Post-doctoral Fellow
Adriana Rudling
Adriana Rudling holds a Ph.D. in Politics from the University of Sheffield, U.K. She previously held research positions at Queen’s University Belfast (Northern Ireland), Universidad del Rosario (Colombia), and the Chr. Michelsen Institute (Norway). She has also served as as a consultant specializing in monitoring, learning, and evaluation, working with international NGOs like the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and government agencies such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Her research interests center on the interactions between victims of massive and systematic human rights violations, and the measures state bureaucracies have established in (post-)transitional societies to respond to these harms. Her research has been published in several leading peer-reviewed journals spanning multiple disciplines, including Nature Human Behavior, Human Rights Quarterly, and the International Journal of Transitional Justice.

Undergraduate Fellows

Katalina Li-Kroeger
Katalina is a junior studying International Relations and Public Policy. On campus, she is a member of the Model United Nations Team, for which she travels as part of the W&M delegation, and a consultant at the Writing Resources Center. Her interests center on human rights and activism.

Julia Meyer
Julia is a sophomore majoring in International Relations. She has interned with the Foreign Policy Research Institute, where her work focused on US security interests and environmental impacts in East Asia and Oceania. Her interests include human rights, advocacy, and transitional justice.

Hannah Ray
Hannah is a junior majoring in International Relations and Russian and Post-Soviet Studies. She writes for W&M's student newspaper and previously interned for the Europe & Eurasia Civic Space project at AidData. Her research interests include human rights, the media, and Eastern European affairs.

Chabeli Yumang
Chabeli is a junior majoring in International Relations. She has interned with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian/Pacific Affairs and the Department of Defense on security in the Indo-Pacific. Her interests include East/Southeast Asia, GIS, climate change, and environmental justice.
Post-Baccalaureate Fellows
Alumni

Margot Cunningham
Margot is a 2021 graduate of William & Mary, with degrees in Anthropology and Marketing. She was a College Honors Fellow, Nathan Altshuler Awardee, and Freeman Fellow. She continued her education with a Master's in Marketing at Vanderbilt University, graduating as the Class Valedictorian in 2023.

Nathan Liu
Nathan is a 2022 graduate of William & Mary, with a degree in International Relations, and a former James Monroe Scholar. Previously, he interned with the Partnership for Public Service, helping to increase innovation in the federal civil service. After graduation, Nathan placed at Booz Allen Hamilton as a Strategy Consultant.

Johanna Weech
Johanna is a 2020 graduate of William & Mary, with degrees in International Relations and Hispanic Studies. Previously, she worked for the National Security Archive, processing declassified human rights cases from the 1976-83 junta in Argentina. Jo's first placement was with Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A. as an International Trade Paralegal.