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Member Biographies
Louise Place (LA '08) - President, Sigma Iota Rho
Louise is a double-major in International Relations and English. She has
interned with Discovering Justice, Deval Patrick's gubernatorial campaign,
Principle Pictures, MA Peace Action, the Epiphany School, and the
International Institute of Boston. In addition, she spent a summer tutoring
Mayan children in Guatemala. Last spring, she studied abroad in Barcelona,
Spain, and traveled throughout Europe. This fall, she co-taught an
Experimental College class entitled "Behind the Headlines: A Regional
Approach to Global Current Issues." On campus, she is involved with the
International Relations Mentor Program, Amnesty International, Tufts
Democrats, Environmental Consciousness Outreach, Somerville Pen Pal Program,
Outbreath, F.O.C.U.S., and sQ! a cappella. Off-campus, she is a student
ambassador for the Huntington Theatre and campaigns for Barack Obama. She
looks forward to graduating this May, after which she will volunteer with
Camino Seguro, a non-profit organization in Guatemala. Afterwards, she
hopes to find a "real" job and live in Washington DC!
Esther Kim (LA '09) - Vice President, Sigma Iota Rho
Born and
raised in South Korea, and then living in Canada, Esther has been exposed to a
variety of cultures her entire life. She is majoring in International Relations
and minoring in Communications and Media Studies at Tufts. She has been involved
in many exciting extracurricular activities, including the IR Director's
Leadership Council, the Tufts Korean
Students Association and the Leonard Carmichael Society. She is very
interested in current events, especially regarding conflict resolution,
media, and the law. She is thrilled to be part of the Sigma Iota Rho and
wishes to reach out to many IR majors and experts both inside and outside
Tufts.
Pete Colombo (LA '08) - Secretary/Treasurer, Sigma Iota Rho
Pete is a native of Boston and was raised in a multicultural environment.
His neighborhood and community fostered a growing curiosity for all things
international. He studied abroad in Madrid for
a year and volunteered at several NGOs including Adolescents at Risk. He is
currently a volunteer at the Latin American Health Institute in Brockton.
He worked as a researcher at the Jebsen Center for
Counterterrorism Studies last fall and continues to focus his studies on
international security, democratic consolidation and civilian-military
relations.
Jessica Anderson (LA '08)
Jessica is an international relations and philosophy major with a minor
in Africa in the New World. She is involved with Exposure, Tufts'
photojournalism organization, and the Tufts Collaborative on Africa. She is
also a writing fellow and a manager for Tufts Catering. Her interests
include transitional justice and humanitarianism in Africa.
Leah Averitt (LA '08)
Leah is a senior from Indianapolis double majoring in International
Relations and Chinese. In the fall of 2006, she studied abroad on the
Tufts-in-China program. At Tufts, Leah advises other students on the IR
major through her role as an IR mentor, and is a leader in the Tufts
Christian Fellowship. Leah is also heavily involved in ALLES (the Alliance
Linking Leaders in Education and the Services), a student-led initiative to
increase civil-military relations at the undergraduate level. Through
ALLIES, Leah attended the Student Conference on U.S. Affairs at West Point
and a Leadership Conference at the U.S. Naval Academy. In the summer of
2007, she interned at the Indianapolis office of U.S. Senator Richard Lugar,
minority leader on the Foreign Relations Committee. Leah is very excited to
be graduating and is planning on pursuing a career in public government
service.
Samantha Barthelemy (LA '08)
Samantha is a senior double-majoring in International Relations,
concentrating in Peace, Justice and Conflict Resolution, and Political
Science. She was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she spent all of her
life before coming to Tufts. She spent her Junior year in Paris, studying
International Law, International Relations and Political Science at the
Institute of Political Science (Sciences Po). In 2007, Samantha interned at
the Center for Peace and Human Security in Paris, where she developed a
deeper interest towards conflict resolution, peace-building and human
rights. Samantha is currently trying to get an internship at the United
Nations, an organization she admires and has been dreaming to be part of for
years.
Rachel Bergenfield (LA '09)
Rachel is an International Relations major, concentrating in "Global
justice, conflict, and cooperation," and an Africa in the New World minor
(undeclared). She is a Synaptic Scholar at the Institute for Global
Leadership (IGL), the Senior Editor of Discourse Journal, and a former Tisch
Citizenship and Public Service Scholar. Rachel focuses her studies and
intends to build her career in relief, recovery, and transition during/after
violent conflict, particularly in Africa. She is very interested in
initiatives that aim to identify and address the unintended, negative
consequences of such work. Rachel is part of the team that is Tufts'
Project for Peace choice (2007-2008), through which she plans to return to
northern Uganda this summer (2008) for a collaborative project documenting
experiences with the use of "traditional" justice/reconciliation ceremonies
for war-related crimes. Rachel studied abroad with the School for
International Training in Cameroon, where she did a field study on barriers
to justice in a specific province. She also traveled to Lagos, Nigeria on
an IGL investigative research trip. Rachel interned for the Global Fairness
Initiative, the Centre for Microfinance, a Public Defender's Office, and two
political campaigns. She is from Princeton Junction, NJ.
Lidia Borisova (LA '09)
Lidia is from Sofia, Bulgaria, and is majoring in International Relations
and minoring in Economics. Within International Relations, she is focusing
on Europe and the Former Soviet Union. Presently, she is completing a
four-month internship in Paris with the International Chamber of Commerce as
a part of the Tufts-in-Paris study abroad program. Her other
extra-curricular activities include the Tufts International Club, of which
she is a sub-committee chair; Public Relations Officer for the Tufts
European Club; and vice-president of the Tufts Russian Circle. She is also
a part of the Sigma Iota Ro Career Committee.
Ara Cho (LA '08)
Ara is a senior double majoring in International Relations and Spanish.
A first generation Korean-American, she is originally from Los Angeles,
California and spent the past year in Alcala de Henares, Madrid studying at
the Universidad de Alcala. She currently sits on the Tufts Community Union
Senate as Asian Community Representative, co-facilitates Pan Asian Council,
mentors two Korean adopted "little sisters," and sings in Tufts Third Day
Gospel Choir. This past summer, she interned at the Permanent Mission of
the Republic of Korea to the United Nations in New York City where she
served on Social, Cultural, Humanitarian (Third) Committee, and previously
worked with Ayuda en Accion, Public Council, and Korean American Coalition.
Christine D'Aguillo (LA '08)
Christine is a senior International Relations major with a
pre-med concentration. She was born and raised in New Jersey and spent
part of her junior year abroad in Sevilla, Spain. She has also
traveled with Tufts on the BUILD program to Siuna, Nicaragua to study
sustainable development. She is involved with the Intercultural
Conversation program at Tufts, and is the president of Jumbodance and
Tufts Tap Ensemble, as well as an active member of 3P's, Tufts'
student-run drama organization.
Sam duPont (LA '08)
Sam is a senior from Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, majoring in
International Relations. After spending a summer in central China teaching
English, he returned for the fall of his junior year to study Mandarin at
Beijing University. He has concentrated much of his academic work at Tufts
on US-China political and economic relations. This past summer, Sam focused
his attention on journalism, writing and editing for Foreign Policy
magazine. He then traveled to Kashmir, where he practiced his
photojournalism skills firsthand in a workshop with EXPOSURE. In addition to
taking pictures and writing, Sam plays ultimate frisbee with the Tufts
E-Men, hikes in the White Mountains and feels passionately about crossword
puzzles.
Ben Gabin (LA '08)
Ben comes from Rutherfordton, North Carolina, and is an International
Relations major with a focus on Latin America. He spent his junior year
studying abroad on the Tufts-in-Chile program.
Anastasia Ganina (LA '08)
Anastasia was born in Moscow, Russia and raised in New York City. She is a
senior
pursuing a degree in International Relations and Economics, and her focus
within the International Relations major is International Finance. She spent
the spring semester of her junior year studying abroad in Hong Kong and
loved the opportunity to
travel around China and Southeast Asia. Her interest in international
finance has allowed her to intern at a number of financial institutions
focusing on international markets. At Tufts, she has been actively involved
in the Tufts Financial Group, Tufts Mock Trial, and the Tufts Daily Business
Department.
Jeff Goldberg (LA '08)
Jeff is a senior at majoring in International Relations with a regional
concentration on Latin America, and a minor in Economics. This past summer,
he worked as a consultant in the Department of Sustainable Development of
the Organization of American States, where he helped organize the VI
Inter-American Dialogue on Water Resource Management in Guatemala City. He
also presented original research there. Currently, Jeff is interning at
ACCION International, where he is engaged in various projects pertaining to
ACCION's expansion as a leader in the microfinance industry. On campus, Jeff
is captain of the men's Varisity Swimming and Diving team and an active
member of Tisch College's Citizenship and Public Service Scholar's program,
through which he co-coordinates the Community Language Bank in Somerville,
an organization that provides affordable translation and interpretation
services to the greater Somerville community. Last year, he studied abroad
in Buenos Aires, Argentina and hopes to return there next year.
Olga Gomonova (LA '09)
Olga is a junior at Tufts University majoring in International Relations
with a concentration in International Finance, and a minor in Economics.
Before matriculating at Tufts, Olga studied linguistics for 4 semesters in
Tula State University in Tula, Russia. On campus, she is involved with the
Russian Circle and Sigma Iota Rho IR Honor Society Social Committee. Living
in Boston for the past three years has allowed her to participate in many
charities and fundraisers for non-profit such as Mt. Auburn Hospital, New
England Hospice, Faulkner Hospital and the Faulkner Breast Cancer
organization. She spent 9 months interning in the development office of
Epiphany School for disadvantaged children. Additionally, Olga is a
Director's Circle member of the Institute for Contemporary Arts, Boston.
Since 2006, Olga has been sponsoring a child located in Shousha, Egypt,
through the "Save the Children" organization. She spent much of the last
two summers in Europe, particularly in France, for the purpose of perfecting
a third language.
Angi Kang (LA '08)
Angi is a senior double-majoring in International Relations, with a focus on
Nationalism, Culture and Identity, and Community Health, Angi was born in South
Korea and raised in New Jersey. She has been involved in multiple performances
with the Tufts Drama Department, and is a member of the IR Director's Leadership
Council and director of the Tufts Timmy Foundation Club. Angi spent spring
semester of her junior year in Spain, and the following summer in South Korea.
She is excited to be back on campus and working with Sigma Iota Rho during her
last semester at Tufts.
Lauren Kari (LA '08)
Lauren grew up in Los Angeles California, and is a senior majoring in
International Relations with a focus on Foreign Policy Analysis. An Arabic
minor, she studied abroad in Egypt for the first half of her junior year. In
the second half, she participated in the Tufts-in-Washington Program. She was a
member of the 2005-2006 EPIIC Colloquium entitled "The Politics of Fear." She
is interested in the intersection between development and security studies, and
is excited about graduating and finding a job in the "real world".
Jamie Kraut (LA '08)
Jamie is a senior double majoring in International Relations and
French. As an active board member of the "Moral Voices" social
action committee, she pursues her passion for humanitarian
affairs and alleviating global economic injustice. While
studying abroad in Paris during her Junior year (2006-2007), she
interned at the U.S. Embassy in the Office of Defense
Cooperation, and spent her summer working at the U.S. Commercial
Service of the Department of Commerce at the U.S. Embassy in
Paris. Previously, Jamie interned at the Defense Threat
Reduction Agency in Washington, D.C. as an arms control policy
analyst. She is from Great Barrington, Massachusetts, but hopes
to spend next year living and working abroad.
Jamie Morgan (LA '08)
Jamie is a senior at Tufts, where she is pursuing a major in International
Relations with a concentration in Foreign Policy Analysis, and a minor in
English. She is from Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. She has interned
at a variety of organizations, including the International Crisis Group in
Washington, DC; the Program on International Policy Attitudes; and the United
Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome. She was also an
International Relations Summer Scholar, through which she did research on public
opinions on genocide and military interventions. At Tufts she has been actively
involved in Pangea, the Tufts Community Union Judiciary, and the Judicial
Advocates, and currently writes for Tufts' magazine Required Reading, as
well as other publications on campus. Last year, she studied in Bologna, Italy,
and a month volunteering in Nairobi and Maseki, Kenya.
Rita Reznikova (LA '08)
Rita was born in Moscow, Russia and grew up in Swampscott, Massachusetts,
forty minutes north of Boston. She is an International Relations major, focusing
on Global Conflict, Cooperation and Justice, with a minor in Communications/Mass
Media Studies. She also focuses a great deal on Europe and the former Soviet
Union, and Latin America. She has held internship positions at the Commercial
Service at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, Improper Bostonian Magazine, Boston Media
Productions at WGBH, and the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities
at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Rita studied abroad in Madrid, Spain for the
duration of the 2006-2007 academic year. At Tufts, she writes for the Tufts
Daily and sings in the University Chorale.
Patrick Roath (LA '09)
Patrick is an International Relations major with a concentration in Foreign
Policy Analysis, and a minor in English. Originally from southern Connecticut,
he is a member of the Sigma Iota Ro Academic Committee, and a managing editor at
the Tufts Observer magazine. This past summer he worked at the Council on
Foreign Relations in New York City. Academically, his interests include public
diplomacy, journalism, and development strategy.
Chloe Rossen (LA '08)
Chloe, a senior originally from the northern suburbs of Chicago, is
double-majoring in International Relations and Economics. Her concentration
in International Relations is in International Trade, but she is interested
in many topics, especially economic development. Chloe spent the spring of
her junior year studying abroad in Madrid, Spain, an experience which
increased her love of languages, learning about different cultures, and
traveling. At Tufts, Chloe is part of the Tisch College of Citizenship and
Public Services Scholars Program, through which she has done much work in
the neighboring communities, and an active member of the varsity sailing
team and Hillel. She is also an International Relations mentor and a tour
guide. Chloe interned at the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and the Jewish
Women's Foundation in Chicago in the summer of 2006 and at the Boston
Consortium on Gender, Security, and Human Rights during the summer of 2007.
Constantin Sabet d'Acre (LA '09/ Fletcher MALD '10)
Originally from Paris, France, Constantin is a triple major in International
Relations, Quantitative Economics and Mathematics. Within the International
Relations major, his focus is on international finance. He is also presently
earning a master's in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School as a part of
the dual degree program with Tufts. He is involved in the Tufts financial
Group, the Tufts European Club, and working on the Computers for Cambodia
Committee as a part of Pangea.
Nina Scheinman (LA '08)
Nina is a senior majoring in International Relations. Born
and raised in Tanzania, her interests are in Africa and in African development.
She was a member of the 2005-2006 EPIIC Colloquium and, with the support of
EPIIC and the Institute of Global Leadership, conducted research on the needs of
women in Freetown, Sierra Leone. After returning from Sierra Leone, Nina
participated in the Tufts-in-Washington program and interned at the Council on
Foreign Relations. At Tufts she is involved in the Tufts Collaborative on
Africa.
Jacki Silbermann (LA '08)
Jacki is a double-major in International Relations and Middle Eastern
Studies. She is currently co-coordinator of the Tufts New Initiative for Middle
East Peace, an organization committed to education and dialogue on the
Arab-Israeli conflict, and led the group's winter 2008 fact-finding mission in
Syria. In the fall of her junior year she studied in Amman, Jordan, and spent
time traveling to various places in the Middle East. At Tufts, she also plays
on the women's Ultimate Frisbee team and works on a children's literacy
initiative. Her interests include progressive education, and human rights law.
Jillian Soucy (LA '08)
Jillian is a senior double majoring in International Relations, with a
regional concentration on Latin America, and Economics. She studied abroad
during the fall of junior year with Tufts-in-Madrid in Alcalá, Spain. In
addition to Spanish, Jillian has started studying French. She has interned for
four summers with the Boston branch of a large international business in the
global logistics industry. Last winter break, she interned at their office in
San Juan, Puerto Rico. On campus, Jillian has performed with Tufts Dance
Collective and played a role in Pangea, Tufts Economics Society, Cores, worked
with the Men's Lacrosse Team, and is now part of SIR, the Tufts International
Relations Honor Society. She is excited to graduate in May and to enter the
private sector.
Julia Torgovitskaya (LA '09)
Julia was born in Moscow, Russia and grew up in Los Angeles, CA. She is
triple-majoring in International Relations, Russian and East European Studies,
and Music and minoring in Philosophy. Her concentration within the IR major is
Regional and Comparative Analysis: Europe and the Former Soviet Union, and she
is part of the Sigma Iota Rho Career Committee. Her extra-curricular activities
include singing (opera), dancing, studying languages (she's working on her 6th
one!), and the Tufts Russian Circle, of which she has been president for two
years. Over the past several years she has been traveling around the world: Two
summers ago, she lived in Rome, Italy and sang in three operas; she studied
abroad in Talloires, France last summer; and she plans to study abroad in
Vienna, Austria this coming summer.
Jessie Waters (LA '08)
Jessie is from Los Angeles, California, and is majoring in International
Relations and History. She spent her junior spring in the Tufts-in-Paris program
and is part of the Sigma Iota Rho Social Committee. Her other extracurricular
activities include the History Society and History Journal, of which she is on
the executive board, and running BookMatch, an after-school program in Medford.
Jason Yeager (LA '10)
Jason is a third-year student in the five-year Tufts/New England Conservatory
Dual Degree Program. At Tufts, his concentration within the field of
International Relations is Global Conflict, Cooperation, and Justice. At the
New England Conservatory, he is majoring in Jazz Piano Performance. Jason is a
co-leader of the Buddhist Sangha at Tufts, a member of the Sigma Iota Ro
Academic Committee, and a former intern for Corporate Accountability
International. He plans to intern for the Clinton Foundation this summer, and
to study abroad at the University of Buenos Aires in the fall.
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