School of Policy and International Affairs

By Nicholas DeHaas (M.A. Global Policy/International Security & US Foreign Policy ‘12) This summer I interned for 11 weeks in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Division at the International Republican Institute (IRI) in Washington, D.C. IRI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization supporting democracy in more that 75 countries by “developing political parties, civic institutions, […]

Richmond Dickey (M.A. Global Policy/International Trade & Commerce ’13) recently enjoyed a tremendous opportunity studying and interning in Aalen, Germany. While studying international business, he worked as a consultant for Sonplas GmbH, an automotive robotics test bench manufacturer, where his primary task was to conduct a market research study on the Canadian and American automotive […]

Johanna Barrett (M.A. Global Policy/International Environmental Policy ‘12) will be a US State Department Intern at the US Mission in Leipzig Germany. This mission is the only branch of the State Department located in the former East Germany.

Zachery Phillips (M.A. Global Policy/ International Trade & Commerce ’12) spent eleven weeks working with Golden State Foods (GSF) Australasia at their vegetable processing facilities in Sydney, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand. As the pioneer of the one-stop shopping system created for McDonald’s, GSF has emerged as the largest supplier to McDonald’s, providing a range […]

By Kate Kirby M.A. Global Policy/International Environmental Policy ‘13 For the past two months, I have been working as a community engagement research assistant for the Orono Village Association, in conjunction with the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center. On paper, my job is to implement the marketing action plan developed in year […]

Last summer, Aditya Petwal (M.A. Global Policy/International Environmental Policy ‘12) interned with the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) in New York City. UNGC is a “strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.” Aditya […]

A letter from M.A. in Global Policy candidate, Katherine Farrow ‘12, who is currently interning in France Now one month into what is to be a four-month “séjour” in Montpellier, I realize just how significant this experience will be for me. Participating in a collaborative capacity at the Montpellier Laboratory for Theoretical and Applied Economics […]

For the fall of 2011, SPIA graduate student Kate Farrow plans to intern as a research assistant at the MOISA Associated Joint Research Unit in Montpellier, France, which operates under Montpellier SupAgro, the International Center for the Higher Education of Agricultural Sciences. There, she will assist researchers in investigating what leads people to adopt altruistic, […]

Sara Randall, who enrolled as a SPIA student in January 2011, has been awarded a Canadian-American Center Fellowship, which is available to graduate students in all disciplines focusing on Canada or Canadian-American relations. Along with providing a one-year stipend and a tuition waiver, the Canadian-American Fellowship will allow Sara to contribute research and analysis on […]