Master's Placement
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When they finish their degrees, MA students will be well-positioned to continue to a Ph.D. program and qualified to pursue careers with internationally-oriented organizations. Among our MA graduates are those who secured positions with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the Strauss Center for International Security and Law at Harvard, the Islamic Law Library at Harvard, and the Defense Attaché Office.
2020
Dabya Al Rafaei
Supervisor: Zoltan Barany
Founder and Organizer, The Gulf Critical Theory Educational Program
Abby Attia
Supervisor: Faegheh Shirazi
Program Associate, Asia and the Pacific Divison, Rule of Law Initiative, American Bar Association
Elizabeth Ennenga
Supervisor: Mikiya Koyagi
Student Service Expert in the Office of Student Finance, University of Oklahoma
Denise Gomez
Supervisor: Benjamin Claude Brower
AP Human Geography Teacher; Houston, Texas
Matthew Lancaster
Supervisor: Joseph Straubhaar
Bilingual Customer Service Representative; Social Security Administration
Mona Mostofi
Supervisor: Karen Grumberg
Faculty Assistant and Program Coordinator, Persian Flagship Program, University of Maryland
Destiny Mundy
Supervisor: Hina Azam
Administrative Assistant at the Texas Workforce Commission
Lee Rooney
Supervisor: Samy Ayoub
Associate Director at Dundon Advisors LLC
Ari Tolany
Supervisor: Samy Ayoub
Scoville Peace Fellow at The Stimson Center; Washington D.C.
Aaron Wolfson
Supervisors: Samy Ayoub and Jeremi Suri
Research Manager at Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED)
2019
Amy Broome
Supervisor: Mohammad Mohammad
Host Employer Relations Manager at Alliance Abroad Group
Patrick Harned
Supervisor: Zoltan Barany
Research Data Specialist, Princeton University
Robyn Morse
Supervisor: Kamran Aghaie
Ph.D. student, Department of History, the University of Virginia
Blake Pye
Supervisor: Azfar Moin
Ph.D. student, Department of Religious Studies, the University of Texas at Austin
2018
Casey Boyles
Supervisor: Jason Brownlee
Brumley Next Generation Graduate Fellow at The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law
Evan Burt
Supervisors: Jeremi Suri and Zoltan Barany
Researcher at TD International, LLC; Washington D.C.
Adam Crawford
Supervisor: Jeremi Suri
Homeland Security Analyst at California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
Courtney Diranieh
Supervisor: Mohammad Mohammad
Arabic and English language instructor, Austin Independent School District
Amber Howard
Supervisors: Faegheh Shirazi, Blake Atwood
Event and Program Coordinator, Clements Center for National Security; UT Austin
Amanda Jarvis
Supervisor: Kamran Aghaie
Academic Advisor, Utah Valley University
Catherine Malek
Supervisor: Blake Atwood
Journalism Instructor at Huston-Tillotson University
Tori Pell
Supervisors: Hina Azam, Faegheh Shiraz
Communication and Advocacy, Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace
Darya Rudych
Supervisor: Jeremi Suri
Product Data Analyst at Genesis Tech; Kiev, Ukraine
Bryan Sitzes
Supervisors: Kamran Aghaie, Faegheh Shirazi
Ph.D. student, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, The University of Texas at Austin
Nicholas Teale
Supervisors: Zoltan Barany, Samy Ayoub
Data Analyst, Apex Systems; Austin, Texas
Zuli Nigeer Yasen
Supervisor: Jeremi Suri
Legislative Team Lead; Texas Health and Human Services
2017
Agaate Antson
Supervisor: Kamran Aghaie
Editor at Postimees AS, Estonia
Mitchell Bacci
Supervisor: Tarek El-Ariss, Yoav Di-Capua
Ph.D. Candidate, History and Middle Eastern Studies; Harvard University
Samuel Belcher
Supervisor:
History Teacher; King's Academy, Jordan
Caitlin Sale
Supervisor:
Consultant at Wright State Research Corporation
Angela Tripp
Supervisor:
Freelance Writer
David Wood
Supervisor:
Journalist; The Switchers
2016
Camille Bossut
Supervisors:
Compliance Analyst; Credit Suisse
Norah Elamir
Supervisors: Denise Spellberg, Dale Correa
Program Officer and Outreach Coordinator, Arabic Flagship Program, the University of Texas at Austin
Sophia Golvach, MA, J.D.
Supervisors: Hina Azam, Robert Chesney
Judicial Law Clerk, El Paso County, Texas
Reem Harb
Supervisors: Yoav Di-Capua, Mahmoud Al-Batal
Senior Resettlement Assistant, UNHCR
Jeanne Canan Kaba
Supervisors: Kamran Aghaie, Jeannette Okur
Program Coordinator and Communications Director, Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law
