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STORYMODELERS ALUMNI

Former Students and Researchers Affiliated with the Lab

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MACKENZIE CLARK

Research Assistant, 2020

MA, Graduate Program in International Studies at Old Dominion University. 
Mackenzie used network analysis skills to understand international humanitarian. Now she uses those skills in industry to look at supply chain networks.

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LUZ DIAZ

Research Assistant, 2018

Luz Diaz worked as a graduate research assistant collecting qualitative data in Lesvos, Greece; Lima, Peru; and Cucuta, Colombia. She now works in the development and humanitarian sector.

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ELENA FREEMAN

Research Intern, 2020

Undergraduate Student studying International Affairs, Political Science, and French at the University of South Dakota, Elena worked with the team to characterize informal economies in South Africa. She now works in international policy.

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ALEX FRETZ

Research Assistant, 2021-2022

Alex Fretz worked as a research assistant developing game theoretic models to explain international relations from a cyber security perspective. He now works at a large company as an analyst on global international security.

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MADISON GONZALEZ

Research Assistant, 2021-2022

MA, Graduate Program in International Studies at Old Dominion University. 
Madison studied the overlapping of conflict and displacement in South Africa. She now works on political survey analysis in industry.

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TRAVIS HOLMES

Research Assistant, 2019-2020

Travis Holmes worked as a Research Assistant conducting qualitative interviews with migrant-led organizations in South Africa and characterizing concepts related to absorptive capacity. He now works in project management at an international think tank.

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NIKITA LUMIJOE

Research Assistant, 2020

Nikita Lumijoe worked as a graduate research assistant analyzing data from GDELT using Google Big Data Query to understand trends in topics coverage in global news related to refugees and migrants in South Africa.

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SARAH NELSON

Research Assistant, 2020

Sarah Nelson worked as a graduate research assistant constructing a history of the ways in which the politics of memory has shaped Cyprus' response to the European refugee crisis.

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LYDIA SA

Research Assistant, 2020-2022

Lydia Sa worked as a Research Assistant conducting virtual interviews with stakeholders in Colombia related to Venezuelan Displacement. She now works at a global public health research company.

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JACK SLATER

Student Research Intern, Summer 2020

Undergraduate Student majoring physics and minoring in French and Francophone Studies at William & Mary, Jack worked on mapping environmental stressors that lead to displacement globally.

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