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| Edit | SOCSCI PhD - Donna Shalala - I am Maxwell. | Donna Shalala | Yes | I took urban anthropology and urban geography and urban sociology. I studied with some extraordinary people, and the degree that I got gave me such a broad, interesting education. Whether I was jumping into solving the New York City fiscal crisis or sitting over at HHS trying to figure out how we were going to straighten out a very complex Medicare system, all of that came out of very good training.” | M.A., PH.D. (SOCIAL SCIENCE) | Former: U.S. Representative (FL-27); president and CEO Clinton Foundation; president, University of Miami; U.S. Secretary, HHS |
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5/5/2022 | 11/29/2021 | |
| Edit | IR - Model UN - Lara Hicks - I am Maxwell. | Lara Hicks | Yes | “Model U.N. has boosted my confidence and my abilities to adapt in contentious situations. My public speaking, negotiation skills and intercultural communication have immensely improved.” | ’22 B.A. | international relations |
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5/4/2022 | 11/24/2021 |
| Edit | IR - Careers - Lili Dalton - I am Maxwell. | Lili Dalton | Yes | My experience at Maxwell helped shape my career by teaching me about the complex system of global politics and foreign policy. Model UN and classes in United States foreign policy helped me to be an active learner and skillful writer. Strong writing and public speaking skills are crucial for success no matter what career path students pursue.” | ’16 International Relations | Program Manager, Overseas Security Advisory Council, Department of State |
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5/4/2022 | 11/24/2021 | |
| Edit | IR - Minor - Kristin Unangst - Advancing Fair Trade | No | Whitman School of Management alumna Kristen Unangst ’18 pursued her interest in fair trade with a minor in global political economy at the Maxwell School and a full-time internship in Hong Kong. Her internship with TransPerfect, a global translation company, also introduced her to the idea of working abroad. “It was important to me to figure out if that was a path I could ever take.” | Kristen Unangast '18 | Accounting Manager, Eaton |
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| Edit | IR - Geo - Gladys McCormick - I am Maxwell. | Gladys McCormick | Yes | “Our relationship with Mexico and Latin America is about a lot more than immigration and protecting our border. It is complicated by our deep economic connectedness with Mexico, which has eclipsed China as our largest trade partner. Our economies are profoundly integrated. Any interruption in trade would be catastrophic to the Mexican economy, and would be harmful to several U.S. industries.” | Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations, Associate Professor of History |
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| Edit | IR - Adriana Curto - I am Maxwell. | Adriana Curto ’16 B.A. | No | Alumna Adriana Curto developed an interest in sports as a pathway to empowerment while serving with the Peace Corps in Morocco. From January to June 2021, Curto served as the Afghanistan country manager for Free to Run, a nonprofit that empowers Afghan women to participate in sports such as running to reclaim public spaces and to reconsider the roles they can—and should—have in society. | Double major: international relations, citizenship and civic engagement; former Country Manager, Free to Run |
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5/5/2022 | 11/24/2021 | ||
| Edit | **DELETE?** SOC - Social Media and Social Consciousness - Andrea Constant https://www.syracuse.edu/stories/student-fellows-social-justice-advocacy/ | No | Lender Center for Social Justice Fellow Andrea Constant, a graduate student in sociology, is exploring the evolution of the Black Lives Matter movement with a special focus on violence against women and girls. In her analysis, Constant says she has noticed how the hashtag #SayHerName has been co-opted to speak about women more broadly. “It's really interesting because the hashtag was originally created as a space for Black women and girls.” Constant is reviewing the history, evolution and current use of #SayHerName, and she is studying whether it has opened up discussion for gender-based violence for all women, or if there is ambiguity and lack of understanding of the hashtag’s original meaning. |
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2/5/2022 | 11/22/2021 | ||||
| Edit | SOC - Grad - Social and Cultural Effects of Globalization | No | Adrienne Atterberry, Ph.D. alumna in sociology, received the Chancellor’s Citation Award for Excellence in Student Research for her work examining the social and cultural effects of globalization. Her dissertation project examines the global crisscrossing movements of highly skilled professionals and their families. It specifically focuses on how such movements affect professionals’ parenting practices, as well as youths’ understanding of their identity and sense of national belonging. |
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| Edit | SOC - Brooks Co-authors Chapter for Aging Studies Handbook | No | Sociology Ph.D. alumna Jennifer Brooks recently co-authored with Professor of Sociology Jennifer Karas Montez the chapter "“Educational Attainment and Adult Health" for the "Aging and the Social Sciences Handbook." (Elsevier Academic Press, 2020). Together, the authors examine the dynamic link between education—which the authors refer to as a “unique type of socioeconomic resource”—and health and well-being across age, place and time. Brooks received her C.A.S. in disability studies in 2019, and her master’s in sociology in 2017. |
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| Edit | SOC - Natalia Rice - I am Maxwell. | Natalia Rice | Yes | I found myself having moments of inspiration when in class or while completing assignments—such as learning a new concept that shed light on a code that kept popping up in my interview transcripts. While the curriculum had always carried meaning for me, simultaneously conducting this research made me absorb it in a new way.” | ’20 B.A. | Double major: sociology and english; chief equity officer at New View Alliance |
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5/5/2022 | 11/19/2021 |