More great news about faculty and student achievements!

Happy July!

We have just heard that Dr. Richard Scotch will receive the first Distinguished Contributions to the Field Award on Disability and Society from the American Sociological Association.  Congratulations to Dr. Scotch for the recognition of his achievement from his peers!

IPE sophomore Addison Larson received a Critical Language Scholarship to study Arabic in Oman!  She is continuing our tradition of earning half of the Critical Language Scholarships awarded to students at UTD.  Good job, Addison!

MS IPE Student Nancy Bellino was also awarded an internship with the Department of State!  She will follow Dan Hinson (MPP) who also was awarded the internship last fall.

Good job everyone!

Cheers-

Another Fulbright for IPE!

Congratulations to Braeden Mayer BS IPE 2013 for winning a Fulbright to go to Venezuela!  Well done Braeden!  Keep us posted and send us pictures!

Our amazing students are keeping up our program record of being half of the university's recipients of the Fulbright and Critical Language Fellowships.  


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Spring Internships!

The most fun I have grading is to read about about our students' experiences in their internships.  

Here is a short selection of where our students interned this spring:

• International Rescue Committee
• US State Department
• USAID
• BBVA Compass
• The Eastern Ukrainian Center for Civic Initiatives (EUCCI)
• Workers Defense Project/ Proyecto Defensa Laboral

Good job!

JH

Hi all,

It is the time of year when people share good news!

Congratulations to Alero Akporiaye (Ph.D. 2014).  She will be teaching at Bates College next year!

Nancy Bellino (MS IPE) was selected into the Pathways Internship Experience Program (IEP) with the U.S. Department of State. 

Maija Wallace (IPE 2012) (current Fulbright in Spain) will attend begin studies in Paris for a Masters in International Development at the L'institut d'études politiques à Paris, aka SciencesPo.

Keep us posted with your successes.

JH

Good news from our undergraduates!

One of the most exciting things about being program head is hearing all the good news from our recent graduates and students.

Three recent International Political Economy graduates and students shared their recent placements with me.

Anthoniafred C Okafor is in Washington DC as a fellow in the Running Start program.  She is working with Senator Ayotte (R-NH). 

Dani Litovsky has started working as a journalist and researcher at Archival Magazine (http://archivalmagazine.com/)

Eileen Daly is working in marketing for Misa Imports, a multinational corporation that specializes in importing wine from all the best regions.

Cheers to the three of you!  I expect to see more of Antonia in politics, will follow Dani's writing, and may even drink some of Eileen's imported wine.

JH

Internships available!

Hi all,

IPESA has been busy working to identify good internship opportunities for you!

They have identified internships at Exxon Mobil, Texas Instruments, and Accenture (paid).

If you aren't a member, you can reach them at:

ipesa.utdallas@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/ipe.utd

The NCPA is also looking for interns.

Get busy folks!  These are great opportunities.

Alumni Notes!

Congratulations to recent PPPE alumni.  Here are just a few placements & promotions.

• Sai Loganathan, who graduated in 2009, just joined NORC at their DC office. 
• Kara Sutton (PhD Spring 13) is a research manager at the Dallas County Juvenile Department.
• Michelle Leake, (PhD Summer 13), is a research coordinator with the Fort Worth ISD. 
• Malinda Hicks (PhD Fall 13) is continuing as an analyst for the federal HHS Office of the Inspector General in Dallas.
• Rubana Ahmed (PhD Spring 2012) is working as a Senior Economist at the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI).  She is an Assistant Professor of Economics & Social Sciences at BRAC University in Dhaka.  (BRAC is  one of the largest non-government development organizations in the world. The University follows in line with BRAC’s mission to promote an ardent spirit of education to attain sustainable development.)

Good job!  If you have any news you would like to share, please contact me at jholmes@utdallas.edu