Shireen graduated with distinction from Yale in 2004 with a degree in economics. She served as a freshman counselor, coordinated an elementary school tutoring program, and volunteered as a community health educator. She was also a leader in the South Asian Students and Persian Students Associations, worked on health education, … Read more
Alexis Bylander
Alexis earned a degree in political science from Concordia College in 2004. She also studied public policy in seven European countries and spent a semester abroad study ing in Malta. She participated in Concordia’s mock trial team, the TOCAR anti-racism taskforce, and was co-leader for a Habitat for Humanity trip … Read more
Dennis Barrett
Dennis graduated magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a double major in political science and history in the Honors Program. He tutored youth in South Bend, worked with the student run national publication Changing Times, served as dorm president, and organized a weeklong program encouraging students … Read more
Estera Barbarasa
Estera is a 2004 graduate of the University of Chicago, with a major in political science and a minor in psychology. She tutored children through the Woodlawn After-School Kids Program, researched country condition information for political asylum seekers, and studied abroad in Italy. An internship at America’s Second Harvest exposed … Read more
P.J. Andrews
P.J. is a 2004 graduate of Tufts University where he majored in American Studies, minored in Africa in the New World Studies, and completed an honors thesis examining Cape Verdean American identity. He also completed the Public Policy and International Affairs fellowship at the University of Michigan. P.J. co-founded and … Read more
Karen Wong
Karen graduated in 2005 from Pomona College with a degree in psychology. Her senior thesis examined the impact of positive stereotype expectations on academic performance of Cambodian American students. She also edited for publication an assessment of a community health intervention within an immigrant community, created a best-practices guideline for … Read more
Amanda Wagner
Amanda, a native of southeastern Pennsylvania, is a 2005 graduate of Franklin & Marshall College with a BA in Sociology and a minor in Women and Gender Studies. She spent a semester in Sweden and another in Jamaica, where she conducted an independent study on the role of food and … Read more
Almas Sayeed
Before the Fellowship, Almas worked with the Kansas State Legislature and the state’s Child Protective Services agency developing state policy and legislation on the intersection between child maltreatment and domestic violence. In 2003, she was a Fulbright Fellow at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where she worked with the European Commission … Read more
Samuel Raskin
Sam is a 2005 graduate of the University of California at Santa Cruz with an independent major in regional development and social justice. For his senior project he conducted research on small, immigrant-run grocery stores operating in low-income neighborhoods in his hometown of San Francisco, and wrote a thesis based … Read more
David Pope
David graduated with honors from Davidson College, where he majored in English. He was elected junior class president, tutored special needs students, served as a camp counselor for disabled teenagers, and worked with Senator Fritz Hollings to support the shrimp industry in South Carolina. In the last two years, David … Read more
Miles Patrie
Miles is a 2004 graduate of North Dakota State University, where he majored in anthropology and minored in political science. He conducted research on traditional medicine and health care at an anthropological field school in Tanzania, interned for Congressman Earl Pomeroy in Washington, D.C., and was chosen as a delegate … Read more
Brett Murphy
Brett, originally from Oklahoma, graduated from Rice University in 2004 with a degree in history. In college, he helped devise and implement a field study on the political socialization of young women; conducted research used in multiple books and articles on women in government; served as the captain of the … Read more