International Studies

For my course Gender and International Relations, my final project was to write about an issue that relates to both. In this essay, I analyze the function of gender in the context of globalization and how it results in harm to women garment workers.

In Introduction to Global Health, I had to chose a health issue in a population that creates a gradient, with some more healthy than others. In analyzing the United States, I found that financial security largely impacts weight outcomes.

For this project in Comparative Development Strategies, I got to create a simulated grant proposal to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a project of my choosing. Being half Ethiopian, I wanted to create a project focused on prevention and awareness in the country's capital. Read to see if you'd give me $100k.

In Migration and Development, I was asked to turn an argumentative essay surrounding migration and development into an op-ed. In this article, I discuss the realities of Honduran women migrants, and how the U.S could be better supporting them.

Development Geographies: Livelihood and Policy Contexts was a course I took to better understand the nuances of global development, and how they vary by region. In this essay, I analyzed whether global poverty was the result of uneven development or local failures.

Global Corporate Responsibility was one of the most interesting classes I've taken in my field because it gave me such a new understanding of major players on the global stage. In this project, I took on the coffee giant Starbucks to see if their responsible policies were up to par.