James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program
Each year, through the James C. Gaither Junior Fellows program, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace offers approximately 15 one-year fellowships to uniquely qualified graduating seniors and individuals who have graduated during the past academic year. They are selected from a pool of nominees nominated by several hundred participating universities and colleges. James C. Gaither Junior Fellows work as research assistants to Carnegie’s senior scholars. Please see your school’s nominating official to learn more about the college application process and please see our FAQ for eligibility requirements.
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Contact us at jrfellowinfo@ceip.org
Current Class
Lucy Corthell
Columbia University—Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program
Adrian Feinberg
Stanford University—Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Alexander Joel
Dartmouth College—Russia and Eurasia Program
Charles Johnson
University of Kansas—Middle East Program
Shreya Joshi
Amherst College—Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Jaden Richards
Amherst College—American Statecraft Program
Andy Robaina
Washington University in St. Louis—South Asia Program
Gustavo Romero
Middlebury College—Global Order and Institutions Program
Georgia Schaefer-Brown
Dickinson College—Africa Program
Liana Schmitter-Emerson
Yale University—American Statecraft Program
Kathryn Selfe
Colgate University—Middle East Program
Noah Tan
Stanford University—Technology and International Affairs Program
Rafaela Uzan
Cornell University—Europe Program
Sia Were
Pitzer College—Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program
Cara Wilson
University of Chicago—Nuclear Policy Program
Haojung (Sophie) Zhuang
Wellesley College—Asia Program
Incoming Class
Sonia Banker
University of Pennsylvania—Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Leila Barq
University of Florida—Middle East Program
Lena Bullard
College of William and Mary—Africa Program
Justin Cohen
University of Georgia—Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Lucas Daley
Oberlin College—Russia and Eurasia Program
Rachael Finke
Bryn Mawr College—Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Maxwell Fisher
Yale University—American Statecraft Program
Aleksaundra Handrinos
Carnegie Mellon University—Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Jane Lichtman
Harvard University—Nuclear Policy Program
Michelle Miao
Princeton University—Asia Program
Annabel Miller
Duke University—South Asia Program
Syna Pal
Tulane University—Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program
Zoe Raptis
Tufts University—Europe Program
Charlotte Ritz-Jack
Harvard University—Middle East Program
Abigail Wallach
Williams College—Beyond Disruption Initiative
Andrew Weaver
Columbia University—American Statecraft Program
Mia Xie
Duke University—Technology and International Affairs Program
Theodore Zaritsky
Columbia University—Global Order and Institutions Program
Notable Alumni
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samantha Power served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in the Obama administration.
Brian Deese is the director of the National Economic Council in the Biden administration.
Marcel Lettre served as deputy under secretary of defense for intelligence in the Department of Defense in the Obama Administration.
George Stephanopolous is the anchor of ABC’s Good Morning America and This Week and previously served as a senior adviser to President Bill Clinton.
Evan Medeiros is the managing director for Asia at the Eurasia Group, and a former senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council in the Obama administration.
Senator Jeff Merkley has served as a senator from the state of Oregon since 2008.
David Weiner serves as deputy assistant U.S. trade representative for Europe in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
Radha Kuppali is the executive director of investor services at New Forests, a sustainable real assets investment manager focusing on forestry, land management, and conservation.
Jacob Steinfeld is managing director for Latin America corporate research at J.P. Morgan Chase.
Kavita Ramdas is a senior adviser for global strategy at the Ford Foundation.
Victoria Herrmann, president and managing director of the Arctic Institute, was named by Forbes Magazine as one of their 2018 ‘30 Under 30’ in the category of Law and Policy.