It gives us great pleasure to welcome you, whether you are a student, staff, faculty or visitor, and to invite you to browse our web site for programs and offerings of our School.  This website aims to give you an overview of activities sponsored and initiated by SPIA, including conference programs and special events.  SPIA also brings together faculty across campus in interdisciplinary mode to advance research and education on issues of critical importance in today’s global society.

Student Internship Blog:
For updates from students participating in internships or traveling abroad, please check out their blog, SPIA ABROAD.

Students interned this past summer in, among other places:

• Santiago, Chile (U.S. Commercial Service in Chile)
• Cairo, Egypt (Ibn Khaldun Center)
• Nairobi, Kenya (Dadaab Refugee Camps)
• Timor-Leste (Mercy Corps)
• Rockland, Maine (Island Institute)
• Washington, DC
  - Africa Center for Strategic Studies
  - Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

View locations of recent SPIA Internships:

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