Melinda Ellington Westly

Profile Type
Alumni
Degree
B.S. International Affairs and Modern Languages, 2012
Job Title / Employer
Data and Research Analyst at the Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network
"The policy landscape for immigration is constantly in flux, providing learning and problem-solving opportunities on a daily basis," Westly says.

Amanda Shojaee

Profile Type
Alumni
Degree
B.S. International Affairs, 2014
Job Title / Employer
Co-Founder, In Good Company
Amanda Shojaee is the co-founder of In Good Company, an organization that helps hospitality companies hire and employ people with disabilities.

Paul Oh

Profile Type
Alumni
Degree
B.S. International Affairs and Modern Languages, 2012
Job Title / Employer
Director, Public Policy & Community Affairs at the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
Oh works with elected officials at the federal, state, and local levels to ensure the laws and policies they work on champion business.

Development and Dependency: The Compact of Free Association

Jacob Young's capstone research project focused on the Compact of Free Association and its effect on economic development in the freely associated states and sought to answer the question of whether it has furthered economic dependence on the United States, and if so, by what means. In order to address this question, he analyzed budget data from the three countries which receive Compact grants: Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau.