Marisa Tramontano, Editor in Chief
Komlan Lonergan, Managing Editor
About PGI 2011-2012:
The aim of Perspectives on Global Issues is to showcase not only the work of our students, but also the Masters of Science in Global Affairs program. We encourage all students to submit research papers, other classwork, and original work on any topic related to the study of global affairs. The journal will be broken down into three sections:
- International Relations, International Law, and Transnational Security
- Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance, Peacebuilding, Private Sector/Development, and Energy/Environment
- Cross-sectional pieces including op-eds, book reviews, interviews, and any other work that does not fit any current CGA concentration
Material will be accepted on a rolling deadline. Look to the website for submission requirements. As submissions are received, they will be reviewed and edited. Accepted works will then be featured on the PGI website on a monthly basis. All articles previously published on the website will then be included in the hardcopy of the journal to be released in Spring 2012.
PGI Team:
Marisa Tramontano and Komlan Lonergan will serve as Editor in Chief and Managing Editor.
We seek a Creative Editor to oversee layout and the website. Online content management experience a plus. Editing experience is a valuable skill to many future employers, as is taking leadership and responsibility, so we encourage students to volunteer for these positions.
It is also very important to be published during graduate school in order to establish your ideas in the field. In order to bolster the reputation of the journal, PGI will include one submission by a current academic or practitioner for each CGA concentration. After publication of the hardcopy journal, we plan to organize several student-led panel discussions to draw attention to the CGA and MSGA candidates.
Bios:
Marisa Tramontano (Editor-in-Chief) is a Masters of Science candidate at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs with a concentration in Transnational Security and gender dimensions of international politics. She is also the founder of Lysistrata, stemming from her original role as sole student representative to the CGA Women’s Initative. In addition to serving as Editor in Chief of the CGA’s academic journal, Perspectives on Global Issues and she has and will serve as Research Assistant to Sylvia Maier for the Spring 2011 and Spring 2012 terms. She enjoys research and has written, co-authored, and contributed to work that has been published and presented at NYU, Notre Dame, and the Huffington Post. Marisa directed the Off-the-Record Lecture Series at the Foreign Policy Association from 2007-2011, as well as serving as research assistant to Dean Jeffrey Garten of the Yale School of Management in 2006.
Komlan Lonergan (Managing Editor) is a Masters of Science candidate at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs with a concentration in Private Sector. He is a seasoned global development professional with several years of combined international project management, business systems capacity-building, cross-cultural communications and public health proposal development experience. Currently, he is an International Business Systems Consultant with Population Services International, a leading global health and development organization with programs targeting malaria, child survival, HIV, reproductive health and non-communicable disease. Komlan holds a B.A. in Government from the College of William and Mary and a Graduate Certificate in International Studies from Howard University.
Angela Deane (Associate Editor) is a Masters Candidate at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University. Her concentration is international law and justice, with a primary focus on genocide, mass atrocities and crimes against humanity issues. Angie was the Development Director with the Genocide Intervention Network in Washington, D.C., an advocacy organization working to implement structural change in the way governments prevent and respond to genocide and mass atrocities. She has also worked as Development Director for non-profit organizations in South Bend, Indiana and Chicago, Illinois, and served as an AmeriCorps Volunteers in Seattle, Washington. She is a member of the United Nations Association, the World Policy Institute, and Young Professionals in Foreign Policy and has traveled extensively throughout Africa and Asia. Angie graduated from Miami University, double-majoring in French and Public Relations.
Asena May (Associate Editor) is an Masters of Science candidate at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs with a concentration in International Law focusing on Middle East transitional justice and diplomacy. In addition to serving as an associate editor for PGI’s international law section, she is a research assistant to Professor Colette Mazzuceli of CGA. Last semester she was an intern to the Director of Global Initiatives, Minky Worden, at Human Rights Watch. She has conducted fieldwork for the UNDP in the southeastern region of Turkey and northern Iraq focusing on political, social and economic development of the area. She has also been a contributing author to publications for Atlantic Community Journal as well as a writer for The Examiner. Next semester she will be writing her thesis on Turkish-Kurdish conflict transformation through new legal and development paradigms.
John Schellhase (Associate Editor) is a first year Master’s student in Global Affairs at New York University. His research interests include transnational security and the treatment and status of refugees in South East Asia, the evolution of ASEAN, and the growing power of China. John works as a program assistant at the Development Research Institute at NYU, an independent, non-partisan organization committed to rigorous, scholarly research on economic growth in poor countries. Before coming to New York, John served as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines where he taught courses in English and education at a rural teachers college.
Erica Mukherjee (Webmaster) finds railways fascinating. As a second year master’s candidate at CGA, she is studying development through the lens of infrastructure and institutions. She intends to pursue her terminal degree and teach development and South Asian history. Erica is a research assistant for Dr. Jens Rudbeck and was one of two Marc Chandler scholarship recipients for the 2011-12 academic year. Previously, Erica has taught ESL and speech in northern India, including Spiti Valley in the Himalayas. She is also the web designer of lysistratanyu.com.
Sylvia Maier (Faculty Advisor) is a full-time member of the graduate faculty at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs, she was an assistant professor in the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies at NYU, as well as an assistant professor at Georgia Institute of Technology. Her primary fields of interest and expertise are women’s rights and empowerment in the Global South, with a particular focus on the Gulf States, Afghanistan and Pakistan; honor crimes; and political reform movements in the Middle East. She has authored and co-authored numerous articles and book chapters, including “Honor Killings and the Cultural Defense in Germany,” “Shared Values: Democracy and Human Rights in the European Neighborhood Policy” (with Frank Schimmelfennig), “Women and Internet Use in Five South Indian Villages: Obstacles and Opportunities” (with Michael Best), and “Empowering Women Through ICT-Based Business Initiatives: An Overview of Best Practices in E-Commerce/E-Retail Projects” (with Usha Nair). She has also authored several shorter pieces and reviews. Maier is currently completing a book tentatively titled, Mainstreaming Muslims: Islam, Culture, and the Law in France and Germany. She earned her B.A. in Political Science at the University of Vienna, Austria, and her M.A. (1999) and Ph.D. (2001) in Political Science from the University of Southern California.
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