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WAPPP Fellows 2005-2006
Asha Hagi Elmi
Amin
WAPPP Fellow (Fall 2005)
Asha Hagi Elmi Amin is a member of Somalia’s transitional parliament,
founder of Save Somali Women and Children (SSWC), and chairperson of the Sixth
Clan, a Somali women’s network. When women were excluded from the peace
process in Somalia, Amin united them across clan lines under the umbrella of
the Sixth Clan to give them a voice in local and national decision-making.
Due in large part to Amin’s efforts, 22 Somali women currently serve
in the national parliament. In January 2004, Amin was the only woman to co-chair
the final phase of the Somali National Reconciliation Conference and the first
woman to sign the peace accord. Amin holds a B.A. in Economics from the Somalia
National University and a M.B.A. from the US International University in Nairobi,
Kenya.
Project: Amin will write a case study of her experiences in founding the Sixth
Clan and contributing to the Somali peace process.
Alice C. Hogan
WAPPP Fellow
Alice Hogan is the director of the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE
program, an initiative designed to address the underrepresentation of women
in academic science and engineering, particularly at the senior ranks. Prior
to this position, Hogan was a senior program manager with NSF's Division
of International Programs with responsibility for strategic planning, oversight,
and management of bilateral science and engineering programs with countries
in the Asia Pacific region from 1986 to 1999. Hogan also held several positions
at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 1978 to 1986,
including acting director of international affairs for the National Ocean
Service. Hogan holds a M.A. in Asian Studies from the University of Michigan
and a B.A. in Asian Studies from Cornell University.
Project: Hogan will work with WAPPP to organize a seminar on the intersection
of science and technology policy and gender.
Kessely Hong
WAPPP Fellow
Kessely Hong is a doctoral candidate in public policy at the Kennedy School
of Government. Her research focuses on the relationship between gender and
other status categories on trust and negotiations. Hong holds an M.P.A. from
the Kennedy School of Government and a B.A. in Government from Harvard College.
She is an Instructor in the Summer Program at the Kennedy School, the recipient
of research grants from the Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences
and the Program on Negotiation, and was formerly a fellow with the Harvard
University Native American Program and with the Program on Negotiation. Previously,
Hong was a business analyst with McKinsey & Company.
Project: In preparation for her dissertation, Hong will
conduct research on why men are more averse to betrayal than women, why
women are more optimistic
regarding other people’s trustworthiness, and why (and under what
conditions) women are assumed to be more trustworthy than men.
Ichinnorov (Nora) Manjaa
WAPPP Fellow
Nora Maonjaa is the Executive Director of the Women’s Leadership
Foundatin, an organization devoted to empowering Mongolian women and strengthening
their role in political decision-making. An attorney by training, Manjaa
previously directed the Lawyers Center for Legal Reform, a human rights
organization that effectively uses mass media for legal education and public
awareness of human rights. Manjaa is also a founder of the “Healthy
Society” Citizen Movement, a new democratic citizen movement pursuing
an accountable, ethical and corruption-free government. She previously
worked in the Supreme Court of Mongolia and served as Program Director
and Judicial Training Consultant at the Mongolian Open Society Institute.
She currently serves as an Advisory Board Member of the National Human
Rights Commission of Mongolia. Manjaa holds a JD and Master’s degree
in Law from the National University Law Faculty in Irtusk, Russia; a certificate
of Management and Administration from the Institute of State Management
and Administration in Mongolia; and a Master’s degree in International
Legal Studies from American University Washington College of Law.
Stephan Meier
WAPPP Fellow
Stephan Meier, a Swiss citizen, is an economist in the newly formed Research
Center on Behavioral Economics and Decision-Making at the Federal Reserve Bank
of Boston. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Zurich, and his work focuses
on public
economics and behavioral economics. His dissertation is titled “An Economic
Analysis of Pro-Social Behavior: Decisions to Contribute Money and Time to Public
Goods.” Meier’s current research examines the differences in men’s
and women’s pro-sociality, or altruistic behavior. Previously, Meier was
a research affiliate at the London School of Economics.
Project: Meier will examine the conditions under which men and women differ in
their pro-social behavior. In particular, he will investigate how results from
laboratory experiments can be translated to a naturally occurring setting. His
results should present evidence from field experiments about the conditions under
which women behave more or less pro-socially than men.
Lucy Nusseibeh
WAPPP Fellow (Spring 2006)
Lucy Nusseibeh is the founding director of Middle East Nonviolence and Democracy,
a nongovernmental organization that educates grassroots political leaders,
Palestinian youth, their teachers and their families about nonviolence and
democracy. Previously, Nusseibeh taught in the Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Department in Bir Zeit University and headed the Palestinian Centre for the
Study of Nonviolence. Nusseibeh holds an M.A. in Philosophy and Ancient History
from Oxford University and an M.A. in Middle East Studies from Harvard.
Project: Nusseibeh will examine the connections between resilience and
nonviolent actions and women’s empowerment.
Laura
Sjoberg
WAPPP/ISP Fellow
Laura Sjoberg received her Ph.D. in International Relations and Women’s
Studies from the University of Southern California, where she was a Bannerman
Fellow. She worked under Dr. Ann Tickner, president-elect of the International
Studies Association. Sjoberg’s dissertation, “Gendering just war:
Feminisms, ethics, and the wars in Iraq,” was supported by fellowships
from the University of California at Santa Barbara Center for the Study of Sexuality
in the Military, the Center for International Studies at the USC, and Women In
International Security at Georgetown University. Sjoberg’s interests include
international security, international ethics, feminist international relations,
and discourse analysis.
Project: During her fellowship at Harvard, Sjoberg will
be finalizing her book, Gender, Justice, and the Wars in Iraq. Her current
research takes two directions:
a book project on the “peace” after “just wars” and
an article on the female sex criminals at Abu Ghraib.
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