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Students at the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center come from all over the world and from all walks of life. Every fellow shares the goal of creating a more peaceful world, but each in their own way and within various divergent disciplines. Read more about the Fellows – their stories, their goals - in their words.

Peace Fellows

Juan Esteban Ugarriza

— Colombia —
Department of History

Danilo Estranero

— Philippines —
Master in International Development Policy

Jibikeoluwa Faborode

— Nigeria —
Master in International Development Policy

Silvia Fontana

— Italy —
Master in International Development Policy

Matthew Ford

— Australia —
Department of Political Science

Anderson Freitas

— Brazil —
Master in International Development Policy

Sakun Gajurel

— Nepal —
Master in International Development Policy

Gabriele Gardenal

— Italy —
Public Health Leadership Program

Richard Gee

— United Kingdom —
Master in International Development Policy

Reem Ghunaim

— Palestine —
Department of City and Regional Planning

Ruben Gonzalez Flores

— Panama —
Master in International Development Policy

Carlos Guiza Ceron

— Colombia —
Master in International Development Policy

Geysar Gurbanov

— Azerbaijan —
Russian & Eastern European Studies

Gohar Gyulumyan

— Armenia —
Master in International Development Policy

Alaa Hammouda

— Palestine —
School of Global Public Health

Larissa Harari

— Brazil —
Master in International Development Policy

Georgia Harley

— Australia —
Master in International Development Policy

Catherine Harris

— Australia —
Master in International Development Policy

Scarlett Hawkins

— Australia —
Global Studies

Nigel Heywood

— Australia —
Department of Folklore

Roei Shaul Hillel

— Israel —
School of Social Work

Natasha Holt

— Australia —
School of Social Work

Mai Hosoi

— Japan —
Master in International Development Policy

Tzu Han Huang

— Taiwan —
Department of Sociology

Emilya Huseynova

— Azerbaijan —
Department of Epidemiology

Sajjad Hussain

— Pakistan —
Global Studies

Kate Huth

— Australia —
Global Studies

Karina Ito

— Brazil —
Department of Political Science

Dilshad Jaff

— Iraq —
Department of Maternal and Child Health

Rajiv Jalota

— India —
Master in International Development Policy

Limabenla Jamir

— India —
Master in International Development Policy

Maria Clara Jaramillo

— Colombia —
School of Education

Sang Hee Jeong

— South Korea —
Master in International Development Policy

Carlos Juárez

— Mexico —
Master in International Development Policy

Chenai Kadungure

— Zimbabwe —
Global Studies

Dyah Kartikawening Miller

— Indonesia —
Department of City and Regional Planning

Nidhi Khosla

— India —
School of Public Health

Jae Ryul Kim

— South Korea —
Master in International Development Policy

Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah

— Kenya —
Master in International Development Policy

Misaki Kimura

— Japan —
Master in International Development Policy

Manish Kumar

— India —
Public Health Leadership Program

Chimwemwe Kumwenda

— Malawi —
School of Public Health

Martín Kunik

— Argentina —
Department of City and Regional Planning

Osborn Kwena

— Kenya —
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Vera Lalchevska

— Macedonia —
Master in International Development Policy

Christian Lara

— Colombia —
Master in International Development Policy

Yung Le Nietschke

— Australia —
School of Education

Yared Lemma

— Ethiopia —
Master in International Development Policy

Mattias Lindstrom

— Sweden —
Master in International Development Policy

Bautista Logioco

— Argentina —
Master in International Development Policy