Fernanda Buril Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Arlington, Va

• Co-manage the Knowledge Management Initiative group on electoral operations;• Disseminate new and cutting-edge publications on election operations issues from the practitioner and scholarly communities across the organization;• Support Programs with proposal writing on topics related to electoral operations;• Track election operations-focused activities across the organization;

Arlington, Va

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Provide programmatic and administrative support to the USAID-funded Elections and Political Processes Support Activity project in Haiti and the Electoral Governance and Reforms Project in Guatemala, strengthening the capacity of the countries' election management bodies and civil society• Collaborate to the development of new business in the areas of democracy strengthening and civil society capacitation in Latin America and the Caribbean• Write, coordinate, and oversee the production of articles, online posts, and other related communication material• Provide content to the Knowledge Management Initiatives on "Election Conflict and Security," "Media and Elections," and "Youth, Minorities, and Indigenous Persons"

Washington D.C. Metro Area

The Penn Kemble Forum on Democracy promotes bipartisan conversation among young foreign policy leaders in Washington, DC. The Forum is an opportunity to share ideas across sectors and explore the role of democracy and human rights within the context of a broad range of policy questions.

• Developed grant proposals and concept papers regarding peacebuilding in the Middle East and North Africa regions • Conducted research to identify new sources of funding for projects • Liaised with partners, donors, and other stakeholders in the fields of international development and peacebuilding

College Park, Maryland

• Developed analytical predictions about global terrorism activities using methods such as Analysis of Competing Hypothesis (ACH) and Monte Carlo simulations.• Conducted research and collected data for the Nuclear Facilities Attack Database (NuFAD).• Used the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) for analysis of terrorism trends.• Collaborated on the analysis of the Terrorist Ideologies Project (TIP).• Participated in Red Teaming exercises.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Developed project proposals and concept notes involving Countering Violent Extremist (CVE), messaging campaigns, women empowerment, rule of law, and Human Rights to the United States Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, State Global Engagement Center (GEC), and USAID. • Developed Monitoring & Evaluation indicators for projects in those areas.• Organized data collected during CVE projects in Afghanistan and wrote reports to be sent to the donors. • Produced a comprehensive compilation of local perspectives about drivers of extremism and recommendations about dealing with the issue in order to assist the Afghan National Security Council in its efforts to develop the first National CVE Strategy for Afghanistan.

Pullman, Wa

• Taught Politics of Developing Nations (in person), International Politics (online), and Gender and Politics (online), developed course curricula and virtual learning spaces, and facilitated students’ discussions.• Designed and facilitated workshop for the National Education for Women (NEW) Summer Institute of 2016, teaching young women how to improve political decision-making.• Presented papers at the following conferences:Midwest Political Science Association Conference – Panel presentation (Chicago, IL) “Changing God’s Expectations and Women’s Consequent Behaviors – April 2017 How ISIS Manipulates “Divine Commandments” to Influence Women’s Role in Jihad” Midwest Political Science Association Conference – Junior Scholar Symposium (Chicago, IL) “Exclusion among Political Decision-Makers: How Social Rejection Leads to April 2017 Information Avoidance and Aggressive Behaviors” - With Brittany Wood & Nathan Mikami Association for Politics and the Life Sciences Conference – Panel presentation (Chicago, IL) “The Moral Basis of Female Recruitment in Terrorist Groups – An analysis of Dar al-Islam” April 2016 Pacific Northwest Political Science Association Conference – Panel presentation (Boise, ID) “Afterlife Beliefs and Risk Perception” October, 2015

Pullman, Wa

• Served as teaching assistant for International Politics, Comparative Politics, European Politics, US Foreign Relations, Political Psychology, and US National Security Policy courses.

Pullman, Wa

• Observed, coded, and analyzed data for a project involving the security of hazardous materials’ transport • Assisted with the design of surveys to evaluate efficacy of human, social, and health services project

Recife Area, Brazil

• Taught French as a foreign language (all levels, individual instruction, around 15 students)

Lyon Area, France

• Developed a comparative study investigating social-medical public policies for people with disabilities in four European regions (Rhône-Alpes, Baden-Württemberg, Lombardia, and Catalunya). • Conducted interviews with directors of specialized NGOs and local government employees working with disability policy. • Visited the Epilepsiezentrum Kork in Germany and other specialized institutions in France to observe policy implementation. • Attended conferences in France and Germany regarding disability issues to research alternative policies implemented elsewhere and different outcomes produced.

Recife Area, Brazil

Recife Area, Brazil

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Political Science

Political Psychology and International Relations

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Political Science

Political Science And Government

Bachelor'S Degree, International Relations And Affairs

Journalism