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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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: Jonathan Macomber ’18 MPA

Shifting career focus and his Watson MPA Policy-in-Action experience led Jonathan Macomber to a policy analyst position with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Watson study group empowers first-generation and low-income students through networking opportunities

This fall the Watson Institute hosted a unique study group in collaboration with Brown's Undocumented, First-Generation College, and Low-Income Student Center (U-FLi). The study group, which was open to all students, focused on skill-building and leadership development for first-generation, low-income and undocumented students.
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Alumni Spotlight: Eesha Bhave ’20 MPA

While funding gender and reproductive equity issues in the non-profit arena, 2020 Master of Public Affairs graduate Eesha Bhave's long-term career goal is to ensure that gender and race equity analyses are included in broader policy arenas as well.
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Alumni Spotlight: Alberto Morales '16 MPA

Alberto Morales, a 2016 graduate of Watson’s Master of Public Affairs program and first-generation college student, founded his own consulting firm two years ago with the goal of creating a more equitable philanthropic sector.
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Student Spotlight: Michael Ochoa ’25

First-generation college student and International and Public Affairs concentrator Michael Ochoa says the academic and co-curricular opportunities offered at Brown have enriched his education and furthered his goal of pursuing a career in diplomacy.
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Student Spotlight: Ayoola Fadahunsi ’25

Ayoola Fadahunsi, a Nigerian-American student who hopes to practice law in the immigration and refugee realm, credits Brown for expanding her horizons.
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Student Spotlight: Andrew Davis ’24 MPA ’25 MPH

Master of Public Affairs and Masters of Public Health dual-degree student Andrew Davis is finding ways to incorporate his activism in sexual violence prevention into his coursework. He says he has found a receptive community among the students, faculty and staff at Brown who are eager to support him.
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Student Spotlight: Alex Ivanchev ’25, ’26 MPH

With his multicultural and multilingual background, Alex Ivanchev discussed how the Watson Institute’s International and Public Affairs (IAPA) concentration informs his passion for international reproductive health education.
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