Washington DC

Student Stories and Projects

Allyson Rimmer, NPTS ’18

Stimson Center, South Asia

Anna Rasmussen MPA ’14

The World Bank Group

Ashley Gauer, IEM/MPA ’17

DPMI Client Project with Grameen Foundation, 2017

Benjamin (Ben) Playfair, IPD ’18

DPMI Client Project, Grameen Foundation Spring Break, 2017

Brandon Huck, ITED ’16

ITED Washinton DC Semester & U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA)

Caitlin Jamison, NPTS ’18

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)

Castelline Tilus, IPD ’18

U.S. Department of State

Chelsea Lavallee, IEM/MPA ’18

 DPMI Client Project with Root Change over the Spring Break ’17

Ekshana Karki Chhetri, MPA ’18

World Learning, Washington, D.C.

Jake Reckford, IEM ’17

IEM Practicum with AIRC, 2017

Jenna Hudson, IPD ’19

NAMATI As the Global Programs Fellow at Namati, I was fortunate to witness a kind of organizational team that I think is very important and should be incorporated into more international development organizations. During my time, my work varied, but generally focused on providing support across programs, using data to inform strategy, facilitating learning, and… Continue Reading Jenna Hudson, IPD ’19

Jenna Hudson, IPD ’19

Search for Common Ground Summer Internship

Jennifer Scott, IEP ’16

Frontier Market Scouts (FMS) Washington DC, 2016

Jonathan Fain, IPD ’18

Internship with Mercy Corps Summer 2017

Kimani DeShields-Williams, IPD ’18

DPMI Client Project with FHI 360 over Spring Break, 2017

Laura Schroeder, IPD ’18

Research Fellow, The Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Laura Schroeder, IPD ’18

IPSS at InterAction, Washington, D.C.

Leo Ayala, ITED ’17

Intern, Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) Summer 2017

Lieselotte Siegenthaler, NPTS ’17

Summer Intern, Center for Climate Security (CCS)

Luciane Coletti, IEP ’18

Conservation International

Mary Chen, NPTS ’19

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) Summer Internship

Maxwell Petersen, NPTS ’17

IPSS with Atlantic Council, DC 

Megan Gularte, NPTS ’18

Intern, United States State Department, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Summer 2017

Mikki Franklin, NPTS ’18

Combating Terrorism Center, West Point

Sarah Kaster, NPTS ’19

START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism) & US Department of State

Shirin Khan, NPTS ’17

IPSS with Atlantic Council, DC

Stephanie Villalobos, IPD ’18

William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, Washington, D.C.

Studying Migration on the Darién Gap: A Diplomacy Lab Project

Jake Lopata (NPTS ’25) participated in a Diplomacy Lab project in collaboration with the U.S. State Department studying migration along the Darién Gap. Here is more about their project (another participants included: Tom Short (ITED/MPA ’25) and Lucy Inkster (Middlebury College ’25)). Read about Tom’s experience here. Experiential Learning (EL): Describe your work. Jake Lopata… Continue Reading Studying Migration on the Darién Gap: A Diplomacy Lab Project

William (Billy) Holness, IEP ’17

UN Environment – North America Office