Who are the IR Mentors?
Junior and senior IR majors who volunteer to mentor other IR majors, potential IR majors, and potential students interested in IR at Tufts.

What can I contact them about?
Anything concerning the IR program including courses, advisors, study abroad experiences, internships, research, etc.

How do I contact them?
Check the mentor's profiles, select a student that might fit your interests, email them directly with your question. You can either request to meet in person or communicate via the internet.

Where can I find additional information posted by the mentors?
For more information on each mentor, click on the name of the mentor and a new window will open up with other data such as courses taken while at Tufts or abroad, advisor information, and more.

How do I become an IR mentor?
Please email Moira Todd, IR Program Administrator, with this information.

Old Curriculum

Thematic Concentration 1: Foreign Policy Analysis

• Toby Bonthrone
  Study Abroad: Two years at University of London before transferring to Tufts
  Internships: Served in the British and U.S. militaries
  *transfer student mentor
• Dina Rezvani (Minor: Communications and Media Studies)
  Study Abroad: Sevilla, Spain Spring 2007
  Internships: Office of Massachusetts State Senator Jarrett Barrios, MSNBC Primetime Production Intern for Hardball with Chris Matthews
• Jacki Silbermann (Double Major: Middle Eastern Studies)
  Study Abroad: Amman, Jordan (Fall 2006)

Thematic Concentration 2a: Regional and Comparative Analysis - Europe and the Former Soviet Union

• Megan Carter (Double Major: Russian and Eastern European Studies)
  Study Abroad: CIEE in St. Petersburg, Russia Fall 2006
  Internship: Center for Citizen Initiatives, a non-profit dedicated to helping Russian entrepreneur, San Francisco, CA
• Alexander Sultan-Khan (Double Major: Political Science)
  Internship: World Food Programme (Summer 2006) and German Foreign Office (Summer 2007)

Thematic Concentration 2b: Regional and Comparative Analysis - East and Southeast Asia

• Leah Averitt
  Study Abroad: China Fall 2006
  Internship: U.S. Senator Richard Lugar (IN)
• Charlie McClean (Double Major: Japanese)
  Study Abroad: Kyoto, Japan Spring 2007
  Internship: Nippon International Cooperation for Community Development (NICCO), Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS) Summer Research Grant, International Christian University (ICU) Summer Program

Thematic Concentration 2c: Regional and Comparative Analysis - Africa
No mentor at this time

Thematic Concentration 2d: Regional and Comparative Analysis - Middle East and South Asia

• Oleg Svet
  Study Abroad: Washington D.C.
  Internship: Azeri Democracy Initiative

Thematic Concentration 2e: Regional and Comparative Analysis - Latin America

• Rachel Geylin (Double Major: Spanish)
  Study Abroad: IFSA-Butler, Buenos Aires, Argentina in Fall 2006, IFSA-Butler, Mendoza, Argentina in Spring 2007.
  Internship: Media internships: ABC News and James Nachtwey Studio.

Thematic Concentration 3: Global Conflict, Cooperation, and Justice

• Megan Chang (Double Major: Economics)
  Study Abroad: Tufts-in Oxford 2006-2007
  Internship: Common Cause Massachusetts (Boston, MA Summer 2005) Lehman Brothers (New York, NY Summer 2007)
• Saskia Chanoine (Double Major: Community Health)
• Michael Eddy (Double Major: Economics)
  Study Abroad: Tufts-in-Madrid; Independent Research in Kosovo
  Internships: Coalition for the International Criminal Court (NYC, NY), Population Caring Organization (Buduburam Refugee Camp, Ghana), Center for Justice & Accountability, US Committee on Refugees and Immigrants (Albany, NY)
• Samantha Goldman (Double Major: Middle Eastern Studies)
  Study Abroad: Ben Gurion University, Be'er Sheva, Israel
  Internships: International Center for Conciliation (Boston, MA), Mediation Training at the International Institute for Mediation and Conflict Resolution (Nicosia, Cyprus)
• Ryan A. Pallathra (Minor Economics)
  Study Abroad: London, UK
  Internships: Intern to Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), U.S. Department of State
• Louise Place (Double Major: English)
  Study Abroad: Barcelona, Spain
  Internships: The Epiphany School (Dorchester, MA), tutoring children (Guatemala), The International Institute of Boston (Boston, MA), Principle Pictures (Boston, MA), and Discovering Justice (Boston, MA)
• Shawna Russo
  Study Abroad: Barcelona, Spain
  Internship: Embassy of Croatia, Washington, D.C.

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Thematic Concentration 4a: International Economics and Trade

• Chloe Rossen (Double Major: Economics)
  Study Abroad: Tufts-in-Madrid, spring 2007
  Internships: Somerville Commission for Women, Jewish Women's Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society

Thematic Concentration 4b: International Economics and Finance
No mentor at this time

Thematic Concentration 4c: International Economics and Environment

• Caroline Wick (Double Major: Environmental Studies)
  Study Abroad: Santiago, Chile with the School for International Training (SIT)
  Internship: Food and Water Watch (a Consumer advocacy organization in Washington, DC), US Environmental Protection Agency

Thematic Concentration 4d: International Economics and Development

• Marcelo Norsworthy
  Study Abroad: Tufts-in-Chile Fall 2007 and Spring 2008
  Internship: Foundation for Self-Sufficiency in Central America-Austin, TX, ProChile-Santiago, Chile
• Aaron Schumacher (Minor: Latin American Studies)
  Study Abroad: IFSA-Butler for Fall 2007 and Spring 2008, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  Internship: Council of the Americas, Washington, DC; Llorente & Cuenca, Buenos Aires, Argentina (international consulting firm)

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Thematic Concentration 5: Nationalism, Culture, and Identity

• Leandra Elberger (Double Major: Community Health)
  Study Abroad: Barcelona, Spring 2007
  Internships: MVD Inc. (public relations/event planning firm), The American Society of Barcelona, Cherry Lane Music Group (music publishing company)

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New Curriculum

Thematic Concentration 1a: Regional and Comparative Analysis - Europe and the Former Soviet Union
No mentor at this time

Thematic Concentration 1b: Regional and Comparative Analysis - East and Southeast Asia
No mentor at this time

Thematic Concentration 1c: Regional and Comparative Analysis - Africa
No mentor at this time

Thematic Concentration 1d: Regional and Comparative Analysis - Middle East and South Asia
No mentor at this time

Thematic Concentration 1e: Regional and Comparative Analysis - Latin America
No mentor at this time

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Thematic Concentration 2a: International Trade
No mentor at this time

Thematic Concentration 2b: International Finance
No mentor at this time

Thematic Concentration 2c: International Environmental Economics
No mentor at this time

Thematic Concentration 2d: International Development Economics
No mentor at this time

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Thematic Concentration 3: Global Health, Nutrition and the Environment
No mentor at this time

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Thematic Concentration 4: International Security

• Monica Camacho (Double Major: Middle East Studies)
  Study Abroad: Oman, Jordan, Egypt
  Internships: American Islamic Congress
• Zachary Witlin (Double Major: Political Science)
  Study Abroad: Madrid
  Internship:  TBD

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Thematic Concentration 5: The US in World Affairs

• Sam DuPont
  Study Abroad: Beijing, China, CIEE, Fall 2006
  Internship: Foreign Policy magazine, Save Darfur Coalition

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Thematic Concentration 6a: Political Ideologies
No mentor at this time

Thematic Concentration 6b: State, Empire and Colonialism
No mentor at this time

Thematic Concentration 6c: Constructions of Personal Identity
No mentor at this time

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