Student Spotlights

Sylvie Ashford is a senior majoring in IR and minoring in Arabic. Passionate about public service, human rights, and ethical governance, Sylvie is currently writing an honors thesis on authoritarian resilience in Oman through CDDRL. Sylvie…

Emma Smith is a junior majoring in International Relations with a minor in Human Rights. Emma spoke with us about INTNLREL 35SI: Crisis and Cooperation: Contemporary Research on International Security, a student-initiated course she organized and…

Congratulations to IR  senior Chloe Stoddard for winning the John Gardner Public Service Fellowship for 2021-22. Through the Gardner Fellowship, Chloe will begin her career in intersectional gender justice policy and advocacy and hopes to…

IR Junior Chase Small reflects on the interdisciplinary nature of the IR major, Stanford’s research opportunities and the importance of civic engagement.  

“I first started thinking about international affairs in middle school,…

Kelly Kim is a sophomore majoring in International Relations and minoring in Modern Languages. She is passionate about human rights, criminal justice, and democracy issues and the intersection of such topics with media studies. Kelly…