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Review: Academic study on the Fulbright Program and US public diplomacy
By Colleen Cavanaugh, BA Political Communication, ’22 Molly Bettie’s article “Ambassadors unaware: the Fulbright Program and American public diplomacy” explores a continuous historical tension between the value of the Fulbright Program as an American information...

Sharing America’s stories – the Fulbright program
Improving US intercultural relations, communications, and understanding through exchange By Gabriella Armonda, BA Political Communications, May 2021. On January 27, 2021, the GW Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication presented Senator John Boozman,...
Gender Equality in International Affairs
Building a better approach through research and practice In our latest PDx episode, interviewer and SMPA grad student Victoria Makanjuola talks to Dr. Shirley Graham the director for the Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs at the Elliott School of...
Lack of Humane Immigration Policy Limits Legitimacy in U.S. Public Diplomacy
By Benjamin Gutman, MA Global Communication ’22 It’s three weeks after the U.S. presidential election and policy analysts in every field are scrambling to give experts and the general public alike optimism regarding the future under a new administration. This is...

The New Globetrotter: looking for an international career
In the second part of our interview with Dr. Sherry Mueller, PDx interviewer and SMPA graduate student Victoria Makanjuola learns what college students and young professionals can do to develop a global career. In Dr. Mueller’s book titled, Working World: Careers...