Julia Collins is a Research/Program Assistant for the Women and Water, South and Central Asia Project at the Elliott School of International Affairs. Julia is a first-year Master’s Candidate in the International Affairs program, focusing on Conflict Resolution and Security Policy Studies. Her particular areas of academic interest include Post-conflict reconstruction, memory politics and dealing with the past, and promoting good governance in transitional democracies – specifically, Myanmar.
Julia graduated from UCLA in 2009 with a B.A. in Political Science, and minors in Environmental Geography and German. Prior to attending the Elliott School, Julia worked on Guam, lived in Hungary, taught along the Thailand-Myanmar border at a political training school for democracy activists, and advocated for refugees at a Californian refugee resettlement agency.
Involved on campus, Julia is the Alumni/New Student Chair on the Graduate Student Forum (GSF), Vice President of PEERS (Professionals in European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies), and a Residence Director at the Center for Student Engagement. After completing her program, Julia hopes to become a Conflict Resolution consultant at a federal agency or international organization.
