James is a candidate in the Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) program at Georgetown University concentrating in Global Politics and Security. James is both a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Georgia – 2018) and United States Army veteran. In the United States Army, he was a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons specialist having served in Korea and Germany.

James’ academic interests include Eastern European and Eurasian regional studies, weapons of mass destruction counterproliferation, US foreign policy and security policy, and diplomatic studies. He studied political science and international relations at the University of Florida, receiving his bachelor’s degree in the former and a certificate in the latter in 2016.

James can speak Georgian at an advanced level, and has beginner level language skills in Spanish and Russian.