Category: Fellows in the News
Fellows in the News
September 1, 2022
Two RFG Fellows Continue Service in Boren Fellowship
The Foundation is proud to have two Robertson Fellows taking part in the Boren Fellowship Program, through which scholars immerse themselves in cultures and study critical languages around the world.
Alumni Spotlight
June 1, 2022
Alumni Spotlight: Isabelle Heilman
Isabelle Heilman (UCSD GPS, ‘19) spent her time growing up in Arizona playing outside and watching her dad as he worked for the Federal Government.
Alumni Spotlight
June 28, 2021
Alumni Spotlight: Andrew Reighart
In observance of Pride Month, we talked to Andrew Reighart (UMD SPP, '15) about why it is important to observe Pride Month and what the general climate is at EPA, where he is a policy analyst.
Fellows in the News
April 19, 2021
RFG Fellow Katherine Maxwell Interviewed Kathleen Doherty on Biases Women in Leadership Roles Experience in the Diplomatic Sector
Kathleen Doherty, former U.S. Ambassador and current Chief Strategy and Retreats Officer at Sunnylands, was recently interviewed by Katherine Maxwell, a graduate student studying public administration and international relations at Syracuse University for the Sunnylands 3 by 3 series.
Fellows in the News
December 15, 2020
“Invisible Women”: Excluding 50 Percent of the World’s Population Has Real Consequences
Imagine aliens who know nothing about the human race were to conduct a research project on our species. Like any good researchers, they would start by examining the written record. Since all that has been written about the human race has been written by humans themselves, the aliens would pore over humankind’s government decisions, research endeavors, academic writing and so on.
Fellows in the News
June 30, 2020
Reighart and Celebrating Pride at EPA
Andrew Reighart (UMD SPP, ‘15) is an environmental policy analyst at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a co-chair of Equality EPA, the agency’s networking group for LGBTQ+ staff members. For EPA’s National Pride Month observance Andrew organized a program entitled LGBTQ+ Voices of Pride, which featured five EPA staff representing a range of sexualities, gender […]
Fellows in the News
June 30, 2020
Hackbarth Authors Report on China’s Struggle to Balance Economy and Carbon Emissions
Alexandra Hackbarth (Maxwell, ‘15), Director for Climate and Energy Security at the American Security Project, authored a report on the difficult quandary China’s leadership faces: how best to balance economic growth and reductions in carbon emissions. In the wake of coronavirus, Hackbarth writes, this balance becomes even more important and difficult. Decisions made now in Beijing […]
Fellows in the News
May 28, 2020
Nathan Strand: Supporting USAID’s Work in Colombia
In Colombia and elsewhere, USAID is at the forefront of the US government’s efforts to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. As a Contracting Officer working for USAID/Colombia, Nathan Strand (Maxwell, ’13) plays a significant role in the US government’s response in-country. Since the onset of the pandemic, USAID has kept up and redoubled its efforts to support […]
Fellows in the News
July 30, 2019
RFG Fellows Camp and Abbott Present at 2019 INMM Annual Meeting
Noelle Camp (Bush, ’19) and Shannon Abbott (Bush, ’18) presented at the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management 60th Annual Meeting in Palm Desert, California, in July. Noelle presented “Preliminary Results from a Comparative Analysis of Counterintelligence and Insider Threat in Nuclear Facilities.” Shannon presented “Defining Metrics for Measuring the Insider Threat.” Read more
Fellows in the News
July 30, 2019
Maxwell Features Three New Robertson Fellows
Editor’s note: The following article about Maxwell’s three new Robertson Fellows first appeared on the school’s website. The Maxwell School is pleased to welcome three new Robertson Fellows within the 2019 – 2020 cohort of incoming public administration and international affairs graduate students. All three are pursuing dual degrees — a Master of Public Administration […]