Student Experience
The Watson Institute houses several undergraduate and graduate programs that take an interdisciplinary, comparative approach to policy-relevant learning in the social sciences. Our programs are designed to inspire today’s engaged scholars and creative thinkers to become tomorrow’s leaders in international and public affairs.
Student Experience
The Watson Institute houses several undergraduate and graduate programs that take an interdisciplinary, comparative approach to policy-relevant learning in the social sciences. Our programs are designed to inspire today’s engaged scholars and creative thinkers to become tomorrow’s leaders in international and public affairs.
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Alumni Spotlight: Kelly Rogers ’12 MPP
Kelly Rogers earned her master's degree in public policy from Brown in 2012. Since then, she has leveraged the knowledge she acquired and the connections she made at the Watson Institute into a career that has seen her make a significant impact on the state of Rhode Island.
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Through the Marshall Scholarship, Schwarzman Scholarship and Pickering Fellowship, three members of the Class of 2025 will depart Rhode Island for the global stage to pursue international graduate studies and careers.
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Student Spotlight: Charles Alaimo ’25
Charles Alaimo, a junior concentrating in International and Public Affairs (IAPA), credits Watson's multidisciplinary approach to learning and its extraordinary professors for fully preparing him for a career in emerging technical policy and foreign policy research.
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Wendy Schiller told the Brown Daily Herald that the new school will unify programs, expand research opportunities, and better integrate undergraduate and master’s programs for greater interdisciplinary collaboration.
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Alumni Spotlight: Hamidou "Hammi" Sylla ’23 MPA
Hamidou "Hammi" Sylla, who earned his MPA from the Watson Institute at Brown University in 2023, found Watson faculty and staff enormously supportive of his YouTube talk show, "Let's Just Talk with Hammi." Many of Sylla's interviewees became valuable professional and personal mentors.
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Alumni Spotlight: Grant Cohen ’24 MPA
Grant Cohen, who earned his Master of Public Affairs degree from Brown in 2024 while working a full-time consulting job, used the experience to sharpen the skills he needed to advance his career in the public service sector.
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A concentrator in international and public affairs and Latin American and Caribbean studies, Palomo will pursue a graduate degree at Oxford through one of the most prestigious awards for international study.
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Student Spotlight: Déja Todman ’24.5
Déja Todman's journey from Brown undergraduate to entrepreneur was a long and winding road. After a six-year leave of absence, she returned to complete her studies in International and Public Affairs (IAPA) and is currently serving as a liaison for Vera Krichevskaya's virtual workshops on political propaganda.
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Alumni Spotlight: Ashley Delgado ’24 MPA
Ashley Delgado, who earned her MPA from the Watson Institute at Brown University in 2024, practices many of the skills she learned at Watson — tact, patience, program management skills and effective use of limited resources — in her current position with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
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Student Spotlight: Marcos Montoya Andrade ’25
Senior International and Public Affairs concentrator Marcos Montoya Andrade's summer internship project at The League of United Latin American Citizens has earned national media attention.
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Out of 35 applicants, the Watson Institute has selected nine students for the 2024-2025 Director’s Fellowship cohort, offering them the chance to collaborate on research with faculty across the Institute's centers and initiatives.
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Known as the Voyager Scholarship, the program aims to support future public service leaders through meaningful work-travel experiences, generous financial aid and a robust mentor network.
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