Dickinson College
August 2017 - May 2021
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies Minor: German Certificate: Security Studies GPA: 3.90 Honors: Sigma Iota Rho, Delta Phi Alpha, Baird Sustainability Fellow, McEvoy Leadership Award, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, National Society of Leadership and Success, Excellence in German, Dean’s List (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2020), and the John Montgomery Scholarship. |
Significant Learning Opportunities:
U.S. Army War College Internship: Spring & Summer 2021
At USAWC, I serve as a research assistant to Dr. Pfaff in reevaluating current strategic models of competition with U.S. adversaries, primarily placing an emphasis the importance of adversaries’ interests in order to understand how we may counter them. I conducted a case study examining the implications of traditional deterrence theory and its relationship with outer space. Essentially my key findings were that deterrence in space is undermined by a lack of a clear space escalation ladder and communication between states’ outer space capabilities, which they keep covert to be in compliance with the UN outer space treaties. I presented my main recommendation to a panel of Army officers that the U.S. must establish an escalation ladder for effective deterrence, so that our adversaries understand how their actions will be responded to.
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Baird Fellow & Guest Lecturer: Spring 2021
As a Baird Fellow, I served as a guest lecturer for the Introduction to International Relations class to teach about the new phenomena of climate security, where I showcased my research on climate refugees. I think this was monumental because just four years ago when I took intro to IR, there was no mention of anything climate related. While a lot of recent work has been done to address the vacuum of information, it is vital that scholars recognize climate security as a legitimate security issue.
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The UN forecasts that by 2050 there will be between 25 million to 1 billion environmental migrants. |
Political Violence: Fall 2020
For my senior seminar, taught by Professor Jacobs, I wrote my senior research paper on the Nazi's mass systematic kidnapping campaign in the occupied Eastern European states. My main question focused on why there was different variations to how children were dealt with (murdered, sterilized, experimented on) and why some were used by the Nazis to increase their population. The paper then focuses on how they were able to accomplish such a feat. If you are interested in learning more, please download my paper for a further read and contact me with any questions.
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Creating Learning Tools with Paul Nitze: Fall 2020
For my U.S Diplomatic History class, that was taught by Professor Pinsker in Fall 2020, we were required to make a website geared towards teaching others about influential figures that impacted U.S. diplomacy. I did my project on Paul Nitze, who was very influential in procuring arms control agreements during the Cold War. For more information please visit my website by clicking on the following button.
Pandemic Security Simulation: Spring 2020
In my spring 2020, American National Security Policy course we conducted a three-month long national security simulation focusing on the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This was conducted under Dr. Marybeth Ulrich, a visiting professor from the US Army War College and former Air Force Officer, who gave us intricate insights into the function of the military as well as the importance of the civil-military relationship. My primary role in this simulation was as the Director of National Intelligence, where my duties included giving the Intel briefings to the National Security Council, writing the President’s daily brief, and of course managing the intelligence community. I was also the co-lead of the pandemic control team where we conducted open-source research to establish our simulation’s data sets for infections, deaths, and actions of international actors. I enjoyed being DNI and running the simulation because the situations we faced were complicated puzzles that required teamwork, detailed knowledge, and creativity to solve. This amplified my ambition to pursue a career in public service by using my strength in analysis.
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*The following are examples of some of the various documents I had to make as both the DNI and Simulation Control Team. These documents were then sent to different roles such as the President, groups like the National Security Council, or general information for the whole class.
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Conference on Civ-Mil Relations
In February 2020, I was invited by my professor, Dr. Marybeth Ulrich, to attend a conference at Johns Hopkins SAIS on the Crisis of Civil-Military Relations. The conference gave me the opportunity to hear from renowned scholars, including Johns Hopkins professors. The most intriguing debate amongst the panelists was about the perceived divergence from the military’s apoliticism. I was particularly intrigued by the multiple perspectives shared on the public’s belief that military servicemen are more likely to be Republicans, and therefore, that overseas servicemen’s absentee ballots could potentially be a source of political power. Aside from the panels, my favorite part of the conference was the Theater of War’s dramatic reading of Sophocles’ Philoctetes. Theater has been an impactful aspect of my life because it teaches empathy, and the Philoctetes was a reminder that classic Greek plays are applicable to modern war as seen in the story of a soldier’s service, suffering, and even Heracles’s magic bow (not unlike a WMD).
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Earth Day 'Teach-in': Spring 2020
On Earth Day in spring 2020, I co-led a 'teach-in' with a fellow student about the phenomenon and controversy surrounding 'Climate Refugees'. Climate refugees refers to people who are forced to leave their homelands due to the effects of climate change threatening their livelihoods; however, it is not a legalized status. To learn more about my research please visit my climate refugees page!
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A Month Abroad in Munich: Fall 2019
In Fall 2019, I had the opportunity to do a semester abroad in Munich, Germany. I did a language course at Ludwig-Maximilian Universität, where I was able to explore all around the city. I lived in the Olympiadorf and swam twice a week at the Olympic pool. I enjoyed reading and doing my homework in the Residenz gardens and in the last week, it was Oktoberfest! |