Robert Wilson Email & Phone Number

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Remote

- Aided Senior Fellow and University of Pennsylvania Associate Professor Dr. Julia Gray on her projectexamining the legal immunities of international organizations around the world.- Researched specific states with regards to the legal immunities they award to an array of internationalorganizations.- Aggregated data from several French-speaking and MENA states to compare variables such as legalimmunities, regime type, and level of state immunity.- Organized IO treaties based on the presence of immunity clauses and, if present, which specificimmunities were guaranteed by the agreements and the organization’s legal/judicial personality.

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- Wrote weekly literature reviews on a range of topics from democratization, citizen engagement, political parties, candidate selection, elections, civil association, and shrinking democratic spaces.- Sourced relevant online journals, articles, archives, and other related materials on elections anddemocratization as requested.- Produced bibliographies and other research documents related to the relationship between elections and democratization.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Helped develop advocacy strategies relating to a number of issues facing NGOs doing international development and humanitarian work.- Assisted in developing a potential transition document for a nascent administration expressing the needs and concerns of our member NGOs.- Scheduled and coordinated congressional staff meetings in an effort to advocate for a resolution reaffirming congressional commitments to the Feed the Future initiative. - Tracked legislation of importance to specific working groups and related initiatives with a significant focus on democracy, human rights, and governance. - Utilized Airtable to document tracked legislation, advocacy efforts, congressional outreach, and working group meetings.- Worked on several documents aggregating past appropriations related to foreign assistance, which was utilized to determine the necessary budgetary asks of our member organizations for the FY22 budget.- Produced write-ups relating to specific congressional committee meetings and other informational events necessary for our advocacy efforts.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Responsible for tracking the quarterly FEC reports and ActBlue donations of donors, endorsed candidates, and noteworthy campaigns; in addition to other metrics such as PVI scores to gauge the political viability of certain campaigns.- Drafted weekly and daily news reports salient to policy issues, which were then sent to thousands of supporters through Mailchimp.- Worked on developing several extensive datasheets that included the biographies, expertise, and contact information of leadership circle, possible surrogates, and potential future leadership circle members.- Wrote candidate backgrounders for potential endorsed candidates that included their political and career experiences, the context and status of the race, and their fundraising activities. - Aided in planning several fundraising events, whether it was working the event in person, creating invitations through Canva, writing contribution forms on ActBlue, or drafting alternative fundraising ideas following the COVID-19 pandemic. - Produced selective research for supervisors, such as politically active university groups to partner with, the lobbyist activities of specific donors, prospective experts to speak at events, or other ancillary information.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Global Governance, Politics, And Security, Gpa: 3.85/4.0

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Political Science And Government; Minor: International Studies, Gpa: 3.69/4.0

Focus: Transnationalism and Globalization