Assistant Relations

CAROLINA MABERRY

Washington, DC, USA; London, UK · +1-202-***-****; +447*********

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EDUCATION

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MSC IN URBANISATION AND DEVELOPMENT, London school of Economics and political science (LSE)

My undergraduate work on urban politics and political life led to a natural progression into studying the processes of urban geography and development. At LSE I focused on improving and gaining tools to study the changing nature of cities in what the UN has described as our ‘Urban Age’. This has led to a diverse mix of courses on economic tools such as valuation and appraisal alongside courses on the key debates and approaches of international development. The core of the course is built around urban policy and urban research methods, which has given me a good grounding in approaching the challenges modern cities face.

2016-2019

BA IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Durham University

I achieved upper-second class honors and graduated in July of 2019. My degree at Durham tended to focus on the Americas and Middle East. I took classes including The Middle East in the International System; Muslims and Politics in the Modern World; and Introduction to Middle East Politics to focus on an understanding of Middle Eastern relations both internally and situated within the international context. With regards to the Americas, I focused on the fast-changing US-Cuban relations during the years I was studying, as well as its economic ties with the wider region. I’m interested in the economic history of Latin America, which has carried into my master’s program.

However, my dissertation was much more clearly in the realm of local politics and race in the United States context. My dissertation quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed white attitudes towards mayoral candidates in Washington, DC. The local focus was in part fueled by my quantitative research into descriptive representation in small city councils conducted in second year. Both projects produced research I’m very proud of and would be delighted to provide.

EXPERIENCE

2018 – 2019

RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Neil visalvanich, Durham university

Dr. Visalvanich was interested in the racial makeup of Congressional elections; and narrowing down their categorization. Most crucial for his work was splitting the unhelpfully broad category of ‘Asian’ to ‘South Asian’ and ‘East Asian’. My work consisted of data entry on the race and ethnicity of every congressional candidate in 2016 and 2018.

2017 –

HOST, Elizabeth’s Gone Raw; The Catering Company of Washington

As host and food runner for both the restaurant and its catering company, I have a diverse set of duties. I oversee organizing reservations; greeting guests; and working between the kitchen and floor. This experience has been invaluable to me as I have the chance to hone skills around communication and organization, and regularly practice my Spanish and translational abilities.

SKILLS

Data comprehension and presentation

Spanish language; intermediate with high comprehension

Capable of reading, understanding and drawing conclusions from a wide variety of academic and economic sources

Strong familiarity with Stata, able to work with other statistics and data software including SPSS; Microsoft Suite proficient; familiarity with writing and editing using LaTeX

Strong communication skills: effective and convincing; strong presentation skills and skills related to policy briefs

ACTIVITIES

I’ve remained active in school papers since high school when I helped found our first paper. I’ve written articles for both the student paper and magazine at Durham; The Palatinate and The Bubble respectively. Articles for The Palatinate; many of which can be found online; tended to focus on US politics and political analysis. Breaking down numbers-heavy analysis into more accessible language was a main goal for me.

During my time at Durham, I also branched out into literary reviews, which was a very rewarding experience as literature has long been a strong passion of mine. In high school I was lucky enough to participate in a high school fellowship program for DC’s Folger Shakespeare Theater. My passion for academic research might have been born here; with three of my colleagues I produced a quantitative paper analyzing newly accessible early modern English texts to identify words falsely attributed by the Oxford English Dictionary to Shakespeare. This original research made me realize that the humanities go hand in hand with data science.

My interest in International Relations was also probably born during high school; where I participated heavily in Model UN and even won awards at the State Department’s UN competition, especially for my writing and position papers. That interest allowed me to travel and participate in a wide variety of academic competition including the World Scholar’s Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and New Haven, US; as well as Prague’s Model UN. Between my international city and my experiences in high school, it’s unsurprising I wanted passionately both to study abroad and to get a degree in IR.

When at home in DC I volunteer as much as possible for my most passionate political cause: DC statehood. I’ve written extensively on DC in my academic career and I’ve come to the conclusion that many of the unique problems my home city faces are a direct result of the city’s unique undemocratic status. DC Vote is an excellent organization dedicated to raising awareness and pressuring Congress to address DC’s unequal status. Volunteering with them has been fun and rewarding, as I’ve had the chance to meet diverse elements of the city’s population and politics. At Durham; in the heart of Northeastern England, my opportunities to volunteer for this cause are unsurprisingly limited, but I put in as much time as I could at the Oxfam Bookshop, honing my organizational skills instead and putting my passion for literature to work.

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