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January 25, 2021April 23, 2024

Building equality into international affairs

By Yvonne Oh, IPDGC Program Coordinator

In this latest interview, Victoria Makanjuola, PDx interviewer and SMPA graduate student, talks to Dr. Shirley Graham, director for the Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs. The Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs (GEIA) is a program to encourage gender equality in all areas of global affairs, international development, political power, military strength, and government leadership.

Dr. Shirley Graham, director for the Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs

Dr. Graham shares highlights from the initiative and how gender inclusion is making progress in academia and practice for international affairs.

Please enjoy the podcast > PDx GEI A

November 19, 2020November 5, 2022

Listen to the latest PDx: looking for international careers

Getting a job that lets you see the world: how college students and young professionals can search for roles that take them far and away

In the second part of our interview with Dr. Sherry Mueller, PDx interviewer and SMPA graduate student Victoria Makanjuola learns what college students and young professionals can do to develop a global career.

In writing a book titled, Working World: Careers in International Education, Exchange, and Development , Dr. Mueller and her coauthor Mark Overmann compiled many useful pieces of information, gathered resources, and collected interesting anecdotes for college students and young professionals to use as they look for global careers. They both push job seekers to challenge assumptions about what it means to pursue a career in international relations and to recognize that the path to career success is rarely straight.

Go to the the IPDGC Smart Power blog to listen to the podcast.

November 9, 2020November 5, 2022

New in PDx: Public Diplomacy Council and global engagement

In this episode of our PDx podcast, our interviewer and SMPA graduate student Victoria Makanjuola spoke to Dr. Sherry Mueller, volunteer President for the Public Diplomacy Council.

Founded in 1988, the Council is a nonprofit organization that promotes excellence in the professional practice, academic study, and advocacy for public diplomacy.

Dr. Mueller talks about the Council, its activities, and membership – especially its current initiative, the “Rising Professional” associate membership, to encourage newly minted foreign affairs professionals, graduate students, and other young colleagues with an interest in public diplomacy.

Click HERE to go to our Smart Power blog and to listen to our PDx podcast.

October 16, 2020November 5, 2022

Latest PDx podcast: Global connections

UN Day will be celebrated on October 24

The year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and its founding Charter. This anniversary comes in a time of great disruption for the world, compounded by an unprecedented global health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with severe economic and social impacts. But it is also a reminder that times of struggle can become an opportunity for positive change and transformation.

In this PDx episode, SMPA graduate student Victoria Makanjuola speaks with Dr. Dennis Weng, Assistant Professor of Political Science at her alma mater Sam Houston State University, Texas. As an undergraduate, Victoria participated in the university’s Model UN and attended the national conference in New York City in 2019.

Dr. Weng, who was her faculty advisor for the Model UN team, talks about diplomatic relationships, foreign policies, and the importance of multilateral organizations.

Read more and listen to the PDx podcast on our Smart Power blog HERE.

September 28, 2020November 5, 2022

Importance of Citizen Diplomacy – listen to the latest PDx podcast

In the latest PDx episode, SMPA graduate student Victoria Makanjuola talks to Paul Lachelier, founder and director of Washington, DC-based non-profit lab Learning Life. Through programs such as International Mentoring and Family Diplomacy Initiative, Learning Life hopes to get people and their families more involved in diplomacy and learning about the world.

More on the podcast on the importance of Citizen Diplomacy: go HERE

September 14, 2020November 5, 2022

PDx podcast is back for Fall

This fall 2020 marks the 2nd anniversary of the Public Diplomacy Examined podcast. This podcast takes a look at the world of public diplomacy, professional exchanges, international education, global careers, and foreign affairs.

This past summer, SMPA graduate student Victoria Makanjuola worked at the Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication as the PDx assistant showrunner. Victoria took on the tasks of researching and writing, conducting interviews, and handling the technical production of the podcasts.

Along the way, she had many good conversations with professors of foreign relations, exchange specialists, cultural ambassadors, leaders of non-profits, and others in this diverse field.

Victoria’s PDx internship was supported by the Walter Roberts Endowment, which provided five students with small grants to pursue internships in public diplomacy work.

>Go to IPDGC Smart Power to read more about Victoria and her work on the PDx podcast. The first podcast will feature the new student organization, Young Black Professional in International Affairs, and its founder, Hannah Jackson.