High School Project

DIANA MARIE PARTRIDGE

PERSONAL I N FOR MAT IO N

E mail: diana.part abjdos@r.postjobfree.com Date of Birth: 23 May 1983

Cell: 650-***-**** Security Clearance: Secret

S ELECT I N T E RNS H I PS / WORK EXPER I E NCE

Sep 2009 – Dec 2009

The United States Embassy, Department of Public Affai rs – Berlin, Germany

Primary duties (40 hours per week)

Monitored news sources and edited the Embassy’s twice daily media analysis

Created initial drafts of budgets

Spoke to groups of high school students about diversity and identity in the US

Wrote event and conference summaries for the Embassy website

Organized events and policy discussions on American culture, education system, foreign

policy, the environment and the war in Afghanistan

Oct 2009 –

Feb 2010

M iddle East Nonviolence and Democracy (NGO) – East Je rusalem

Primary duties (15 hours per week)

Wrote project and grant proposals (e.g. women's police force t raining, children's summer

camp, town hall meetings on nonviolence)

Developed reports and summaries of projects

Organized conferences on nonviolence, human r ights and democracy building

Edited articles and news briefs

DIANA MARIE PARTRIDGE

Sep 2008 – Feb 2009

F r iends of the Ea rth M iddle East (NGO) – West Bank, Palestinian Ter r i tories

Primary duties (40 hours per week)

Researched and wrote a paper on the barriers to reform of the water sector in the

Palestinian Territories

Led community outreach and awareness raising programs in schools in the West Bank

and Israel

Interviewed Palestinian academics and NGO directors as part of my research

Participated in t rilateral (Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian) conferences on water and

sanitation management

Feb 2008 – Jul 2008

Oct. 2002

B usiness and I ndust ry Advisory Committee to the Organization for Economic Coordination

a nd Development (OECD) – Pa ris, F rance

Primary duties (40 hours per week)

Researched and wrote a policy paper on the viability of bio-fuel use

Participated in multiple BIAC/OECD policy groups in areas such as: governance, anti-

corruption, environment, climate change, energy and water

Drafted background documents for the OECD Environmental Ministerial in Tokyo

Represented BIAC at international conferences at the OECD

Assisted with preparations for the 2008 Seoul Ministerial “The Future of the Internet

Economy” by organizing conference calls and drafting background documents

Jan 2006 –

M ar 2006

T ucson Office of Senator Jon Kyl – Tucson, AZ

Primary duties (40 hours per week)

DIANA MARIE PARTRIDGE

Compiled a spread sheet of the Senator's voting record

Researched voters' position on the I raq war

Organized and ran question and answer sessions on the Senator's immigration position

Fielded questions from the voter constituency

E DUCAT IO N AND STUDY ABROAD

Jun –Aug 2008 M onterey I nstitute of I n te rnational Studies 8 week Arabic intensive in Monterey,

CA (9 semester hours)

Oct 2007 – Jun 2010 L’ Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Pa ris (Sciences Po Pa ris) M aster’s degree in

I nternational Affairs from Political Science g rande ecole i n Paris,

F rance, 3.7 GPA (45 semester hours), g raduated June 2010

Jul – Sep 2008 Volkshochschule Berlin 10 week German intensive in Berlin, Germany

J un – Aug 2008 M onterey I nstitute of I n te rnational Studies 8 week Arabic intensive in Monterey,

CA (9 semester hours)

Jul – Aug 2007 A rab I n te rnational University 5 week Arabic intensive in Damascus, Syria

Aug 2006 – Dec 2007 U niversity of North Carolina at Chapel H ill M aster’s degree in Political

Science, GPA 4.0, M aster’s thesis, "Reforming the Welfare State, the case of part-

time work in Sweden and F rance," (31 semester hours), g raduated December 2007

Mar – Jul 2006 Semester abroad at Sciences Po Pa ris Exchange in Paris during the last semester of

Bachelor’s degree at the University of Arizona

Aug 2001 – Aug 2006 U niversity of Arizona Bachelor’s degree in French with a minor in Political

Science and a certificate in Middle Eastern Studies, GPA 3.75, g raduated

A ugust 2006

J un - Aug 2005 I n tercultural Dimensions 6 weeks in Senegal to conduct a field study on Senegalese

culture and music for university credit

LANGUAGE AND COMP U TER SKI L LS

Language Skills

English Native language

DIANA MARIE PARTRIDGE

French Native level proficiency / Foreign Service Institute (FSI) level 4-5 / studied in Paris for 3 years

A rabic Limited proficiency / FSI level 2 / studied Arabic since 2007 / lived in the Middle East for 8 months

German Limited proficiency / FSI level 2 / lived in Berlin for 6 months

Computer Skills

Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook), In Design/Copy, basic HTML, Internet research

OT H ER I N TE RESTS

Politics (particularly the MENA Region and West Africa), theatre, languages and travel

Model United Nations (2007)

Running (half-marathons in Paris 2006, Iceland 2009), cycling (Tour de Tucson Century Ride 2006), t riathlon

(Escape from Alcatraz 2005), scuba diving (open water certified)

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