Dr. Sophia Armen is a Middle Eastern-American organizer, scholar, and writer. She holds a PhD in Ethnic Studies from the University of California, San Diego. Her research “A Peoples’ History of Middle Eastern-Americans, 1890-1930” focuses on the racialization of Middle Eastern peoples in the United States, from the perspectives of organizers and refugees. She has been building in the SWANA, survivor justice, and Palestine movements in the United States for over 12 years. She is a descendant of genocide survivors from Kharpert, Van, Hadjin and Istanbul.