Student Experience

Students at the Watson School engage in interdisciplinary, policy-focused study that prepares them to tackle complex global challenges. Our programs develop informed, creative thinkers equipped to lead in international and public affairs.

  

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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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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First-generation college graduate Lizbeth Lucero, who aims to make public policies more inclusive and equitable, appreciates the diversity of faculty and fellow students in Brown’s Master of Public Affairs program.
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Senior International and Public Affairs concentrator Ellis Clark created a foundation to help improve standardized test scores of Detroit public school students.
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During their time at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Military Fellows advise and mentor students. On this page, we highlight the research of Brown students who have worked closely with Military Fellows. These papers are the culmination of a research partnership between the student and fellow.
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Junior International and Public Affairs concentrator Logan Danker has already embedded himself in Providence's political and non-profit world.
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Benjamin Lopez ’22 MPA discusses his experience in the Brown MPA program and how it prepared him for his current role as the Digital Communications Manager / Press Assistant for the Washington office of Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández.
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