EDUCATION

Ph.D. in History. Clark University. Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Worcester, MA (2021)
Dissertation: Kwibuka: Divergent Memories and Quests for Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda
Specializations: 20th century African History; Transitional Justice

M.A. in International Law and Diplomacy. The Fletcher School, Tufts University. Medford, MA (2014)
M.A. Thesis: Memorializing Genocide in Rwanda: Perspectives from Governmental, Communal, and Personal Memorial Practices
Fields of Study: International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution; Human Security

B.A. in International and Global Studies; Politics. Brandeis University. Waltham, MA (2008)
Graduated magna cum laude with High Honors in the Politics Department (Honors Thesis)
Minor: French Language and Literature

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

University of Massachusetts Boston 2022-Present
McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies
Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development (CPDD). Boston, Massachusetts
Senior Fellow

University of Massachusetts Boston 2022-2025
McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies
Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security and Global Governance. Boston, Massachusetts
Lecturer in Conflict Resolution

Boston University 2022-2023
Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. Boston, Massachusetts
Course Instructor

Boston University 2021-2023
African Studies Center. Boston, Massachusetts
Visiting Researcher

AWARDS, HONORS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

  • Next Generation Award (Faculty Level). The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. 2024
  • Honorable Mention, Lynne Rienner Publishers Award for Best Dissertation, International Studies 2024
  • Association (ISA) Human Rights Section
  • The John W. McCormack Graduate School for Policy and Global Studies (MGS) Dean’s Office Faculty 2023
  • Funds for Advancing Research (DOFFFAR) Individual Research Award. University of Massachusetts Boston
  • Graduate Research Fellow. The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School 2019-2020
  • Next Generation Award. The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School 2019
  • “Convening Justice: A Comparative Study of Stakeholder Negotiations on Justice Policy in Rwanda
  • and the African Union”
  • Royal Air Maroc Student Travel Award. African Studies Association 2018
  • Finalist, “Atlantic Dialogues” in Morocco, top 50 out of 3,000 emerging leaders worldwide 2018
  • Fulbright-IIE Scholar for Doctoral Research. Rwanda 2017-2018
  • Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace (IRDP). Kigali, Rwanda 2017-2018
  • National Security Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Fellowship for Kinyarwanda Study 2017-2018
  • (Declined the award)
  • Ralph and Sidney Rose Doctoral Fellow. Clark University 2017-2018
  • Cummings Foundation Doctoral Fellow. Clark University 2014-2017
  • Inaugural Fellow. Ife Institute for Advanced Studies. Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Nigeria 2017
  • Transitional Justice Research Fellow. The Netherlands Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies 2017
  • Keynote Speaker. Millennium Campus Conference for youth leaders. Rabat, Morocco 2017
  • Graduate Studies Association Conference Travel Award. Clark University 2015
  • Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Award Finalist, Kinyarwanda Language Study. Boston University 2015
  • Selected as TED Talk presenter, TedxFulbright, “Exploring Stories of Genocide and Justice after Conflict” 2015
  • Raphael Lemkin Scholar. Armenian Genocide Museum Institute. Yerevan, Armenia 2014
  • Ruhl J. Bartlett Fellow (academic). The Fletcher School at Tufts University 2014
  • Fulbright-IIE Scholar (research). University of Lausanne, Switzerland 2011-2012
  • Brandeis University Achievement Award and Scholarship. Brandeis University 2005-2008

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Massachusetts Boston
Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security and Global Governance
Courses:
• Advanced Intervention – Restorative Justice and Conflict Resolution
• Social Science Research Methods
• Theories of Conflict Resolution
• Cross-Cultural Conflict Resolution
• Conflict Resolution Master’s Capstone Seminar (full semester)

Boston University
Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies (Political Science/International Relations Departments)
Course: Special Topics in Political Science- “Rwanda: Genocide and Its Aftermath”

School for International Training (SIT)
Study Abroad Program in Rwanda and Uganda
Course: “Post-Genocide Restoration and Peacebuilding”

Emerson College
Emerson Prison Initiative (university-level courses for incarcerated students in Massachusetts)
Graduate Teaching Assistant for Professor Eric Gordon (Emerson College)
Course: “Media Criticism and Theory”
Graduate Teaching Assistant for Professor Shelly Tenenbaum (Clark University)
Course: “Comparative Genocide”

Clark University, International Development Department
Graduate Teaching Assistant for Professor Anita Fábos
Course: “Development and Displacement in the Contemporary World”

Clark University, Sociology Department
Graduate Teaching Assistant for Professor Shelly Tenenbaum
Course: “Comparative Genocide”

Clark University, International Development Department
Graduate Teaching Assistant for Professor Ken MacLean
Course: “Visualizing Human Rights”

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