STORYMODELERS ALUMNI
Former Students and Researchers Affiliated with the Lab

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.

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.

TRAVIS HOLMES
Research Assistant, 2019-2020
Travis Holmes worked as a Graduate Research Assistant on the Computational Framework for Absorptive Capacity project, conducting qualitative interviews with migrant-led organizations in South Africa and characterizing concepts related to absorptive capacity.

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.

ELENA FREEMAN
Student Research Intern, Summer/Fall 2020
Undergraduate Student studying International Affairs, Political Science, and French at the University of South Dakota, Elena is working with the team to characterize socio-political stressors on host communities in South Africa.

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.