Authored a policy report titled “Confrontation or Cooperation? Inter-Branch Conflict and Kuwait’s Political Crisis”Evaluated the 2022 project of one of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)’s civil-society partner organizations in KuwaitComposed three German-language “Medienmonitor” reports to inform KAS colleagues and members of the CDU/CSU Bundestag delegation about how Arabic-language media outlets in Qatar, Oman, and Kuwait cover the war in UkraineHelped successfully organize KAS’s two-day conference on “Economic Diversification in the Gulf States” in Salalah, Oman through translating conference materials from/into German, English, and Arabic and supporting the office manager with logistical arrangementsConducted desk research about Gulf investment in Jordan, Hashemite-Al Saud relations, Saudi Aseel tribes, and the history of Jordanian expatriates in the Gulf for KAS’s representative to the Gulf States

Published in-depth risk analyses examining political conflicts impacting MENA countries, focusing on forecasting how these situations may develop in the short and medium term

Rendered and edited Arabic-English translations of documentary evidence pertaining to criminal cases and lawsuits brought forth by U.S.-based parties against governmental and private-sector entities in Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, and SudanRendered and edited Arabic-English and French-English translations of documents related to refugee asylum cases involving Egyptian and Congolese nationalsRendered and edited French-English translations of program booklets for USAID contractors operating in Morocco and TunisiaWrote applications for translation contracts from think tanks, NGOs, and governmental institutions in the DC area, convincing these organizations to choose Beyond Words for their translation needsOrganized and led meetings with clients to discuss bids for forthcoming translation contractsCollaborated with clients seeking Beyond Words' interpreting services in order to coordinate the efficient installation of interpreting equipment before events, as well as its removal following the conclusion of these gatheringsManaged a team of 9 translators working remotely from Europe and Asia to ensure timely submission of projectsSupervised the translation of the website of a prominent, DC-based NGO from English into Arabic, utilizing my reading ability in both languages to identify repeated text across different pages of the website, reducing our translators' workload and facilitating the rendering of a consistent, standardized translation in the processReorganized Beyond Words’ financial records from 2012-present to better facilitate profit and loss tracking

Researched the relationship between innovation and economic growth in Africa, focusing especially on the formal and informal innovation activities of micro-enterprises and small businesses in Egypt's private sectorEdited an article by Dr. Nagla Rizk that examines the shortcomings of conventional innovation indices and argues for alternative approaches to measuring innovation in Africa for content and style to prepare it for journal submissionEdited a 1,500-word report, written in English, that details the results of an innovation activity survey Dr. Rizk conducted in CairoTranslated this 1,500-word report into Arabic

Interviewed 56 Bdoul and Layathna tribespeople about the impact of tourism development on tribal life in Petra during two GWU-funded trips to Petra, Jordan in August 2018 and March 2019 for my senior thesis fieldworkPresented my findings at GW Research Days 2019, the 2019 Dean’s Scholars Symposium, and the Princeton Undergraduate Near Eastern Studies Conference, winning second prize at GW Research DaysWill publish my findings in the Oxford Middle East Review (Accepted January 2020) and the Columbia Journal of Politics and Society (Accepted March 2020)Publications:Reeves, N. (2020). Traditional Sheikhs and Tribal Entrepreneurs: Tribal Hierarchies, Governmental Development Policies, and the Struggle over Representation in Petra’s Tourism Economy. Oxford Middle East Review 4(1).Reeves, N. (2020). Tribal Favoritism or Class-Based Differentiation? Class, Tribal Identity, and Interpretations of State-Led Tourism Development in Petra, Jordan. Columbia Journal of Politics and Society.

Used fixed-effects regression analysis to examine how political instability affects tourism to the MENA regionPublished my thesis in the second volume of the GW Undergraduate Review (May 2019)Publications:Reeves, N. (2019). The Impact of Political Instability on the Tourism Sector in the Middle East and North Africa. GW Undergraduate Review 2(1): 93-107.

Interviewed Dr. Bader Al-Madi, a political science professor at the University of Jordan, about strategies his tribe, the Al-Madi, employed to host fellow Al-Madi tribespeople fleeing Dera’a Province in his village in Northern JordanWrote a paper proposing that the Jordanian government encourage the implementation of the Al-Madi’s tribal assimilation model in other cross-border tribal communities in Northern Jordan, arguing that such a move would reduce the number of refugees relying on Jordan’s already-strained governmental refugee hosting infrastructure by approximately 15 percentPublished opinion pieces about developments in the conflict in Southern Syria on peacefare.netAnalyzed Washington-area think tank events about current Middle East challenges in blog posts on peacefare.netCompiled “Peace Picks,” a weekly list of think tank events pertinent to peace and conflict studies, on peacefare.netProvided weekly oral reports to Dr. Daniel Serwer about the developments of the conflict in Southern Syria by synthesizing Arabic- and English-language news articlesSelected Publications:Reeves, N. (2018, July 25). Dialogue, restricted speech, or infiltration? Peacefare.net. https://www.peacefare.net/2018/07/25/dialogue-restricted-speech-or-infiltration/.Reeves, N. (2018, July 20). The elephant in the room. Peacefare.net. https://www.peacefare.net/2018/07/20/the-elephant-in-the-room/.Reeves, N. (2018, July 12). All eyes on Russia. Peacefare.net. https://www.peacefare.net/2018/07/12/all-eyes-on-russia/.Reeves, N. (2018, June 21). The Levant: from bad to worse. Peacefare.net. https://www.peacefare.net/2018/06/21/the-levant-from-bad-to-worse/.

Conducted weekly tutoring sessions for student athletes struggling in introductory Arabic and Economics courses.Instilled good study habits in these students by assigning extra assignments that forced students to utilize the course textbookHelped one introductory Arabic student improve her grade in the course from a "D" to an "A"