Project Coordinators
Daniel Jacobson is a 2004 graduate of Brown University, where he received his BA in Political Science (Phi Beta Kappa). During his undergraduate career he spent his summers as an intern for U.S. Representative Sherrod Brown (D, Ohio) in both the district office and in Washington, DC. During the school term, Daniel worked as a researcher for the Department of Political Science at Brown, and contributed book reviews to academic journals. Daniel is a native of Pepper Pike, Ohio.
Seema Shah recently completed a 2003 Fulbright Scholarship in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where she studied the democratic process and helped to develop a toolkit for NGO's to use in grassroots peacebuilding. Prior to that she worked in public relations for an NGO in Nairobi, Kenya, and she worked in Washington, DC, as an analyst for the Department of Defense. She has a Masters in Arabic from Georgetown University (2002), with concentration in: peacekeeping, human rights, and conflict resolution. She received her BA (magna cum laude) in English Literature and Religion from Case Western Reserve University in 2000. Seema is a native of Cleveland, Ohio.