Fellowship Year: 2024
September 9, 2022
JaKyah Beatty
JaKyah Beatty is currently pursuing a Master of Public Policy degree at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy. In her degree program, she specializes in International Development and Environmental Policy. She recently returned from completing a Boren Fellowship in Tanzania, where she studied Swahili. Earlier in her career, JaKyah graduated from Kent State […]
September 9, 2022
Cody Arigo
Cody was born and raised in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, before moving to Cumberland, Maryland, in 2011. He received a Bachelor of Arts degrees in history in 2018 from Salisbury University with minors in social studies and environmental studies. Cody wrote comprehensive academic historical papers that focused on colonialism, development and the Haitian Revolution. After graduating magna […]
August 31, 2022
Marja Ritchie
Marja Ritchie is pursuing a Master of International Affairs at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service. In 2016, Marja graduated from Tufts University with a degree in East Asian Studies. While there she was a peer counselor and led the Tufts branch of Liberty in North Korea. She also studied abroad, […]
August 31, 2022
Grace Pettey
Grace Pettey is earning her Master’s of Public Policy degree at the University of Maryland’s (UMD) School of Public Policy. She recently interned with the National Defense University, conducting research on behalf of their Africa Center for Strategic Studies. Her internship and graduate degree build on her Bachelor’s in Political Science and her minor in […]
August 31, 2022
Olivia Parker
Olivia Parker is completing a Master’s of Public Policy at the University of Maryland’s (UMD) School of Public Policy. She recently completed an internship with the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command in Hawaii. In 2021, she graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor’s in Chinese and a minor in French. Surprisingly she walked and received her […]
August 31, 2022
Abigail Huie
Abigail (Abby) Huie is pursuing a Master of International Affairs at Texas A&M University’s (TAMU) Bush School of Government and Public Service, focusing on international development and economic policy. She recently completed an internship with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service. Abby graduated summa cum laude in 2022 with a Bachelor of Science […]
August 31, 2022
McKenzie Hartman
McKenzie Hartman is earning her Master of International Affairs degree at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy & Strategy (GPS), where she is focusing on International Politics and Latin America. She recently completed an internship with the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. Originally from Columbus, Ohio, she graduated from The Ohio State University […]
August 31, 2022
Indira Gunness
Indira Gunness is pursuing a Master of Arts in International Affairs at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government & Public Service, where she is focusing on intelligence and grand strategy. She recently completed a summer internship with the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. Her graduate studies and internship build on her Bachelor […]
August 31, 2022
Andrew Harrison Gasparini
Andrew Gasparini is pursuing a dual Master’s degree in Public Administration and International Relations at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He is currently interning in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and he has recently completed an internship with the Millennium Challenge Corporation in the Department of Policy and Evaluation. […]
August 31, 2022
Colleen (Bowman) McRann
Colleen (Bowman) McRann is completing a Master’s of Public Policy at the University of Maryland’s (UMD) School of Public Policy, while also interning at the U.S. Department of State in the Bureau of Political Military Affairs. She joins UMD after serving as the Director of Network Engagement at The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation. In […]