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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

Mariana Abdalla

— Brazil —
School of Media and Journalism

Peter Adeyeye

— Nigeria —
Master in International Development Policy

Shakeel Ahmed

— Pakistan —
Master in International Development Policy

Cristina Andoni

— Moldova —
Master in International Development Policy

Marios Antoniou

— Cyprus —
School of Education

Kozue Araki

— Japan —
School of Education

Gozel Arazmedova

— Turkmenistan —
Russian & Eastern European Studies

Simon Aseno

— Ghana —
School of Global Public Health

Yared S. Asfaw

— Ethiopia —
Master in International Development Policy

Ignacio Asis

— Argentina —
Master in International Development Policy

Asha Asokan

— India —
Master in International Development Policy

Kalkidan Assefa Kebede

— Ethiopia —
Master in International Development Policy

Daniel Auguste

— Haiti —
Department of Sociology

Aung Aung

— Myanmar —
Master in International Development Policy

Sharif Azami

— Afghanistan —
Master in International Development Policy

Rebeccah Bartlett

— Australia —
Department of Maternal and Child Health

Crisostomo “Jun” Bas

— Philippines —
Master in International Development Policy

Abdedaim Battioui

— Morocco —
Master in International Development Policy

Techa Beaumont

— Australia —
Master in International Development Policy

Pálína Björk Matthíasdóttir

— Iceland —
Master in International Development Policy

Paolo Bocci

— Italy —
Department of Anthropology

Stephanie Borsboom

— Netherlands —
Master in International Development Policy

Lyttelton Braima

— Sierra Leone —
Master in International Development Policy

Romi Brammer

— South Africa —
Global Studies

Patrick Bwire

— Uganda —
Master in International Development Policy

Ana Paula Calil

— Brazil —
Master in International Development Policy

Diana Campos Quiroz

— Peru —
Master in International Development Policy

Ana Catalina Garcia

— Mexico —
Department of Geography

Jean-Lambert Chalachala

— Democratic Republic of Congo —
Department of Maternal and Child Health

Sarah Champagne

— Canada —
Hussman School of Journalism and Media

Narayan Chetry

— India —
Department of Maternal and Child Health

David Robert Chick

— Australia —
Master in International Development Policy

Mwila Chigaga

— Zambia —
Master in International Development Policy

Negaya Chorley

— Australia —
Master in International Development Policy

JuneHo Chung

— South Korea —
Department of City and Regional Planning

Nathalia Contreras Pardo

— Colombia —
Global Studies

Marco Antonio Cuevas Meza

— Mexico —
Master in International Development Policy

Eduardo da Costa

— Brazil —
Master in International Development Policy

Gabriel Bernardo da Silva

— Brazil —
Global Studies

Keren Dalyot

— Israel —
School of Education

Katia de Mello Dantas

— Brazil —
Master in International Development Policy

Sakina Dhorajiwala

— India —
Master in International Development Policy

Pravin Dixit

— India —
Master in International Development Policy

Siddharth Dixit

— India —
Master in International Development Policy

Louisa Dow

— Australia —
Master in International Development Policy

Edem Effiong

— Nigeria —
Public Health Leadership Program

Mohammed Eid

— Palestine —
Global Studies

Pranisa Ekachote

— Thailand —
Master in International Development Policy

Manal El Tayar

— Lebanon —
Master in International Development Policy

Natalie Emery

— Italy —
Master in International Development Policy