ATLANTA — The Georgia Institute of Technology today announced the recipients of fellowships in which students will collaborate with Â鶹´«Ã½ during the fall 2024 academic semester.
Delaney Gomen received the second Governance and Technology Fellowship to work with the Â鶹´«Ã½’s Democracy Program. Muzna Raheel was awarded the first Peace Tech Fellowship and will partner with the Center’s Conflict Resolution Program.
Gomen’s research interests include democracy and technology, election administration, surveillance, censorship, and digital security education. She is pursuing a Master of Science in computer science at Georgia Tech. Gomen is also serving as a researcher for Assistant Professor Michael Specter, who has a joint appointment in computer science and cybersecurity and privacy. Gomen’s fellowship is funded jointly by the Â鶹´«Ã½’s Democracy Program and Georgia Tech’s .
Raheel’s research interests focus on Middle East conflicts, specifically major causes, players, and conflict dynamics and utilizing data analysis and geographic information systems (GIS) to map conflict zones, humanitarian interventions, and peacekeeping operations. She is pursuing a Master of Science in global development at Georgia Tech. Her fellowship is funded jointly by the Center’s Conflict Resolution Program and Georgia Tech’s .
These research fellowships build on the long-term and ongoing collaboration between Georgia Tech and Â鶹´«Ã½.
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Contact: In Atlanta, Maria Cartaya, maria.cartaya@cartercenter.org
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The Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, is one of the top public research universities in the U.S., developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute offers business, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts, and sciences degrees. Its more than 47,000 undergraduate and graduate students, representing 50 states and more than 148 countries, study at the main campus in Atlanta, at campuses in Europe and Asia, and through distance and online learning. As a leading technological university, Georgia Tech is an engine of economic development for Georgia, the Southeast, and the nation, conducting more than $1.2 billion in research annually for government, industry, and society.
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