Lisa Barton is the 2012 recipient of the Walter Roberts Award for Public Diplomacy Studies. The award carries with it a $1,000 prize and recognizes and a student who has performed at a high level in and out of the classroom in public diplomacy-related work, including a demonstrated interest in pursuing a career in public diplomacy.
Among her many accomplishments, Lisa has been engaged in public diplomacy through her past experience in the Peace Corps and at the Foreign Service Institute. As a student in the Global Communication M.A. program, she maintained a 3.7 GPA within her field of concentration, Public Diplomacy. Today, she is the Alumni Outreach Coordinator of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. State Department.
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The other recipients of this award are: