Stephen Diehl

New Experiential Learning Trip to Southeast Asia Explored Conflict Transformation through the Mekong River

Stephen Diehl — 2024-04-02T17:36:55-0700

The Mekong originates in the Tibetan Plateau and crosses six countries, including Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia, and Vietnam—offering an excellent laboratory to study the vectors of conflict transformation.

New Pilot Program Pairs Middlebury Undergraduates and Graduate Students for Global Careers Trip to D.C.

Stephen Diehl — 2023-07-07T11:18:14-0700

For the first time ever, Middlebury undergraduates had a chance to participate in the Institute’s DC Career Week, where they were mentored by current graduate students.

Field Work: Saving Polar Bears Is a Complex Geopolitical Puzzle

Stephen Diehl — 2023-06-20T14:31:57-0700

An internship with Polar Bears International helped environmental policy student Alex Shahbazi hone his skills as he sought common ground among Arctic nations.

First Projects for Peace Alumni Award Will Support Truth and Reconciliation Education in Sierra Leone

Stephen Diehl — 2023-05-11T13:02:51-0700

Human rights and education activist Joseph Kaifala was a Davis United World Colleges Fellow at the Middlebury Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and one of the first Projects for Peace recipients.

International Development Student Dion Miller Is a UNICEF Program Evaluator in Phnom Penh

Stephen Diehl — 2023-04-13T08:13:17-0700

Miller’s International Professional Service Semester has given him new insights into how a career in policy work could play out.

Field Work: Running a Nuclear Reactor Can Change Your Outlook

Stephen Diehl — 2023-03-22T16:59:05-0700

Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies student Sami Shihadeh BA/MA ’22 completed an internship at Czech Technical University’s nuclear research reactor in Prague.

Field Work: Madison Springfield Swam with a Whale Shark and Wants You to Know What Goes on Beneath the Waves

Stephen Diehl — 2023-02-28T16:28:12-0800

The International Environmental Policy graduate spent her International Professional Service Semester at the Whale Shark and Oceanic Research Center in Honduras.

Field Work: Policy Student Katie Zomer Is Helping Write Speeches for USAID

Stephen Diehl — 2023-02-09T16:42:23-0800

Her current internship with the agency’s Bureau of Legislative and Public Affairs is the latest in an impressive string of experiential learning opportunities as she completes a joint master’s in public administration and international policy and development.

Field Work: Environmental Policy Student Rachel Herring Studies Energy Sovereignty for Tribal Nations

Stephen Diehl — 2023-01-18T08:31:58-0800

A member of the Choctaw Nation, Herring is working on a yearlong internship with the DOE’s Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs through Sandia National Laboratory.

Oath Keepers convictions shed light on the limits of free speech—and the threat posed by militias

Stephen Diehl — 2022-12-07T12:20:01-0800

Amy Cooter, senior research fellow at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, wrote an opinion piece for The Conversation, noting a possible change in public sentiment regarding limits of free speech.