Alumni Updates

Former Fellow Shannon Sims on Climate Change

  • August 18, 2017
  • Shannon Sims

Former Fellow Shannon Sims (Brazil, 2012-2014) wrote an article for The Guardian about how climate change will seriously affect the lives of people living in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Despite the fact that Cameron may be the first place swamped by rising sea levels in the US, many of the residents still are not convinced about climate

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Slate Magazine interviews Past Fellow Hansen

  • August 16, 2017
  • Suzy Hansen

In an article for Slate, Isaac Chotiner recounts his conversation with Hansen regarding her experiences detailed in her book, Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World.   Click here to read the full article.

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Neri Zilber in the Daily Beast

  • August 10, 2017
  • Neri Zilber

Former ICWA Fellow Neri Zilber (Israel 2011-2013) recently published an article about Israeli media conspiracy claims in the Daily Beast titled “How Netanyahu Can Outrun the Cops.”  Read the whole article here!

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Positive reviews for Suzy Hansen’s “Notes on a Foreign Country”

  • August 9, 2017
  • Suzy Hansen

Just days before the books release, former ICWA Fellow Suzy Hansen’s (Turkey, 2007-2009) new book continues to receive great reviews. Check out these two from The Atlantic and The Christian Science Monitor.  Click here to pre-order the book. Click here to check out our ICWA event with Suzy Hansen on August 17th with the Pulitzer

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Suzy Hansen’s releases book excerpt in The Guardian

  • August 9, 2017
  • Suzy Hansen

As former ICWA Fellow Suzy Hansen (Turkey, 2007-2009) ramps up to release her new book, check out this excerpt in The Guardian.  Follow the link here to pre-order her book. Click here to check out our ICWA event with Suzy Hansen on August 17th with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting!

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Nicholas Schmidle in The New Yorker

  • August 7, 2017
  • Nicholas Schmidle

Nicholas Schmidle (Pakistan, 2006-2008) recently published an article titled “The U.S. Has More to Lose Than Russia in Spy Expulsions” in The New Yorker.  Read the whole article here!

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Former fellow Nicholas Schmidle writes in The New Yorker

  • August 7, 2017
  • Nicholas Schmidle

Former Fellow Nicholas Schmidle (Pakistan, 2006-2008) wrote an article for The New Yorker regarding U.S. – Russia spy expulsions. Schmidle notes that these expulsions are more detrimental to the U.S. than they are for Russia. Click here to read the full article.

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Andrew Rice in New York Magazine

  • August 7, 2017
  • Andrew Rice

See former ICWA Fellow Andrew Rice’s (Uganda, 2002-2004) article in New York Magazine titled “The Original Russia Connection,” introducing Trump’s first Russia conduit, Felix Sater.  Read the whole piece here!

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Pramila Jayapal interview with Democracy Now!

  • August 5, 2017
  • Pramila Jayapal

In an interview titled “”Cruel & Inhumane”: Rep. Pramila Jayapal on Trump Push to Slash Legal Immigration,” former ICWA Fellow (India, 1994-1996) shared her thoughts on President Trump’s recent actions against legal immigration.  Watch the whole thing here!

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Shannon Sims in CityLab

  • August 2, 2017
  • Shannon Sims

Former ICWA Fellow Shannon Sims recently published an article titled “Building a Social Scene Around a Bike Path” in CityLab.  The piece details a New Orleans cycling network, read the full thing here!

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