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CU: Help!
CU: Help! is an online tool available for use to any student pursuing a major in Political Science, taking a Political Science course, or is interested in the major. Listed below are the contact information of students who are presently pursuing a Political Science major and has taken/are taking courses for the major. Feel free to contact any person in the list below with your questions about the major, their interests as they align with yours, or general course planning. They are your personal peer mentors!
​Previous courses taken: ​Intro to International Politics, Marten; Mass Media and Democracy, Knight; State Politics, Philips; American Foreign Policy, Blanchard; Chinese Foreign Policy, Nathan
Interests: ​IR and American Politics. Focus on East Asia, North America, and Western Europe. Pre-Law Society, PSSA, CIRCA, CCSC, Campus ministry, Urban New York Program. Law school or career in diplomatic field. My previous internship experiences include political internships in Canada, Korea, and legal office.
​Previous courses taken: Intro to International Politics, Marten; Intro to Comparative Politics, Frye; Intro to American Politics, Minkoff; Chinese Foreign Policy, Nathan
Interests: IR/IL/IORG, Human Rights and Social Justice, Conflict in Africa, Focus on East Asia. Internship at New York State Unified Court System and legal offices. Law school. CIRCA: CMUNCE/ESIMS Secretariat, Athena Scholar, CU Liberty in North Korea, Spec
​Previous courses taken: Globalization and International Politics, Cooley; Intro to American Politics, Phillips; Intro to Comparative Politics, Frye; International Politics, Marten; Social Movements, El-Ghobashy; Globalization, Pinto
Interests: International Development--I've done microfinance work in Bangladesh and have taken a couple of Globalization based courses. I am interested in going into the startup world, possibly in business development or marketing
Previous courses taken: ​Intro to Comparative Politics, Tamas; Intro to International Politics, Marten; 2012 Presidential Election, Smith; National Security Strategies of the Middle East, Freilich; International Law, Putnam; Empirical Research Methods, Green.
Interests: Trade, Middle East, Rise of China, URC, Law School, Consulting
​Previous courses taken: Free Press for a Global Society, Bollinger; Intro to Comparative Politics, Frye; Gender and International Relations, Blanchard; International Law, Putnam
Interests: International Relations -- primarily post-colonial North Africa, the Middle East, Western Europe (Eurozone, EU in general), the politics of art (i.e. state sponsored public art, art as propaganda); NYC Mayor's Office division for International Affairs for 2 semesters, will be working this summer at the Dept of Justice Office for International Affairs on "Team Canada" in Washington DC, Spec
​Previous courses taken: Mass Media & American Democracy; Freedom of Speech and Press
Interests: American Politics, Int. Politics; CU Liberty in North Korea, CU Democrats, Columbia Political Union, Korea Campus Crusade for Christ; Pre-law, intentions to run for office someday; Internships: Essex County Prosecutor's Office, 9th Congressional District of NJ, Office of Councilman Leroy Comrie
​Previous courses taken: Labor & American Politics, Warren; Intro to Comparative Politics, Tamas; Freedom of Speech & Press, Bollinger; Justice, Johnston
Interests: American politics and political theory. I'm also interested in Middle Eastern politics; Interned at two non-profit organizations: Legal Information for Families Today and the Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights. This summer, I will be interning for Judge Alvin Hellerstein at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. I'm interested in going to law school. On campus, I am an RA at John Jay.