shahin badkoubei

* Supported Senior Fellow and Department Director Paul B. Stares by conducting research, analysis, and administrative support on projects related to the UN, conflict prevention, and U.S. national security policy * Assisted with editing and proofreading materials for publication; authored informational content for the Global Conflict Tracker and the Center’s webpage * Researched reports and essential analyses on critical conflicts around the world for Global Conflict Tracker database * Co-managed the Center’s social media presence by strategically creating and posting written content and images to multiple social media platforms * Routinely tracked current events and developments on issues related to the Center’s focus

* Reviewed and proofread scholarly essays, edited citations pages, and fact-checked information submitted for Gifts of the Sultan exhibition catalogue * Researched and drafted informational materials, talking points and PowerPoint presentations for the department head that were grammatically correct, organized in content, and in the language targeting the appropriate audience * Managing multiples projects involving extensive and frequent revisions, firm deadlines, and strict attention to detail for quality assurance * Ensured forms and deadlines were met for multiple projects and time sensitive applications * Utilized Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and Project on a daily basis * Co-managed the collection database and office library; coordinated department events and processed cross-functional correspondence with external offices, scholars, and artists; provided full range of administrative operational support

* Designed curriculum to develop English competency in speaking, writing and reading * Instructed a class of foreign speakers at varying comprehension skills

* Instructed Art Appreciation, Creative Writing and Youth Empowerment by designing original lessons exploring routine challenges of the community: structural violence, economic inequality, social disintegration, and health * Analyzed the social and economic challenges of the community and its effects in order to develop exercises and solutions to mitigate the problem * Collaborated with mental health specialists, staff, and parents to design strategies and implement monitoring and evaluation of students’ academic and socio-emotional development

Concentrating in Conflict Management and Negotiations; graduate capstone: “Secret Negotiations: Consorting with the Enemy" Activities and Societies: * Selected to participate in the SAIS 2013 Conflict Management study trip to Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Nagorno-Karabakh, led by Terrence P. Hopmann and William I. Zartman. Produced a comprehensive research paper examining the complicating dynamics of aid and development on reaching a resolution: “Aid and Development: Humanitarian, Social and Economic Action.”

Honors thesis: “The Social Exile: the Middle Eastern Struggle Versus the Western Fetish”