James Courtright finished his ICWA fellowship in 2023 and is now an independent research analyst and research associate at Clingendael, the Netherlands Institute of International Relations. Previously, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal for three years, during which he worked in community agriculture. He later moved to Dakar and wrote about human rights, the environment and migration for NPR, the Christian Science Monitor and Roads & Kingdoms, among other outlets. He also worked with Gambian civil society alongside the country’s truth commission. James grew up between East Africa and the United States. He graduated from Denison University in 2012 and received a master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in 2020 with a concentration in human rights and humanitarian policy.