Meet Our Graduating Students
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) congratulates Georgetown University’s class of 2022! We are especially proud of graduating students who earned our Graduate Certificate in Gender, Peace and Security, and those who worked closely with GIWPS as student research assistants.
Graduate Certificate Program Doubles in Size
We are pleased to announce that 17 Georgetown students, representing myriad graduate programs, earned our graduate certificate during the 2021-2022 academic year, doubling the number of graduates we had during our inaugural year!
Our Graduate Certificate in Gender, Peace and Security provides Georgetown graduate students with an intersectional understanding of the most pressing challenges in international affairs. The GPS Certificate gives students the practical and analytical skills to comprehensively address peace and security issues and achieve more effective decision making.
Congratulations to the Georgetown graduate students who received our Gender, Peace and Security certificate this academic year: Rachel Anderson, Arden Haselmann, Tahina Montoya, Joshua Allen, Anne-Cecilia Byrne, Paula Fernanda Hurtado Calderón, Sophia Farion, Jordyn Iger, Deniz Kulakoğlu, Margaret McClure, Chelsea Meiners, Ariana Lily Nikmanesh, Catherine Rabus, Shirin Vetry, Lisa T. Wright, and Tamsin Zandstra.
As part of this year’s ceremony, GPS certificate recipients had a luncheon with Ambassador Melanne Verveer and Dean Joel Hellman where they were awarded graduate certificates and stoles in celebration of their great accomplishment.
Featured Certificate Recipients
We asked five recipients of the certificate what they learned from the program and how it will influence their future careers.
Doctorate of Liberal Studies, School of Continuing Studies
The Diversity & Inclusion in Conflict Resolution and Development course with Distinguished GIWPS Fellow Carla Koppell was one of Tahina’s favorites. “The creative assignments showed us how to incorporate a gender analysis and tailor real-world products in a way that would speak to the respective audience.”
In her next role, Tahina will be leveraging her military experience to further Women, Peace and Security initiatives within the Department of Defense.
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