civil liberties. At Cambridge, her independent research explored the role of third-party mediation and its applicability in addressing Ethiopia’s internal conflicts. Prior to her graduate studies, Yemi served as an AmeriCorps Promise Fellow with Check & Connect, an intervention program dedicated to improving high school graduation rates across U.S. school districts. She has also interned at the Association for Psychological Science, worked on academic development projects in Ethiopia, and contributed as a graduate researcher to the Active and Accessible Team at the U.K.’s Department for Transport. Yemi aims to amplify underrepresented narratives and shape peacebuilding and policy strategies rooted in the local histories, identities, and lived experiences that define ethnic conflict in East Africa.