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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
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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
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Leah Averitt
Study Abroad: China Fall 2006
Internship: U.S. Senator Richard Lugar (IN)
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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
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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
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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)
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Saskia Chanoine (Double Major: Community Health)
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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)
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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)
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Ryan A. Pallathra (Minor Economics)
Study Abroad: London, UK
Internships: Intern to Member of Parliament (United
Kingdom), U.S. Department of State
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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)
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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
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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
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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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