Callie Rhoades says a research opportunity at the IU Institute for Korean Studies helped her go from studying Korea to pursuing a Master’s degree there. As an undergraduate, she took advantage of the George Washington-Indiana University (GW-IU) Undergraduate Research Exchange Program, and is now pursuing a Master’s in Korean Studies at Ewha Womans University in… Read more »
Jessica Storey-Nagy met her husband, who is Hungarian, while living in Denver. She said her first trip to Hungary to meet his family influenced her decision to pursue an education in Hungarian Studies. She ultimately chose the Central Eurasian Studies M.A. and Ph.D. programs at the Indiana University (IU) Hamilton Lugar School of Global and… Read more »
Eric Schluessel studied the Uyghur language at Indiana University and is now a leading social historian in the study of China and Central Asia, including Xinjiang, the regional home to China’s Uyghur people. Schluessel is an assistant professor of history and international affairs at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs. “When I… Read more »
FLAS fellowships support Indiana University students in study of world languages, regions Indiana University alumna Keely Bakken was born in Chicago, grew up in Las Vegas, and chose IU for college on her father’s recommendation to return to the Midwest. Bakken majored in International Studies and Spanish before earning a Master of Arts in Central… Read more »
Keely Bakken, Indiana University Hamilton Lugar School alumna, is now a Supervisory Policy Analyst at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. As an analyst on the research team, Bakken’s work is to monitor and document religious freedom conditions in her regions of expertise: Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Turkey. Bakken majored in International Studies… Read more »
Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) alumna Neelam Patel plays a key role in hosting international delegations visiting the state of Indiana. Patel, who graduated from HLS in May 2022 with a B.S. in International Studies and a B.A. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, is now the manager of the International Visitor Leadership Program at the… Read more »
Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) alumna Alex Lebel says “curiosity mixed with a love of history” sparked her interest in international studies. Her degree has led to her current position as an intelligence analyst with the Washington/Baltimore HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area), where her work helps to reduce drug trafficking. Lebel graduated from HLS in… Read more »
Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) doctoral candidate Tonya Kenny Dodez has been named a Minerva-funded Peace and Security Scholar. This prestigious award is part of the United States Institute of Peace 2022-2023 Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellow program which recognizes twenty applicants who “demonstrated the greatest potential to advance the peacebuilding field and the strongest likelihood to… Read more »
IU Hamilton Lugar School alumnus Evan Wright, BA East Asian Languages and Cultures ’22, is now a Science Policy Fellow with the Institute for Defense Analyses and a Nonresident Fellow with the Johns Hopkins University – Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies. Wright will work full… Read more »
The IU Hamilton Lugar School’s Language Workshop attracted 300 students from across the country this summer to complete one year of language training in only eight weeks. These students now join thousands of Workshop alumni, including former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie L. Yovanovitch, among other ambassadors, diplomats, academics, military members, and professionals in a… Read more »