Thomas Lasater Email & Phone Number

Chapel Hill, NC, US

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

-Oversees the day-to-day functions of the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center and serves as the main program contact for Rotary Peace Fellows at Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill-Organizes programming that engages and supports inbound Fulbright awardees at UNC-Chapel Hill, increases interaction with other faculty and students, and elevates the profile of the Fulbright.

-Managed a portfolio of social media intelligence (SMI) operations across a variety of platforms for several high-profile protectees, tracking current events and monitoring developing threats against VIPs. Drafted reports on collected information that were relayed to protectees’ security details and corporate executives- Analyzed national and international.

Rome, Italy

• Selected as one of seven Americans to intern at the Embassy of the United States to Italy in Rome and placed in the Embassy’s Political Section working on political-military affairs.Achievements:
• Drafted briefing memos for the Ambassador and the Deputy Chief of Mission for meetings with senior officials in Rome. Attended said meetings as a note-taker on several occasions.
• Identified opportunities to strengthen Embassy relationships with partners at the NATO Defense College, OSCE conferences, and Rome-based think tanks. Compiled reports on counterterrorism/security in the Middle East.
• Drafted remarks for Embassy Rome’s Political Minister-Counselor for delivery at an event hosted by a Rome-based think tank.
• Organized a visit to US Embassy Rome for the American and Italian interns at the US consulates in Italy (Milan, Naples, and Florence) for the purposes of touring the compound and meeting with Foreign Service Officers.
• Responsible for independently managing the selection process for the Political Section's Summer 2019 intern, reviewing dozens of internship applications, conducting phone interviews, and making the final selection..

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

• Hired as a graduate teaching assistant for the 2018 spring semester undergraduate course GLBL 210: Global Issues and Globalization
• Responsibilities include conducting two recitations a week, consulting on course assignments, and grading written assignments over the course of the semester.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

• Hired upon returning to the University of North Carolina as a summer student worker to assist with the basic operations of the Research and Instructional Services Department in the Wilson Special Collections Library.
• Responsibilities included handling and reshelving of library materials, supervision of the handling of Rare Books and North Carolina Collection materials by patrons, and organizing and preparing the Collection’s ‘UNC.

Trento, Italy

Worked with students of various ages and nationalities, teaching basic English grammar and conversational skills over a five-month period during my time in Italy.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

• Assisted with various library operations, including the handling and processing of library materials (periodicals, rare books, etc.) for the purposes of cataloging.
• Special projects including processing Wilson Library's Old Library Collection and participating as a library representative in the Rare Book Collection's Acquisition Evening for patrons.
• Received the Student Employee Appreciation Award from the University Library and the Student Library Advisory Board in 2016, awarded each year to four undergraduates on the basis of “excellent customer service.

Master Of Arts - Ma, International/Global Studies

Concentration: Global Politics, Institutions, and Societies Contributor to UNC's “Building Integrated Communities” Project (BIC), a.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Double Major In Political Science And Religious Studies

Activities and Societies: One-month study abroad spent on the Huqoq Excavation Project in northern Israel during the summer of 2015, with.