International Fellowship Program

Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC) Fellowships

Type: Internship/Fellowship Program
Compensation: Small stipend to cover housing and food; we encourage candidates to seek outside funding; help finding housing provided
Start:Rolling
Application Deadline: Rolling
Openings: 2-4
Location(s): Tbilisi, Georgia; Baku, Azerbaijan; Yerevan, Armenia
Duration/Hours: at least 10 weeks; 4 days, 32 hours/week

How to apply.

Fellow
Leslie L. Diaz

Ms. Diaz holds a master’s of science in Social Work: Community and Administrative Leadership and holds a bachelor’s in International Studies. For over five years she has been working in the field of migration from within nonprofit agencies, private firms, and grassroots and international organizations; working closely with natural disaster survivors, asylum seekers, and refugees. She joined CRRC Armenia in April 2011.

E-mail: leslie@crrc.am

Ben holds a Masters degree in the Theory and Practice of Human Rights from the University of Essex in the UK. He wrote his dissertation on the United States criminal justice system and how it came to replace slavery as an institution of controlling African Americans. Previously, he worked as a researcher for the International Centre for Prison Studies, and has also worked in housing discrimination and grassroots organization. His research interests include human rights, criminal justice sector reform, and European Union integration in the CIS countries.

Ben also holds a B.A. in Criminal Justice, Political Science, and Sociology from the University of Delaware in the US. He speaks English, some Spanish, and is currently taking intensive Russian courses.

E-mail: benjamin@crrccenters.org

Laurene is finishing her Master in European and International Studies at the Grenoble Political Science Institute. She did her first year of Master as an exchange student at the University of Amsterdam. Laurene’s Master's thesis is on the relations between the European Union, Central Asia and the Caucasus. Laurene has volunteered to teach English in Southern Thailand. She was awarded several scholarships for projects focusing on Women in India and the Saga in Iceland. Laurene speaks French and English, and she is learning German, Russian and Spanish.

E-mail: laurene.aubert@crrccenters.org

Alexander, from St. Paul, Minnesota, is presently pursuing his B.A. from the University of Rochester in Russian Studies and History. He spent a large portion of 2008 in Russia, interning at Cross Cultural Solutions, where he worked in orphanages and children’s hospitals in Yaroslavl. He spent the second-half of the year studying Russian language and culture at St. Petersburg State University through CIEE, where he developed a great interest in the Caucasus region. In his spare time, Alexander enjoys both piano and voice, and from time to time a rousing tennis match or run.

E-mail: alexgeorgieff@crrccenters.org

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