Education

EDUCATION

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, PhD Candidate (ABD)

PhD: International Relations

Specialization: International Law, Civil Society, Democracy, Human Rights, International Organizations

Dissertation: The Rise and Spread of Undemocratic Civil Society Laws in Democratic States

 

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, MA, 2013

MA: International Relations

Specialization: International and Comparative Law, Civil Society Organizations, Human Rights

Honors: Summa Cum Laude (earned only As in all courses taken); Departmental Fellow; Jill Hopper Memorial Fellow; Distinction on Comp Exams; Winner of Oxtoby Paper Prize (Twice)

 

OXFORD UNIVERSITY, ST. ANTONY’S COLLEGE, MPhil, 2007

MPhil: Modern Middle Eastern Studies

Specialization: Political Islam, American Foreign Policy in the Middle East, International Relations of the Middle East

Honors:  Summa Cum Laude (earned the equivalent of all As in all courses taken);Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar, Recipient of Academic Scholarship to Study at the University of Jordan

 

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, JD, 2005

Specialization:  International, Human, & Comparative Law

Activities: Afghanistan Legal History Project, Islamic Legal Studies Program, Human Rights Journal, Women’s Bar Association

 

THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY, BA, 2002

Majors: Religion & Psychology

Honors: Summa Cum Laude (earned As in all courses taken); Highest Honors on Senior Thesis; Phi Beta Kappa; Recipient of the Van Horn Award for “Best Senior Thesis”

 

THE UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN, ARABIC INSTITUTE, 2006

Program: Immersive Arabic Language Program