Fellows

Fellows Spring 2007

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Brian Edward Karlsson – Ph.D. Candidate, Comparative Politics/Political Theory
Mr. Karlsson will examine the evolution of ethnic conflict in contemporary Europe, in particular the current tensions of the Slovene minority in Austria. He is the recipient of the Wolfgang and Astrid Kraus Graduate Scholarship and the Presidential Merit Fellowship at GWU. He holds a B.A. in Economics and Public Policy from the University of Chicago.

Agnes Malatinszky – Undergraduate, International Affairs/Philosophy
Ms. Malatinszky will conduct research on the status of Roma in Hungary and other Eastern and Central European countries. In the summer of 2006, she received the George Gamow Fellowship to travel to Hungary and examine the conflict between Roma and Hungarians. Her work as a Fellow will be a continuation of this research. Ms. Malatinszky is a Presidential Scholarship recipient and a National Merit Scholar.

Ysbrant A. Marcelis – M.A. Candidate, International Affairs
Mr. Marcelis will conduct his research on how the situation in Afghanistan plays a crucial role in defining the future of NATO and the EU. He earned an M.A. and a B.A. in Political Science and International Political Economy from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He serves as the Associate Director for International Policy and Geo-economics at the Center for the Study of Presidency and was an advisor to the recently completed Iraq Study Group.

Medlir Mema – Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science
Mr. Mema will study the competing influences of international organizations on individual states in the Balkans, starting with Albania. He holds an M.A. in European Studies and International Economics from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and a B.A. in political science from Utah State University. He is also the recipient of the University and Dalsemer and Niarchos Fellowships.

Whitney Nollau – Undergraduate, International Affairs
Ms. Nollau will research the levels of democratization and market reforms in Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary since joining the European Union. In addition, she will look at Russia's policies towards the former Eastern bloc countries. Ms. Nollau will also draw from her experience as a student in Budapest where she interned with the NATO Partnership for Peace program.

Chintan Patel – Undergraduate, International Affairs and Political Science
Mr. Patel was selected as an IERES Fellow during the fall and he will continue his work this semester. He is analyzing how liberal intergovernmentalism explains EU policy outcomes and he is working closely with Michal Safianik, IERES Visiting Scholar, on the Institute's "EU — Challenges Ahead" lecture series.

Christopher Paun – M.A. Candidate, International Studies
Mr. Paun will compare police reforms in Poland, Hungary and Bosnia-Herzegovina in the context of democratization. He is a recipient of the German-American Fulbright Commission and Friedrich Naumann Foundation Scholarships. He is simultaneously pursuing a Masters' degree in International Relations from Free University in Berlin.

Angela Peura – M.A. Candidate, International Science/Technology Policy
Ms. Peura will analyze Kazakhstan's space program, its relationship to Russia and the program's prospects for aiding the development and diversification of Kazakhstan's economy. She will look at India's space program as a model for developing countries. Previously, Ms. Peura has served as a Research Assistant the Elliott School's Space Policy Institute and as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kazakhstan.

Christopher Wong – Undergraduate, International Affairs/Anthropology
Mr. Wong will analyze organ trafficking in Eastern Europe from an anthropological perspective. His work will culminate in his senior honors thesis, which explores questions of structural violence, the body as commodity and balancing medical, social and economic risks. Mr. Wong is in the George Washington University's honors program and is a Presidential Scholarship recipient.

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