After a year of building contact lists, crafting resumes and cover letters, communicating with numerous international organizations, and putting forth an overall tremendous effort, our rising seniors are now embarking on their long-awaited internships abroad! Below are the CISLA Class of 2018 internship placements. Stay tuned for updates from the students!
Grace Berman
Major: Environmental Studies
SIP: Effects of agrochemical usage on the environment and local communities
Internship: Foundation for the Development of Sustainable Policies (FUNDEPS)
Location: Argentina
Emilia Clementi
Major: Biology and Italian
SIP: Preventative measures in the spread of infectious diseases among the refugee population
Internship: Istituto Nazionale per la promozione della salute delle popolazioni Migranti e il contrasto delle malattie della Povertà (INMP)
Location: Italy
Dominique D’Onofrio
Major: Classics
SIP: Illegal Antiquities trade and cultural heritage loss
Internship: Direzione Generale Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio
Location: Italy
Maddy Dickey
Major: Dance and Global Islamic Studies
SIP: Hip Hop dance culture in France
Internship: ARIANA MixArt
Location: France
Kerry Dugandzic
Major: Global Islamic Studies and Government
SIP: Political and socio-economic integration of Palestinian refugees
Internship: United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)
Location: Lebanon
Megan Fahey
Major: Biology and Hispanic Studies
SIP: Statistical Analysis of Sports Injuries
Internship: Valencian Institute of Sports Recovery
Location: Spain
Caroline Glass
Major: International Relations
SIP: Comparative analysis of the regimes of Jordan and Saudi Arabia
Internship: Center for Strategic Studies
Location: Jordan
Aidan Gorrell
Major: German
SIP: The effectiveness of music in teaching foreign language
Internship: TonTalente
Location: Germany
Rachel Hale
Major: East Asian Studies
SIP: Ethnic minority groups in China
Internship: Jilin University and Uyghur Human Rights Project
Location: China; Washington D.C.
Carolyn Irving
Major: Behavioral Neuroscience
SIP: Effects of increasing youth alcoholism and drug abuse
Internship: APCID/ JC
Location: Senegal
Anna Jardine
Major: Sociology and French
SIP: French beauty standards and women’s body image
Internship: Columbia Global Center
Location: France
Michelle Lee
Major: International Relations
SIP: Western NGO Influences on Public Policy since 1994
Internship: Fondation Artisans de la Paix et du Développement au Rwanda (FAPDR)
Location: Rwanda
Lizzie Lewis
Major: Gender and Women’s Studies and Hispanic Studies
SIP: Reproductive rights and abortion in Chile
Internship: La Red Chilena
Location: Chile
Jing Liang
Major: French
SIP: Faith-based reintegration of Rwandan genocide survivors
Internship: Groupe Biblique Universitaire du Rwanda (GBUR)
Location: Rwanda
Simon Luxemburg
Major: International Relations
SIP: Israeli counter-terrorism efforts against non-state actors
Internship: TAM-C Solutions
Location: Israel
Marta Martinez Fernandez
Major: International Relations and French
SIP: The impact of terrorist attacks on NGOs helping refugees
Internship: Kiron
Location: France
Belinda Mullally
Major: Environmental Studies
SIP: Transition from fossil fuels to green energy
Internship: Institute for Advanced Sustainable Studies (IASS)
Location: Germany
Julie Olesky
Major: International Relations
SIP: The Process of Peace Building and Memory Reconciliation in Colombia
Internship: Corporación Región
Location: Colombia
Julia Panter
Major: Slavic Studies
SIP: Memorializing the Gulag: commemorating the victims of Soviet prison camps
Internship: Street Art Museum
Location: Russia
Jiho Park
Major: International Relations
SIP: Human displacement due to climate change and rising sea levels in the Nile Delta
Internship: Arab Renaissance for Democracy & Development (ARDD)
Location: Jordan
Emma Race
Major: English and Latin American Studies
SIP: Impact of Mapuche poetry in the indigenous social justice movement
Internship: LOM Ediciones
Location: Chile
Gabrielle Schlein
Major: Sociology and Theater
SIP: The intersections of political activism and theater in West Africa
Internship: Kaddu Yaraax
Location: Senegal
Shaniqua Shaw
Major: International Relations
SIP: The migration crisis and foreign policy
Internship: Foundation Bayt al-Thaqafa
Location: Spain
Kevin Thai
Major: Economics
SIP: Economic analysis of the Chinese fashion industry
Internship: MCM Worldwide
Location: China
Nayla Tohme
Major: Psychology
SIP: Treatment of PTSD in refugee camps
Internship: Gynécologie Sans Frontières (GSF)
Location: France
Connor Trapp
Major: Government
SIP: Pollution and industry expansion in rural China
Internship: Green Camel Bell
Location: China
Asa Waterworth
Major: Africana Studies
SIP: Comprehension and Treatment of “[Dis]ability” and Disorders in a Central/West African Context
Internship: L’Association Saint-Camille-De-Lellis
Location: Benin
Justin Winokur
Major: International Relations, German and French
SIP: Comparative analysis of regional organizations as international mediators
Internship: Institute for European Politics (IEP)
Location: Germany
Yoldas Yildiz
Major: Biochemistry
SIP: Bacterial quorum sensing and antibiotic resistant bacteria
Internship: University of Geneva
Location: Switzerland
