Master of Science in Foreign Service

Internships are a crucial way not only to build connections but to sample different types of work and help focus your studies. My internships with both the U.S. Committee for Refugees in Washington, D.C. and UNHCR in Ethiopia have given me a broader picture of how displaced populations factor into international attempts to resolve violent conflicts and rebuild in their aftermath. While concentrating academically on conflict management, these internships have allowed me to look at my MSFS classroom experience through the lens of humanitarian imperatives and refugee protection. They also allowed me to study conflict-related refugee flows in depth in two completely different regions - the Balkans and East Africa.