• Worked for research project titled “Aiding Resilience? The Impact of Foreign Assistance on the Dynamics of Intrastate Armed Conflict,” funded by the Minerva Initiative of the U.S. Department of Defense• Geocoded locations of development aid projects conducted in conflict-affected countries across Africa• Collaborated with other RAs to assemble profiles of trends in development aid and conflict events in multiple African countries• Conducted background research and created graphs and figures based on aid and conflict datasets

• Responsible for administrative tasks, keeping up with inventories and office accounting, coordinating events and details surrounding visiting scholars • Aid CIDCM faculty in research• Manage other office projects, such as reorganizing the office library and migrating material from our website to a new platform.

• Developed curriculum for a 4th grade class in a variety of Jewish topics• Taught students by motivating them to think critically, fostering question-based classroom discussions and guiding group activities

• Conducted literature reviews of international development interventions in education and nutrition• Wrote key sections of impact evaluation grant proposals; mapped theory of change for early childhood development program • Created graphics from datasets of international educational assessments • Managed databases of contextual questionnaires from the National Center for Education Statistics

• Participated in 8-week intensive Swahili language training at the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida • Studied Swahili language, history and culture at the State University of Zanzibar

• Researched current issues in immigration and refugee affairs and policy • Created weekly newsletter educating about immigration and refugee related legislation• Attended and reported on relevant policy and think-tank briefings • Publicized educational and advocacy events

• Built community radio station in conflict-torn area in Northern Uganda for seven weeks• Learned about international development issues through an intensive curriculum• Organized a hunger awareness and advocacy event, Global Hunger Shabbat, at the University of Maryland upon return