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Melissa Beran Samuelson
Melissa Beran Samuelson
Clinical Instructor of Global Entrepreneurship

Geographical/Political Areas of Expertise

South Asia and Muslim Nations

Language(s)

Spanish Conversant
Nepali Conversant
Dari Basic

EDUCATION

PhD, Political Science, In Progress
Women and Gender Studies
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Master of Arts, Political Science
Human Rights and Diversity
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Graduate Certificate with Honors
Gender Issues and Economic Development
University of Melbourne, Australia

Bachelors of Arts, Political Science and International Studies
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

RESEARCH

Speaking Engagements

Whos Making Policy? What Difference Does it Make?
Delegate for Working and Knowledge Building Sessions

Women PeaceMakers Conference
Institute for Peace and Justice

Women and Social Change in the Maoist Movement of Nepal
Paper presented at the Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies
Princeton University

International Mindset for a Multicultural World
Panel Discussion Leader
Nebraska International Multicultural Exchange Conference

Islam and the Family in Afghanistan
Guest Lecturer for Family Sciences Class
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Kathmandu and Kabul: Linking the World with Study Abroad
Invited Keynote Speaker
Phi Beta Delta Award Ceremony

AWARDS & HONORS

Phi Beta Delta, International Education Honor Society, Present 2005
Graduate Assistantship, Department of Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2004-2005
McKelvie Scholarship Award Recipient, 2001-2002
Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society, 2001
Golden Key National Honor Society, 2000
National Society of Collegiate Scholars, 2000
National Merit Scholarship Recipient, 1998-2002

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

International Relief Experience

Afghanistan Relief Organization
Implemented Midwife training Program with Afghan Ministry of Health
Kabul, Afghanistan
2003-2004

Ray of Hope
Managed Income Generation Project for Women
Kathmandu, Nepal
2002

Crisis Recovery International
Disaster Relief and Aid Distribution for Sri Lanka, China, and New Orleans
Lincoln, Nebraska
2005-2008

Catholic Social Services
Cultural Adjustment Volunteer to Afghan, Iranian and Iraqi refugee women
2001-2002