Researcher and social scientist with extensive work experience in the non-for-profit sector and field experience in East Asia, Central Asia, Western Balkans. Currently serving as adjunct faculty for security studies and civil society in Germany. Looking for innovative and creative environments to address social issues and understand complex phenomena. Passionate about human rights, gender equality, political violence and guiding different audiences to understand complex problems. Language proficiencies in Albania, Italian, Mandarin-Chinese, some Spanish and willing/able to learn more upon necessity. Deep thinker, fast learner, hopeless idealist stuck in realism and searching ways to connect dots. Eager to find new inspiring and diverse environments where I can offer my insight and local context to world views.
Work history
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Adjunct FacultyGeorge C. Marshall Center
82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyFreelance
• Serve as seminar leader to participants coming from mid-level to senior government officials from over 50 countries participating in program focusing on theoretical approaches to security studies, contemporary security challenges in Europe and strategies for mitigation
• Create, prepare curricula and lead elective/lecture courses on Whole-of-Society Approaches to Security and Civil Society
• Serve as adjunct faculty for the Program on Terrorism and Security Studies (PTSS), a premiere course on counter-terrorism measures, radicalization and countering violent extremism
• Prepare discussions and seminar activities based on daily plenary lectures presented by full-time faculty and other field experts
• Oversee participants’ negotiation strategies and approaches during simulated exercises based on real world challenges
• Evaluate and assist participants on research methodology, development of critical thinking and academic writing
• Attend field study trips in Berlin and Munich and presentations provided at key German security and diplomatic institutions, including the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Ministry of Defense, The German Parliament and the Chancellery
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P/CVE Advisor and AnalystCommission for International Justice and Accountability - US
- Tirana, AlbaniaFull Time
• Served as the main CIJA US liaison with the National CVE Coordinator and the CVE Center at the Office of the Prime Minister
• Advised the National CVE Coordinator on project development and analysis on violent extremism trends
• Provided technical assistance in preparing draft law proposal on the creation of the CVE Center, addressed at the Prime Minister and adopted in December 2017
• Mentored and coached members of partner institutions and line ministries on the implementation of the National Strategy and Action Plan on CVE in Albania
• Liaised with GoA stakeholders and frontline practitioners to coordinate participation in
CIJA US training activities and commitment to awareness-raising campaigns and other events
• Supported local and international experts in developing training curriculum, internal
documents and guidelines, taking into account inputs from GoA
stakeholders and other international donors
• Led and helped plan training workshops for over 22,000 teachers nationwide on CVE prevention measures, radicalization among youth and violent extremism in Albania and beyond
• Mentored and coached civil society organizations, sub-granted from CIJA US, as part of Resonant Voices Initiative to develop counter-messaging and alternative-messaging campaigns on CVE
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Skills
- Writing
- Analysis
- Depth Interviewing
- Media Monitoring
- Developing Concepts
- Academic Research
- Analytical Thinking
- Political Analysis
- Journalism
- Training Development
Education
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Master of ScienceThe New School
New York, United States
Master of Science in Nonprofit Management
Self-Designed Concentration: Human Rights Advocacy and International Development.
M.S. Thesis: “Culture, Tradition and the Conflict with Human Rights Advocacy Programs: Reducing Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan.”
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Bachelor of Arts (BA) Manhattanville College
- Purchase St, Harrison, NY, USA
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies
Double Minor in Political Science and Communication, Distinguished with Departmental Honors.
BA Thesis: “Separatism, Human Rights Violations and the US as the Third Party for the Uyghur Independence Movement in China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region.”
➢ Presented BA Thesis at the Westchester Consortium of International Studies, New Rochelle, NY.