Alexis Cortes, University of Connecticut

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Alexis (she/her) is a current Graduate Student at the University of Connecticut, where she will receive her Master’s Degree in Public Administration (MPA) with a focus in Social Policy in May of 2022. She previously graduated Cum Laude from UConn, with Bachelor’s degrees in Political Science, English, and a minor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Alexis currently […]

Lameese Madi, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

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Lameese Madi is a current Master’s Candidate at Middlebury Institute of international studies and is studying International Policy and Development focusing on Foreign Policy in North Africa with a specialization on Migration in Monterey, California. She has worked at a Think Tank and was an active journalist and studied in parts of North Africa. She later […]

Delaney Haralson, University of Arkansas

Delaney is in her second year of law school at the University of Arkansas. She attended William Jewell College for her undergraduate degree majoring in International Relations and French with a communications minor, while being a member of the swim team. In college, Delaney was able to do multiple case studies on countries spanning the MENA region and […]

Utku Nardali, University of South Carolina

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Utku (Zehra) is a fourth-year student at the University of South Carolina and is majoring in political science. Through consistently staying up to date with the politics in the Middle East and traveling to the region throughout her life, she has developed a deep passion for Middle Eastern foreign policy/international relations and hopes to utilize […]

Ahmed Abaakil, Columbia University

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My name is Ahmed Yassine Abaakil, I am an undergraduate at Columbia University planning to double major in Philosophy and Middle Eastern, South Asian, & African Studies. My interests concern the nature of modern Islamic political and social thought in the context of the Muslim world, its epistemic and philosophical issues, and its relationship to […]

Abigail King, Connecticut College

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Abbi is a triple major at Connecticut College studying International Relations, Latin American Studies, and Human Development. She will be graduating in May and will be attending law school in the fall. She is passionate about human rights, child advocacy, and U.S. foreign policy. She is the Office Coordinator for the Connecticut College Office of Sustainability and the […]

Samantha Erickson, University of Oregon

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Samantha Erickson is a senior at the University of Oregon, originally from Los Angeles, California. She is receiving her degree in Political Science with an emphasis on global engagement, public policy, and political action. She also has two minors in Global Studies and International Studies. Her specific interests in foreign affairs include international conflict resolution […]

Kayla Posey, Northwestern University

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My name is Kayla Posley and I am currently enrolled in the accelerated Masters of Public Policy and Public Administration program at Northwestern University, specializing in Public Administration. I graduated from the University of Illinois as Chicago with a Bascholars of Arts in Public Policy with a minor in Philosphhy. In addition to my educational background, I currently work […]

Lucia Winkler, University of Texas, Austin

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Lucia Winkeler is originally from Austin, Texas. She is a recent graduate from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. There she received a Master’s of Global Policy Studies and a second Master’s in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Her research interests include the following: U.S. foreign policy; […]

Sonia Stadler, University of Chicago

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Sonia Stadler is an undergraduate student at the University of Chicago majoring in Global Studies and Russian and East European Studies with a minor in Human Rights. She is a member of the Public Policy Leaders Program and intends to go to law school and pursue a career in international law. Her areas of interest […]