The National Security Education Program recently awarded two
David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarships and seven
Boren Graduate Fellowships to Georgetown students for their pursuits in language and cultural studies.
“These awards provide unique opportunities for our students to pursue study and research in disciplines leading to a more secure and peaceful future," said
Kathy Bellows, director of the Office of International Programs.
Boren scholars usually study languages that are less commonly taught such as Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Swahili. The program requires recipients to pursue work in the U.S. departments of defense, homeland security, state, areas within the intelligence community or any other federal agency with national security responsibilities.
Georgetown’s 2009 Boren Undergraduate Scholarship recipients include:
Merav Levkowitz (SFS‘11), a culture and politics major from Andover, Mass., will study Arabic in Israel this spring at the University of Haifa. She will also take courses in Hebrew, Middle Eastern studies, history, conflict resolution and reconciliation, Arab-Israeli relations and international security.
Matthew Wagner (SFS’11), an international politics major from San Diego will study this fall at the University of Jordan in Amman, through the Council on International Education and Exchange’s Arabic language and culture program.
Georgetown’s 2009 Boren Graduate Fellows include:
Spencer Cargill (G’10), a security studies graduate student, will study Mandarin Chinese and contemporary Chinese foreign policy at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center in Nanjing, China.
Julia Fitzpatrick (G’11), an Arab studies graduate student, will study Arabic in Syria and Hebrew in Jerusalem and conduct research in Ramallah, West Bank.
Ryan Ingrassia (G'10), a foreign service graduate student, received the Bahasa Indonesia language training fellowship. He will study and intern in Denpasar, Indonesia.
Clayton Keir (G’10), a security studies graduate student, will travel to Tajikistan to study Farsi and research Iranian public diplomacy.
Andre McGlashan (G’10), a foreign service graduate student, has studied Arabic in Amman, Jordan.
Ania Nikonorow (G‘11), a graduate student in the politics track of the master’s in Arab studies, will research Iraqi politics in Syria.
Tamar Zalk (G’10), a conflict resolution graduate student, will study Arabic in Jordan. Her proposed research project is “Language as a Bridge: Harnessing Civil Society to Facilitate Conflict Resolution.”
