Georgetown University

Washington, D.C. – Georgetown University alumnus Sabrina Karim (SFS’07), of Fort Collins, Colo., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to study climate-change induced water shortages on poor children in Lima, Peru.

She hopes that her research will yield insights to aid policymakers seeking to address the situation.

"I hope that my research in Peru and intended doctoral work in development studies might help Peru and other countries affected by climate change minimize the risks of social conflict by incorporating young people as stakeholders in the process of finding solutions to global challenges," Karim wrote in her application.

At Georgetown, Karim co-founded and served as president of Students Stopping the Trafficking of People, a student organization dedicated to building awareness about human trafficking.

She also co-founded and presided over Girl Talk, a mentoring program which works with high school girls at nearby Duke Ellington High School. Upon graduation, Karim received the Oxford University Clarendon Scholarship to attend Oxford University where she received her master's in forced migration.

"Sabrina has demonstrated exceptional leadership skills in her research activities and in organizing the student conferences on trafficking," said Susan Martin, Donald G. Herzberg Chair and director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration. "She is very culturally sensitive and will fit in perfectly and perform brilliantly in the Fulbright environment."

Congress established the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board for the purposes of supervising the Fulbright Program and certain programs authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act and for the purpose of selecting students, scholars, teachers, trainees and other persons to participate in the educational exchange programs. Appointed by the president of the United States, the 12-member Board meets quarterly in Washington. The Board maintains a close relationship with both the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) at the U.S. Department of State and the executive directors of all the binational Fulbright Commissions. Since its inception more than 30 years ago, nearly 300,000 Fulbrighters have participated in the program. More information is available here: http://fulbright.state.gov/.

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