Veronica Fynn Bruey is a multi-award winner and a passionate academic-advocate. Holding six academic degrees from four continents, she has researched, taught, consulted, and presented at conferences in over 25 countries. She is the founder of the Journal of Internal Displacement; the Law and Society’s Collaborative Research Network (CRN-11): “Displaced Peoples”; the Law and Society Association’s International Research Collaborative (IRC-10): “Disrupting Patriarchy and Masculinity in Africa”; and the founder the Voice of West African Refugees in Ghana at the Buduburam Refugee Settlement in Ghana. She has authored five books, several book chapters, and peer review journal articles. She is the Australian National University‘s International Alumna of the Year, 2021. Veronica is a born and bred Liberian war survivor.