Volume XVII

In this issue:

40th Anniversary,

IR Office Move,

2018 IR Program

Award Winners

1

2017-2018 IR

Events Recap

2-4

Spotlight on IR

Core Faculty

(Publications, New

IR Core Faculty,

and More)

5-6

Spotlight on IR

Students (Awards,

Scholarships, and

More)

7

IR Program

Resources

(Website, Staff, and

Alumni Networking)

8-9

IR News & Views June 2018

“CONGRATULATIONS

IR Class of 2018!”

Celebrating 40 Years at Tufts The IR Program celebrated its 40th anniversary this past academic year. To celebrate this significant milestone, the Program hosted a 40th anniversary student-faculty dinner on April 10. As part of the evening celebration, six former directors and the current director entertained dinner guests with short presentations on topics related to their research. The event was a wonderful gathering to celebrate IR’s history at Tufts.

In addition to celebrating its history, the Program also had several “new beginnings” during the 2017-18 academic year:

New Program Director, Kelly M. Greenhill The IR Program welcomed Kelly M. Greenhill of the Political Science Department as the new IR Director on July 1, 2017. Professor Greenhill’s research focuses on the politics of information; foreign and defense policy; the use of military force; and what are frequently called "new security challenges," including civil wars, insurgencies, the use of migration as a weapon, and international crime as a challenge to domestic governance.

New Program Administrator, Cecelia Kelly The IR Program also welcomed new IR Program Administrator, Cecelia Kelly. Cecelia is no stranger to the Tufts family, having previously worked at Corporate and Foundation Relations. She brings to the program a background in political science and history, along with a keen interest and passion for global politics. Cecelia's responsibilities include event planning and management, program logistics, and communications and publicity.

New Program Mascot The Program introduced an IR mascot, Jumbo Junior, or JJ, the Elephant! You may have seen JJ around campus on her photo shoots or at IR events

this past year. In addition to her busy “social life,” JJ features prominently in the IR Weekly newsletter under the “Ask JJ!” section.

DID YOU HEAR? The IR Program is

MOVING to the Quad!

The IR Program is moving to the ground floor of Packard Hall this summer. The IR Program staff is looking forward to a more accessible, welcoming, and open space on the academic quad. Stop by and visit us!

JJ getting ready for the BIG MOVE

Congratulations to the

2018 IR Program Award Winners! The Distinguished Achievement Award in Inter-national Relations is given annually to one or more outstanding IR majors of high academic standing. Award recipients have participated wide-ly in the Program and have displayed a deep under-standing of and sensitivity to the richness of the international relations community. This year’s award winners were:

Samuel Weitzman (A18), President of Sigma Iota Rho (SIR), President of the IR Student Advisory Board (IRSAB), and RA for the inaugural IR Pre-College Program; and Hershel Tamboli (A18), Vice President of SIR and IRSAB as well as a val-ued student intern in the IR Program office.

The John S. Gibson Award is named after the first director of the IR Program. The award is given an-nually to IR majors who have produced particularly noteworthy examples of academic scholarship. The award includes two categories:

Outstanding Seminar Paper:

Christine Makuwa (A18), “Shona Women: Stories of Agency in the Face of Multiple Patriar-chies, 19th-20th Century”

Outstanding Senior Honors Thesis:

Ariel Gizzi (A18), “L’Altro in Italia: Racial Exclusion and Italian Identity Construction through Citizenship Law”

Natasha Khwaja (A18), “Computing the Conversation: Understanding the Role of Language and Narrative in Influencing Policy Responses to Industrial Accidents in Bangladesh”

Packard Hall, 4 The Green, Ground Level

2017-2018 IR Events Recap

IR Orientation On September 1, the Program welcomed incoming members of the Class of 2021 interested in majoring in International Relations to the annual IR Orientation. Director Kelly M. Greenhill and program staff presented the curriculum, research and travel opportunities for IR majors, information about student groups, alumni career choices and other IR initiatives and opportunities. Career Workshop Series: Diplomat in Residence Luncheon On September 11, the New England Diplomat-in-Residence, Jon Danilowicz, hosted a U.S. State Department-related information session over lunch for IR majors. Topics included the Rangel Fellowship, Consular Fellows Program, and careers in diplomacy. IR Fall Ice Cream Social On September 13, the IR Program celebrated the start of the 2017-18 school year with an event designed to bring together the IR community at Tufts. IR faculty, staff, and students enjoyed casual conversation over ice cream sundaes! Visit to JFK Library On September 23, IR students were joined by Dan Fenn, Founding Director of the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum and Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard’s Kennedy School, for a field trip to the Library. The event included a private tour of the Library, conversation with Mr. Fenn on his involvement in the Library's development and role as advisor in the Kennedy Administration. IR Concentration Fair On September 25, IR hosted a lunchtime event at the Campus Center to connect prospective students with current IR majors and Program staff. Staff provided information about the Program’s offerings and array of thematic concentrations. Representatives from the Tufts Career Center and Study Abroad Office were also on hand to meet with students and provide information about academic resources. Career Workshop Series: The International Relations of Space with Katherine Monson (A13) On September 27, the Program hosted a “lunch and learn” session with IR alum Katherine Monson on the next frontier of international relations: space. Katherine is an aerospace executive who focuses on

strategic partnerships in the space industry. At Spire Global, Katherine led a team in support of procuring the first commercial weather data from space for the US government. Now Director of Business Development for KSAT, Katherine works with

rocket and satellite operators on platforms bring their data back to earth.

Speaker Series: LTG Charles D. Luckey On October 2, the IR Program, the student group Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services, and Fletcher’s International Security Studies Program hosted Lieutenant General (LTG) Charles D. Luckey, Chief of Army Reserve and Commanding General, United States Army Reserve Command. LTG Luckey spoke on current events, military operations, and civil-military relations.

Speaker Series/Career Workshop Series: Patricia Sosa (A83) On October 4, IR Program hosted an interactive session with IR alum Patricia Sosa. Patricia, the Director for Latin America at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids in Washington, discussed the often-underestimated role of tobacco companies in the global political economy, highlighted the importance of international advocacy work, and provided an overview of IR-related global health careers. IR Student-Faculty Dinner On October 17, IR hosted a dinner designed to bring together students and faculty for an evening of conversation and good cheer. Director Greenhill provided an overview of new research, career and funding initiatives within the IR Program and introduced the members of this year’s IR Student Advisory Board. Speaker Series/Career Workshop Series: Gregory Gottlieb On October 18, the IR Program hosted a “lunch and learn” with Gregory Gottlieb, new Director of the Feinstein International Center in the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Throughout his career, Greg has worked to improve food security and humanitar-ian programs and, most recently, served as the Acting Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance at the United States Agency for Interna-tional Development. IR Research Funding Information Session On October 18, IR held an information session on funding opportu-nities available through the Program. Program Manager Karen Notch shared information on the Borghesani Prize and IR Research Scholars awards. Lara Sloboda from the Tufts Institutional Review Board (IRB) reviewed how the IRB ensures student research is in compliance with federal, state and institutional regulations. Chelsea Farrell from the Office of Global Operations discussed the im-portance of pre-departure planning and safety for those engaged in international research. IR Research Scholars Program On October 23, the Program hosted the IR Research Scholars Luncheon. IR Research Scholars supports original, high-quality un-dergraduate international research abroad. This competitive program is aimed at IR majors (of sophomore and junior standing) who anticipate producing an upper level research paper in their senior year. The event featured presentations from last year’s awardees:

Cassia Bardos (A18), International Relations “Evaluating Attitudes toward Feminism among Muslim Women in Jordan”

Emma Steiner (A18), International Relations and Spanish

“Chilean Unions in Crisis, Discourse and Identity (1904-2017)”

Jean-Charles Zurawicki (A18), International Relations and History “A Study into the Colonial Roots of the League of Nations and U.S. Inter-

ventions in the Caribbean, 1920-1935”

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Diplomat in Residence Luncheon, Sept 11

Career Workshop with Katherine Monson

2017-2018 IR Events Recap

Career Workshop Series: Fletcher Information Session On October 30, Fletcher staff members, Jessica Daniels and Kristen Zecchi, hosted an information session for IR majors interested in applying to Fletcher. Jessica, Kristen, and current students shared information on the Fletcher application process, its programs, and student experiences. Career Workshop Series: Evan Osnos On November 13, New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos met with IR majors to share stories about his life and career experiences. Among other topics, Evan spoke about his time as a journalist “embedded” in Iraq, living in China, and working in North Korea. Evan noted that learning a foreign language is the “single greatest investment you can make in yourself” and stressed the importance of persistence and patience in achieving one’s career goals. Anne E. Borghesani Symposium Dinner On November 16, the IR Program hosted the 27th annual Anne E. Borghesani Symposium. The Borghesani Memorial Prize was created “to inspire personal and intellectual growth, increase understanding of all people, and encourage a commitment to com-munity by providing students with funding to travel and conduct research abroad.” The symposium featured the following presentations:

Ariel Gizzi (A18), International Relations

Keynote Speaker

Borghesani Prize Recipient, 2016

Department of State Internship (Rome, Italy)

Chloe Boehm (A18), Biology and Community Health “Zika Virus: The Biology and Pathogenesis of this Emerging Pathogen”

Kelly Burk (A18), Biopsychology

“Epidemiology of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-positive Patients in Vietnam”

Evan Fantozzi (A18), International Relations

“Internship on Favela Youth Perspectives with NGO Catalytic Communities”

Alexa Reilly (A19), International Relations and Biology

“Grassroots On-Site Work (GROW)”

IR & R On December 13, IR majors met in the Campus Center to enjoy re-freshments and some leisure time, courtesy of the IR Program. IR & R allowed students to take a break from finals stress with cookie decorating and to refuel with coffee, muffins, cocoa, and donuts.

Career Workshop Series: Joseph Vittiglio (A93) On February 5, the Program hosted a “lunch and learn” with IR alum Joseph Vittiglio, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at AMAG Pharmaceuticals. Joseph has more than 20 years of experience providing counsel to public and private biotechnology, pharmaceutical and technology companies, focusing on securities law, mergers and acquisitions, life-science collaborations, corporate governance, employment law and compliance. IR Faculty Book Talk: Professor Jeanne Penvenne On February 26, Tufts Professor of African History and IR Core Faculty member, Jeanne Penvenne, discussed her most recent book, Women, Migration, & the Cashew Economy in Southern Mozam-bique. This book tells the labor and social history of what became Mozambique's most important late colonial era industry through the oral history and songs of three generations of the workforce. At the end of this special event, the IR Program presented Jeanne, who is retiring at the end of this academic year, with a thank-you gift for her decades of support and service to the Program. IR Majors Week Breakfast On February 28, IR hosted a breakfast as part of Majors Week. Prospective majors met with current IR students and staff to gain insights and information on what it means to be an IR major at Tufts. IR Career Webinar Series: Zach Laub (A12) On February 28, IR alum Zach Laub, writer, researcher and editor at the Council on Foreign Relations, spoke with IR majors about finding careers at the intersection of journalism, commentary and foreign policy. After discussing the arc of his career and describing the nature of his duties at CFR, Zach answered questions from students about a variety of subjects. Topics included the stylistic quirks of foreign policy journalism, the differences between Washington D.C.-based and New York City-based think tanks, and networking. Career Workshop Series: Finding an IR-related Job / Thinking about Graduate School On March 9, the IR Program hosted a panel focused on finding IR-related jobs and applying to and attending graduate school. Alumni guest speakers: John Cisternino (A96, Director of Research at The Tobin Project), Bryan Lim (A17, Harvard University graduate student in East Asian Studies), and Quinn Rask (A12, Fletcher School graduate student), shared their backgrounds and experiences since leaving Tufts and then opened up the floor to student questions and discussion. Fletcher Admissions Info Session for IR Majors On March 12, members of the Fletcher School admissions staff and Tufts alumni at Fletcher talked to undergraduates about how an in-ternational affairs degree could help them achieve their career goals. Topics included academic programs, admission requirements, finan-cial aid, and career opportunities for students with graduate degrees in international relations.

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From left: Cisternino, Rask, Lim

From left: Gizzi, Boehm, Fantozzi, Burk, Reilly

2017-2018 IR Events Recap

IR Career Webinar Series: Zach Witlin (A10) On March 28, IR alum Zach Witlin of the Eurasia Group spoke to IR majors on the topic of political risk analysis. The meeting provided a unique opportunity for students to learn more about an emerging field in at the intersection of IR and global business. IR Skills Workshop: IR Research Paper Writing On March 30, the IR Research Librarian, Elliot Brandow, hosted a hands-on workshop for students that included topics such as tackling a large research paper assignment and making the most of the Library and open web resources. 40th Anniversary Dinner On April 10, the IR Program hosted a student-faculty dinner to cele-brate the Program’s 40th Anniversary. Throughout the evening, for-mer and current IR director(s) each gave a short “research snapshot” presentations on a topic related to ongoing challenges in internation-al affairs. There was also a “Tufts IR” trivia contest, whose winners received one of the Program’s new special challenge coins. Sigma Iota Rho Induction Ceremony On April 11, Sigma Iota Rho’s newest members were inducted into the Beta Chi Chapter of the IR honor society. Program Manager Karen Notch welcomed students and their guests, and Dean Joseph Auner delivered a keynote address on the power of music in international affairs. IR Career Webinar Series: Anna Boulos (A11) On April 17, IR alum and Foreign Service Officer (FSO) Anna Boulos shared with current majors her experiences since leaving Tufts and her current job with the U.S. State Department. Anna’s first posting as an FSO was in Belgrade, Serbia as an economic officer, and she is currently is serving her second tour as a consular officer at the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana, Mexico. IR Awards Orientation On April 18, the Program hosted a pre-departure orientation for the recipients of the 2018 Anne E. Borghesani Prize and IR Research Scholars Award. The Tufts Office of Equal Opportunity and the Office of International Safety and Operations shared reporting tools and travel resources available to students while they are abroad. Stu-dents also had the opportunity meet one another and to share infor-mation about their projects and pre-departure planning experiences. Senior Honors Thesis Exchange On April 27, seniors from IR, History, and Political Science present-ed their senior honors theses at this annual event. Professors Drusilla Brown and Richard Eichenberg delivered a keynote speech at a celebratory lunch. Thesis Seminar (Monthly Meetings) Thesis seminar meetings, hosted by IR Core Faculty member Professor Jeanne Marie Penvenne, provided an opportunity for thesis writers to share their re-search and experiences with one another throughout the year. Feedback and support received during these meetings were invaluable resources to students as they developed their theses. IR/PS End of the Year BBQ On April 30, IR and PS hosted their annual end of the year BBQ. For the third year in a row, the weath-er did not cooperate, but students and faculty members enjoyed good food and company in the Remis Sculpture Court.

Senior Reception On May 14, the IR Program hosted a cake and coffee reception honoring the Class of 2018. Students, faculty, staff, and JJ gathered on a beautiful day on the roof of Tisch Library for one last pre-commencement celebration. Commencement 2018 On Sunday, May 20, over 200 IR and PS graduates celebrated Tufts’ 162nd Commencement. Professor Jeanne Penvenne served as master of ceremonies. Dean James Glaser and PS Department Chair Professor Deborah Schildkraut gave addresses, and Professor Schildkraut and Professor Vickie Sullivan presented department and program awards.

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IR/PS BBQ

Senior Reception: JJ and

her friend, Rudy

Photos from the Senior Honors

Thesis Exchange, April 27

Congrats to ALL on a job well done!

So Long 2017-2018…..

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Spotlight on IR Core Faculty: 2017-2018 Publications and Awards

David Art

• "The Radical Right Gains in the Heart of Europe," Current History (March 2018).

Nancy Bauer

• Laura Hengehold and Nancy Bauer, eds., A Com-panion to Simone de Beauvoir (Wiley, 2017).

Greg Carleton

• Russia: the Story of War (Belknap Press, Harvard University Press, 2017).

Heather D. Curtis

• Holy Humanitarians: American Evangelicals and Global Aid (Harvard University Press, 2018).

• “Popular Media and the Global Expansion of American Evangelicalism in an Imperial Age,” Journal of American Studies 51 (2017): 1043-1067.

• “‘There Are No Secular Events’: Popular Media and the Diverging Paths of British and American Evangelicalism,” in David Hempton and Hugh McLeod, eds., Secularization and Religious Inno-vation in the North Atlantic World (Oxford Uni-versity Press, 2017), 80-99.

David Ekbladh

• “The Interwar Origins of a Global U.S. Moderni-zation Agenda,” in Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo and José Pedro Monteiro, eds., Internationalism, Impe-rialism and the Formation of the Contemporary World, (Palgrave MacMillian Transnational History Series, 2018).

Nina Gerassi-Navarro

• Women, Travel, and Science in Nineteenth-Century Americas: The Politics of Observation (Palgrave, 2017).

Kelly M. Greenhill

• Winner of the 2018 ISSS Emerging Scholar Award, bestowed by the International Security Studies Section of the International Studies Asso-ciation “to recognize scholars under the age of 45, or within 15 years of receiving their Ph.D., judged to have made (through the body of their publica-tions) the most significant contribution to the field of security studies.”

• Coercion: The Power to Hurt in International Pol-itics (co-edited with P. Krause) (Oxford University Press, 2018).

• “The Science of Fake News” (with David Lazer et al.), Science 359 (2018): 1094-96.

• “The Power and Limits of Compellence” (with Robert Art), Political Science Quarterly 133 (2018): 77-97.

• “Rumor Has It: The Adoption of Unverified Infor-mation in Conflict Zones” (with Ben Oppenheim), International Studies Quarterly 61 (2017).

Brian A. Hatcher

• “Imitation, Then and Now: On the Emergence of Philanthropy in Early Colonial Calcutta,” special issue on charity and philanthropy in South Asia, Modern Asian Studies 52 (2018): 62-98.

• “Take Me to the River: Religion Seen and Unseen in Early Colonial Bengal,” in Arun Bandyopadh-yay and Sanjukta Das Gupta, eds., In Quest of the Historian’s Craft: Essays in Honour of Professor B. B. Chaudhuri, Part II: Polity, Society and Cul-ture (Manohar Press, 2017), 593-616.

Yannis Ioannides

• Elected as a Corresponding Member of the Acade-my of Athens. He is the only economist, other than full members.

Nimah Mazaheri

• "Oil, Dissent, and Distribution." World Develop-ment 99 (2017): 186-202.

José Antonio Mazzotti

• Winner of the 2018 José Lezama Lima Internation-al Poetry Prize” granted by Casa de las Américas, Cuba, for his book El Zorro y la Luna: Poemas Reunidos 1981-2016 (Axiara Editions and Aca-demia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, 2016). A new Cuban edition is forthcoming.

• The Fox and the Moon: Selected Poems (ANLE, 2018).

• Tradición Oral Iskonawa (with Carolina Rodríguez Alzza and Roberto Zariquiey) (Latinoamericana Editores y RCLL, 2018).

• “The Historical and Imagined Cultural Geo-graphies of Latinidad,” in John Morán González and Laura Lomas, eds., The Cambridge History of Latina/o Literature (Cambridge University Press, 2018).

• “Estudios Coloniales Latinoamericanos y Colonial-idad: Una Breve Aclaración de Conceptos,” in Ma-bel Moraña ed., Dimensiones del latinoamericanis-mo (Iberoamericana/Vervuert, 2018), 17-28.

• (Editor of) Escribir en el Aire y Otros Ensayos de Antonio Cornejo Polar (Casa de las Américas, 2017).

• (Editor of) Roberto Zariquiey, Vocabulario Iskona-wa-castellano (con índice alfabético castellano-iskonawa) (Latinoamericana Editores y RCLL, 2017).

• “Crónicas Mestizas,” Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana 86 (2017).

• “El Inca Garcilaso en dos Orillas,” Revista de Crí-tica Literaria Latinoamericana 85 (2017).

• “Pedro de Oña y el Criollismo Poético,” in Stefanie Massman ed., Historia Crítica de la Literatura Chilena, Vol. I: La Era Colonial (LOM Edici-ciones, 2017), 101-14.

• “El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega,” in Raquel Chang-Rodríguez and Marcel Velázquez, eds., Historia de las Literaturas Peruanas, Vol. 2: Literatura y Cul-tura en el Virreinato del Perú, Apropiación y Diferencia (Fondo Editorial de la Pontificia Uni-versidad Católica del Perú, 2017). 369-402.

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Spotlight on IR Core Faculty: 2017-2018 Publications and Awards

José Antonio Mazzotti

• “Nota Sobre el Exilio y la Migrancia en Tres Poe-mas de Vallejo,” in Javier García Liendo ed, Mi-gración y Frontera: Experiencias Culturales en la Literatura Peruana del Siglo XX (Iberoamericana & Vervuert, 2017). 55-70.

Adlai Murdoch

• “Stuart Hall: Diasporic Caribbeanness and Dis-courses of Ethnocultural Belonging,” special issue of African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal (published online, March 2018).

• Review essay on Kristen Stromberg Childers’ Seek-ing Imperialism's Embrace: National Identity, De-colonization, and Assimilation in the French Carib-bean (Oxford University Press, 2016), published on H-Net Forum (July/August 2017).

Isabelle Naginski

• Awarded one of 15 fellowships at the University of Strasbourg’s Institute for Advanced Study for fall 2018. During her tenure in Strasbourg, she will work on a book project, George Sand's Poetics of Genius.

Pedro Ángel Palou

• La Enfermiza Apariencia de las Figuras de Maza-pán (Albatros Ediciones, 2018).

• El Llano en Llamas, Pedro Paramo y Otras Obras en el Centenario de su Autor. (Iberoamericana, 2017).

• En la Alcoba de un Mundo, El Amor y la Oscura Muerte de Xavier Villaurrutia, (Seix Barral, 2017).

• Manifiesto del Crack (1996), Postmanifiesto del Crack (1996-2016) (La Pereza, 2017).

Jeanne Penvenne

• “Moçambique Nelo seu Povo – Mozambique: Many People, Many Stories. Contested Masculinities and Gendered Perspectives,” (Keynote address on José Capela’s legacy), Africana Studia 27 (2018): 165-176.

Alisha Rankin

• Alisha Rankin and Elaine Leong, eds. “Testing Drugs and Trying Cures,” special issue of the Bul-letin of the History of Medicine 91 (2017).

Dennis C. Rasmussen

• The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought (Princeton University Press, 2017).

Oxana Shevel

• Elected President of the American Association for Ukrainian Studies.

Adam Storeygard

• Henderson, Vernon, Tim Squires, Adam Storeygard and David Weil, "The Global Spatial Distribution of Population and Economic Activity: Effects of Nature, History, and Agglomeration" Quarterly Journal of Economics 133 (2018): 357-406.

Vickie B. Sullivan

• Montesquieu and the Despotic Ideas of Europe: An Interpretation of the “Spirit of the Laws”

(University of Chicago Press, 2017).

• Nathaniel Gilmore and Vickie B. Sullivan, “Montesquieu’s Teaching on the Dangers of Ex-treme Corrections: Japan, the Catholic Inquisition, and Moderation in The Spirit of the Laws,” Ameri-can Political Science Review 111 (2017): 460-70.

Reed Ueda

• “America’s Changing Neighborhoods: An Explora-tion of Diversity Through Places” (ABC-CLIO, 2017).

Joseph Walser

• “When Did Buddhism Become Anti-Brahmanical? The Case of the Missing Soul,” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 86 (2018): 94-125.

Man Xu

• “China’s Local Elites in Transition: Seventh- to Twelfth-Century Epitaphs Excavated in Luzhou,” Asia Major 30 (2017): 59-107.

Congratulations Jeanne

Penvenne on your

retirement!

Your IR friends are going to miss you!

Welcome to the new IR Core Faculty members, who joined us this past year!

Alex Blanchette, Anthropology

Ming Chow, Computer Science

Matthew Harrington, Classics

Ninian Stein, Environmental Studies

A Special Thanks to the IR Core Faculty

Year after year, IR faculty devote a great deal of time and energy to the IR Program and its students in addi-tion to responsibilities and commitments in their home departments. We are enormously grateful for all that you do. Thank you!

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Congratulations to the following IR majors,

who won scholarships, prizes, and awards

this year!

Anne E. Borghesani Memorial Prize (Note: The Anne E. Borghesani Memorial Prize is open to all majors; not all of the students listed below are IR.)

Eleanor (Ella) Harvey (IR), Internship at the US Depart-ment of Commerce in China (Guangzhou and Shanghai, China)

Linda Lee (Biology), Drug Discovery Targeting NS2B-NS3 Proteases from Zika Virus (Singapore)

Ria Mazumdar (IR), Educational Development in East Africa (Project Workers Program, East Africa)

Magnifique Mukundwa (Environmental Engineering), Study on Water Treatment and Shortage in Haute Savoie (Talloires, France)

IR Research Scholars

Eva Kahan, Military Demography and State Inclusivity in Jordan (Amman, Jordan)

Emma Brin, Re-imagining Hepatitis C: A Spanish Story in an Era of Global Health (Madrid, Spain and Tufts’ Med-ford campus)

Aidekman Prize (Funding for an IR Internship)

Jacqueline Chen, Internship with U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor in the Office of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Washington, D.C.)

2018 University Academic Awards

Nathalie Andrade (Outstanding Contribution to Perfor-mance, Elizabeth Verveer Tishler Prize in Music Perfor-mance)

Ana Antolin (Greenwood Prize Scholarship)

Sarah Bales (Community Service Award, Constantine Ghikas Prize in Romance Languages)

Ariel Barbieri-Aghib (Mabel Daniels Prize in Music and Literature)

Cassia Bardos (Arabic Language, Culture and Literature Prize)

Amanda Borquaye (2018 Senior Award)

Ian Clarke (Mary Grant Charles Prize)

Peter De Guzman (Chinese Language and Literature Prize)

Anna Del Castillo (2018 Senior Award, Donald A. Cowdery Memorial Scholarship, Multicultural Service Award, Wendell Phillips Memorial Scholarship)

Luis Miguel Del Rosario (Frederic J. Shepler Memorial Prize in French)

Winnona DeSombre (Class of 1911 Prize Scholarship, 2018 Tufts Presidential Awards for Civic Life)

Andrew DiMaiti (Alex Elias Memorial Prize Scholarship, Albert H. Imlah Excellence in History Prize)

Nicolas Falkson (Bennett Memorial Scholarship)

Evan Fantozzi (Laminan Prize in Romance Languages)

Ariel Gizzi (Laminan Prize in Romance Languages)

Lillian Hartzell (Class of 1898 Prize)

Philip Hicks (Constantine Ghikas Prize in Romance Lan-guages)

Mia Kazman (Constantine Ghikas Prize in Romance Lan-guages)

Benya Kraus (2018 Senior Award)

Sophia Lloyd-Thomas (Susan L. Feigenbaum Memorial Prize in Judaic Studies)

Doyinsola Oladipo (Class of 1911 Prize Scholarship)

Anson Sidle (Russian Prize)

Aren Torikian (Marion Ricker Houston Prize Scholarship in Economics)

Samuel Weitzman (Frederick Melvin Ellis Prize)

Jennifer Yu (Chinese Program Alumni Prize)

Other Prestigious Scholarships and Accomplishments

Cassia Bardos (James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program)

Andrew DiMaiti (Fulbright, English Teaching Assistant Award, France)

Charlotte Hoffman (Fulbright, English Teaching Assis-tant Award, Germany)

Winnona DeSombre (and Gabriella Roncone) claimed the grand prize at the Defending Digital Democracy Project’s (D3P) first-ever Information Operations Technical and Policy Hackathon for the development of an app called Sanity Check.

Congrats to IR Alumni on their Accomplishments!

Daniel Gottfried (A16) received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (Russia)

Abuzar Royesh (A16) was selected to be part of the inau-gural group of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program at Stanford University.

Sharad Sagar (A16) was awarded a Tufts University Young Alumni Achievement Award. Sharad is a globally renowned entrepreneur who works in the field of education and public service. Sharad’s startup, Dexterity Global, aims to democratize access to education.

Caitlin Thompson (A17) received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award (Ukraine)

Spotlight on IR Students (Past and Present)

WHERE and WHO to go to for all your IR questions!

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WHERE TO GO: IR Website http://ase.tufts.edu/ir/

Find out all you need to know to navigate the IR major by vis-iting the IR website.

Home page: News & Announcements, Quick Links, Finding Us, Link to Staff Contact Info, Social Media (follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter)

About tab: Overview (Academic Mission and Back-ground), Sign up for the IR E-list

People tab: Core Faculty, Staff, Faculty Board, Stu-

dent Groups, Diplomat-in-Residence Academics tab: Curriculum, Courses, Capstone

(options including directed research and senior honors the-sis), Major Instructions & Policies (declaring, double counting courses, (no) petitioning courses, grades and pass/fail, graduation), Transfer of Credit (IR process and what can/can’t be transferred for IR credit), Graduate Study (graduate programs, fellowships, scholarships)

Research & Scholarship tab: Funding Opportunities (while at Tufts), Research Spotlight (faculty and student)

Careers & Alumni tab: Career Development, Alumni

Networking, Articles & Resources Newsletter tab: IR News & Views publications Events tab: Calendar

Kelly M. Greenhill Program Director E-mail: kelly.greenhill@tufts.edu Phone: 617-627-5849 Packard Hall, Room 311 Office Hours (see IR website) General responsibilities: -Program Oversight -Strategic Planning and Policy -Curriculum Development (comprehensive) -Research Opportunities -Student Advising

Karen Notch Program Manager E-mail: karen.notch@tufts.edu Phone: 617-627-2819 Packard Hall, Room 001 Office Hours (see IR website) General responsibilities: - IR Student Advising - Transfer of Credit / Study Abroad - Language Exemption - Curriculum (faculty new course requests) - Senior Honors Thesis & Directed Research - Independent Study & Internships - Scholarship & Research Awards - Graduation Honors & Senior Awards

Cecelia Kelly Program Administrator E-mail: cecelia.kelly@tufts.edu Phone: 617-627-2776 Packard Hall, Room 003 General responsibilities: - Events & Sponsorship - Communications & Website - Social Media - Marketing & Advertising - IR Weekly Email - Student Groups

Elizabeth Gottlieb Program Advisor E-mail: elizabeth.gottlieb@tufts.edu Phone: 617-627-2776 Packard Hall, Room 002 (Part-time staff member) General responsibilities: - Curriculum (semester course announcements) - Degree Audits (IR major checklists) - Latin Honors and Graduation Requirements - IR News & Views Newsletter - Pre-Major Advising

Congratulations to Hershel Tamboli,

our awesome IR student intern who graduated on

Sunday, May 20. We will miss you!

International Relations Program

Tufts University Packard Hall, 4 The Green Medford, MA 02155

Phone: 617-627-2776 E-mail: internationalrelations@tufts.edu URL: http://ase.tufts.edu/ir IR Program Staff Kelly Greenhill, Director Karen Notch, Program Manager Cecelia Kelly, Program Administrator Elizabeth Gottlieb, Program Advisor IR Student Interns YJ Chee, A19 Jaya Khetarpal, A19 Hershel Tamboli, A18

Congratulations IR Class of 2018!

Now that you are officially ALUMNI, check out the Alumni Networking page on the IR website

(http://ase.tufts.edu/ir/career/networking.htm)

for ways to stay connected with the Tufts IR community.

We look forward to hearing from you!