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Camp Springs, Maryland, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Leading team of 12 to conduct nationwide advocacy and education campaigns on mass atrocity prevention focusing on China, Burma, Yemen, Sudan, South Sudan, & Kashmir.
• Created and executed social media strategy for campaign with MercyCorps on implementation of the Global Fragility Act, reaching 68,585 people across the US.
• Developing strategy for STAND's growth and development.

• Served on the USA national managing committee as an organizer for STAND's national campaigns
• Curated and managed STAND marketing and communications including social media accounts and news updates
• Worked to promote genocide education at the high school and university level across the US

Paris Area, France

• Served on the National Managing Committee of STAND France
• Led a team focused on formulating campaigns that concretely target French policy surrounding genocide and mass-atrocities and allow students to feel efficacy in their role in preventing mass atrocities
• Organized an event celebrating multiculturalism and the refugee community in Paris - attended by over 100 people

Greater New York City Area

• Using GIS technology to create an interactive map of civil society organizing and response related to COVID-19 in the US.
• Conducted qualitative research for the New Humanitarians project, an oral history project about the refugee crisis in Europe and the Middle East.

• Drafting engaging content for and managing nine official embassy social media accounts with a combined following of 68,193.
• Promoting and editing embassy podcast on Franco-American relations and culture, reaching over 100k downloads during my tenure.

Cambodia

• Awarded research fellowship given annually to support 5 Americans, 5 French, and 5 Cambodian students in conducting independent research in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• Completed intensive study in the Khmer language and on Cambodian civilization
• Abstract: This research seeks to situate memorialization efforts in ongoing processes of reconciliation in post-conflict Cambodia. Using the case-study of Choeung Ek, this work builds off of and updates existing.

• Conducted research and analysis on the history of relations between Europe and the U.S.
• Created briefs for the Office of the Historian within the U.S. State Department
• Used research to construct dossiers used by Foreign Service Officers for historical background before their deployment
• Studied extensively American relations with Turkey, Cyprus, Norway, and Iceland

• Led team research on Private Sector Intelligence Units (PSIUs) which was peer-reviewed and then published in the journal
• Briefed the managing editors with the progress of all manuscript reviews
• Served as a preliminary editor for publications submitted to the journal
• Participated in drills to master intelligence briefing skills with a focus on private-sector cases

Reims Area, France

• Served as the anglophone editor for the Foreign Affairs section of the Sundial Press
• Managed a team of 10 staff writers as well as outside contributors

Reims Area, France

Weimar, Germany

• Conducted primary and secondary source research on anglophone press related to the Soviet Special Camps in 1948
• Developed educational programming for Anglophone groups including thematic tours and interactive workshops
• Independently curated and piloted the memorial's first educational curriculum on genocide after the Holocaust which is now being used by partner institutions around the world (Poland, France, Belarus, Cambodia, among.
• Gave presentations to memorial staff on Holocaust and genocide education
• Created and managed connections with educational institutions in the U.S. and in France
• Assisted with archaeological and conservation projects around the former camp site

Mair, International Policy

Activities and Societies: Awards: Dean's Scholar Activities: Global Women Leadership: Marketing Director

Bachelor'S Degree, Human Rights With A Specialization In Political Science

Activities and Societies: Awards: Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Human Rights Departmental Honors, GS Honor's Society, Dean's List.

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Government

Activities and Societies: Sciences Portraits Co-Founder, Bureau des Arts- Assistant Visual Arts Coordinator, Sundial Press Foreign Affairs.