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
Fellow
Drew Loizeaux
Drew is M.A. Candidate for International Political Economy and Development at Fordham University. He has finished his course work for at Fordham University for an MA in the International Political Economy and Development graduate program with a concentration in international and development economics. He is in Armenia for one year with the US Boren Fellow Program where he will be studying Armenian as well as working with CRRC. Prior to graduate school he has worked in Cambodia, The Philippines and Uganda for US based microfinance funder, Kiva Microfunds. In the United States, Drew worked for the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants in Colchester, Vermont and Washington, DC. While there, he helped resettle and serve refugees from many parts of the world. Drew’s specific research interest is the role of civil society in Armenia in the political and economic development of Armenia.
E-mail: andrew@crrc.am
Fellow
Benjamin Barnard
Ben holds a Master’s degree in the Theory and Practice of Human Rights from the University of Essex in the UK. His dissertation focused upon the link between human rights and climate change, investigating whether a strict adherence to the human rights movement might serve to increase emissions, particularly in developing countries. He has previously worked as a Communications Consultant, compiling reports on behalf of the British National Health Service. His research interests include: Economic, Cultural and Social Rights, Rights in Developing Countries, and Environmental Ethics.
Ben also holds a bachelor’s degree in History, Philosophy, and Genocide Studies from Brighton University in the UK. He speaks English and is currently learning Armenian.
E-mail: benjamin@crrc.am
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
FellowBen 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