Kailas Menon
Kailas Menon is a second-year student in the Master of Science in Foreign Service Program. He is in the Global Politics and Security concentration. He is also pursuing a graduate certificate in Refugees, Migration, and Humanitarian Emergencies through Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of International Migration.
Before attending Georgetown, Kailas had just completed his undergraduate degree at Connecticut College, where he majored in International Relations and Psychology. He participated in internships with the US Senate and the US Department of State throughout his studies. He also studied abroad in Freiburg, Germany where he learned about the European Union and became proficient in German. Last summer, Kailas worked as a Research Assistant at the United States Institute of Peace. During his first year in the MSFS program, he completed a two-year stint with the US Department of State. Kailas was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a competitive sculler and a piano player. He has also interned with the United Nations International Organization for Migration.