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Current Students

Geneve Bergeron (second year)
Shuang Bin (second year)
Ayesha Chugh (second year)
Robert Colvin (second year)
Linsey Crisler (second year)
Imara Crooms (second year)
Kevin Dunlevy-Wilson (second year)
Santiago Edwards (second year)
Drew Gripp (second year)
Dan Harper (second year)
Chris Jackson (second year)
Sookyung Koo (second year)
Jungmin Lee (second year)
Yuan Li (second year)
Josh Linden (first year)
Eli Lovely (first year)
Andrea Murta (first year)
Adam Peterson (first year)
Rachel Santos (first year)
Patrick Sell (second year)
Daniel Steiman (second year)
Trishna Velamoor (first year)
Stephany Warner (second year)

Ms. Geneve Bergeron
Genève Bergeron

Education:
B.A. Government, Georgetown University

Interests:
The Middle East, internet governance, semi-authoritarian regimes, elections and referenda, democracy promotion.

Languages:
Arabic, English

Ms. Shuang Bin
Shuang Bin

Education:
B.A. Philosophy, Wuhan University, China

Interests:
Economic development and institution-building, specifically the dynamics between economic growth and institutional development. China's investments in developing countries and the political and social impacts resulting there from.

Languages:
Chinese, English, German

Ms. Ayesha Chugh
Ayesha Chugh

Education:
B.A. Political Science, Scripps College

Interests:
Political and institutional development, civil society and democracy in South Asia. The intersections of race, religion, class and gender in contexts of political and institutional change, development, and democratization.

Languages:
English, French, Hindi

Mr. Robert Colvin
Robert Colvin
 

Education:
B.A. Political Science, History, Washington University in St. Louis

Interests:
Middle East and North Africa, political transition in post-conflict states, public sector capacity building.

Languages:
Arabic, English, French

Mrs. Linsey Crisler
Linsey Crisler
 

Education:
B.A. Political Science, Brigham Young University

Interests:
Religion and developing countries.

Languages:
English, Spanish

Mr. Imara Crooms
Imara Crooms

Education:
B.A. Political Science, Rutgers

Interests:
Political institutions and economy, impact of technology on governance, democratic development and transition.

Languages:
English, Mandarin, Spanish

Mr. Kevin J.D. Wilson
Kevin Dunlevy-Wilson

Education:
B.A. Political Science, Philosophy, Colorado State University

Interests:
Emerging systems of federalism, diplomacy, critical infrastructure development, poverty reduction, political science, Northern Iraq, Latin America.

Languages:
English, Spanish

Mr. Santiago Edwards
Santiago Edwards

Education:
B.A. Political Science, Public Policy, Universidad Diego Portales

Interests:
Institutions for development, Latin-American democracy.

Languages:
English, Spanish

Mr. Drew Gripp
Drew Gripp

Education:
B.A. International Relations, History, University of Delaware

Interests:
Religion, U.S. foreign policy, democracy promotion, the Middle East.

Languages:
Arabic, English, German

Mr. Dan Harper
Dan Harper

Education:
B.A. Political Science, University of Delaware

Interests:
Southeast Asia, the Middle East, American policy.

Languages:
Arabic, English, Spanish

Mr. Chris Jackson
Chris Jackson

Education:
B.A. Government and Politics, University of Maryland - College Park

Interests:
Asia-world relations, China.

Languages:
English, Italian

Ms. Sookyung Koo
Sookyung Koo

Education:
Political Science, Ewha Womans University (Korea); American University in Washington, D.C.

Interests:
Democracy promotion, peace-building, and media; democratization in China.

Languages:
English, Korean

Research Assistant at Developing Radio Partners; Journalism intern at CBS Network in Washington D.C.; Assistant editor for United Press International.

Ms. Jungmin Lee
Jungmin Lee

Education:
Political Science and Diplomacy, Pukyong National University (Korea)

Interests:
Social welfare systems, democratization.

Languages:
English, Korean

Mr. Yuan Li
Yuan Li

Education:
TV Production, Communication University of China

Interests:
Democratic transition in China, media, civil society, ethnic equality, India, post-communist countries.

Languages:
English, German, Mandarin

Research assistant at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Mr. Josh Linden
Josh Linden

Education:
B.A. International Affairs, James Madison University

Interests:
Developing civil society, transitioning to democracy in post-conflict countries, systems of foreign aid.

Languages:
English, Hebrew

Mr. Eli Lovely
Eli Lovely

Education:
B.A. International Relations, Wheaton College

Interests:
Radical democracy, modernization theory, nationalism, militarism, and media.

Languages:
English, Turkish

Ms. Andrea Murta
Andrea Murta

Education:
Social Communications and Journalism, Federal University of Minas Gerais

Interests:
U.S. foreign relations, Middle Eastern politics, political science, journalism.

Languages:
English, Portuguese, Spanish

Mr. Adam Peterson
Adam Peterson

Education:
B.A. Anthropology, St. Mary's College of Maryland

Interests:
Political reform, democratization, development aid.

Languages:
English, Spanish

Project Manager at Management Systems International.

Ms. Rachel Santos
Rachel Santos

Education:
B.A. International Relations, African Studies, University of California - Davis

Interests:
Post-conflict reconstruction, institution-building and civil society, Africa.

Languages:
English, Kiswahili

Mr. Patrick Sell
Patrick Sell

Education:
B.A. Political Science, African Studies, University of Florida

Interests:
History of democracies, diplomacy, development.

Languages:
English, Spanish

Program Manager in the Office of Executive Education at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, managing academic programs for foreign executives.

Mr. Daniel Steiman
Daniel Steiman

Education:
B.A. Political Science, Bucknell University

Interests:
Israeli-Arab Conflict, Middle Eastern politics.

Languages:
English, Hebrew, Spanish
 

Ms. Trishna Velamoor
Trishna Velamoor

Education:
B.A. Political Science (Law, Societies, and Justice), University of Washington

Interests:
Governmental transitions, electoral systems, rule of law in the Middle East / South Asia.

Languages:
English, Italian, Spanish

Ms. Stephany Warner
Stephany Warner

Education:
B.A. Political Science, English, SUNY Binghamton

Interests:
The impact of religion on civil society and governance.

Languages:
Arabic, English, Spanish

 

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