Kira Southworth participated in the 2024 CLS Persian Program in Dushanbe, Tajikistan and in the 2022 CLS Russian Program in Tbilisi, Georgia. Kira is currently pursuing her MA in international relations with a focus on security, statecraft and strategy in the Middle East and Eurasia at Johns Hopkin…
Alumni Profile — July 12, 2025
Grace Wheeler participated in 2024 CLS Spark Chinese hosted by the Dalian University of Technology. Grace is studying political science and communication studies at Utah State University, where she serves as Utah State University Student Association Chief of Staff. She hopes to pursue a career that…
Alumni Profile — July 12, 2025
Hyunbean Park is an alumnus of the 2024 CLS Russian Program at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He holds a degree in International Relations from the University of North Georgia and currently serves as a U.S. Army Officer with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment in Rose Barracks…
Alumni Profile — July 12, 2025
Harrison Worden participated in the 2024 CLS Indonesian Program, hosted by Universitas Negeri Malang in Malang, Indonesia. Alongside studying Indonesian, he is currently pursuing a BSE in electrical engineering at Arizona State University, where he intends on specializing in integrated circuit desi…
Alumni Profile — July 12, 2025
Ian Gomez participated in the 2024 CLS Turkish Program hosted by the TÖMER Institute of the Ankara University in Ankara, Turkey. He is currently pursuing a B.A. in global studies: international affairs at Washington University in St. Louis. Ian aspires to be a lawyer specializing in negotiation and…
Alumni Profile — July 12, 2025
Jahnavi Kirkire participated in the 2024 CLS Hindi Program hosted by the American Institute for Indian Studies (AIIS) in Jaipur, Rajasthan. She is pursuing a J.D. at the University of Virginia Law School and recently graduated from the University of Maryland at College Park. She hopes to work in in…
Alumni Profile — July 12, 2025
Jack Brown participated in the 2024 CLS Portuguese Program hosted by Pontifical Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jack is currently pursuing a PhD in romance studies at Cornell University. His research deals with representations of the body in contemporary Latin American speculative fi…
Alumni Profile — July 12, 2025
Jessica Lee participated in the 2024 CLS Korean Program hosted by Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea. She is currently majoring in Asian studies and double minoring in biology and interdisciplinary studies while on the pre-medicine track at Boston University. Jessica aspires to bec…
Alumni Profile — July 12, 2025
Calvin Older participated in the 2024 CLS Russian Program hosted by American Councils in Tbilisi, Georgia. He is currently majoring in international relations with a minor in geographic information systems at Central Michigan University. Calvin's ultimate professional goal is to work as a Foreign S…
Alumni Profile — July 12, 2025
Brooklyn Burgess participated in the 2024 CLS Urdu Program hosted by the American Institute of Indian Studies in Lucknow, India. She is currently pursuing a BS in microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics with a minor in global health at the University of California, Los Angeles. Brooklyn's …
Alumni Profile — July 12, 2025
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