Democracy and Governance Studies
DG student Jennifer Hollinger presented a paper titled "Ghana and Nigeria: Can Policies Ameliorate Medical Brain Drain?" at the March 14-15 Transcending Boundaries: Bridging the Continent conference at Boston University.
Hollinger, who currently works as a researcher at the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, will graduate this month with a Master's degree in Democracy and Governance and a Certificate in Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies. While a student in the DG program Hollinger conducted research at Georgetown's Institute for the Study of International Migration. In the summer of 2007 she was selected by the Advocacy Project as one of approximately 30 Peace Fellows worldwide, spending three months in Great Britain and Albania researching and campaigning against human trafficking with the organization C.H.A.S.T.E. (Churches Against Sex Trafficking in Europe).