June 2024 Noteworthy

June 12, 2024

Gabriela Aguerrevere, MPA ’17, (Public Administration) joined UNICEF Venezuela as a partnerships officer.

Catie Bailard, Kimberly Gross, Ethan Porter and Rebekah Tromble (Media and Public Affairs) won the Rebecca Morton Best Article Award from the Journal of Experimental Political Science for their paper “Combating Hateful Attitudes and Online Browsing Behavior: The Case of Antisemitism.”

Josh Douglas, BA ’02, JD ’07, (Political Science) authored the book The Court v. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights (Beacon Press, 2024).

Jason Juffras, PhD ’15, (Public Policy & Administration) was selected as a Levin Center Oversight Fellow.

Esnold Jure, MPP ’23, (Public Policy) was named a senior project coordinator with the International Development Group LLC.

Jisoo Kim (History, EALL, International Affairs) was awarded a 2024-2025 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship.

Amy Kurz, BA ’08, (Human Services) MPA ’09, (Public Administration) was named managing director of strategy and planning at KID Museum in Bethesda, Md.

Zeita Merchant, MPA ’10, (TSPPPA) received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the Ellis Island Honors Society.

PhD candidate Emma Northcott (TSPPPA) won the AOM PNP Best Paper by a Doctoral Student Award for “The Asian American Experience in the Federal Workforce: How Employees Navigate Racialization.”

Emilie Rafal, MPP ’16, (Public Policy) was promoted to vice president of advancement at Research Improving People’s Lives.

Daniel Schwartz (Judaic Studies) was elected to be a fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research.

Bernard Wood (Anthropology) published the book Primates in History, Myth, Art, and Science (CRC Press, 2024).