Check out what some of St. Mary's Political Science majors are doing now that they have graduated!
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Since graduating St. Mary's in 2005, George has obtained a Master degree from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Internationals Studies in Washington, DC with a concentration in Sub-Saharan African Affairs. He is currently working for an international consultancy firm call The Romulus Group. With clients throughtout the world like the US Chamber of Commerce, the World Food Programme and UNICEF, his role in the organization is helping organizations implement projects and programs, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, that benefit their missions. Many of the organizations seek connections to either sustainable and eco-friendly projects as well as projects that are non-profit and need grant style funding for long term developmental needs. Immediately following graduation, George worked for Governor Martin O'Malley's Gubernatorial campaign. Following the election, he worked for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee until May 1st of 2009. He helped run the daily operations of the DCCC as well as helped recruit and nurture candidates in a wide variety of districts throughout the diverse political landscape of the United States. Future plans: George hopes to combine his masters with experience working for The Romulus Group to obtain a policy job in international studies. The area of concentration for his thesis was on Sub-Saharan African Affairs and he studied Ethnicity in Central Africa as a catalyst to War Crimes and Unity/Coalition Building, focusing on the Model of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly the Zaire). He might also travel and/or work abroad for a non-profit. For now, he i enjoying life one day at a time.George Connelly
Graduated in 2004 with a degree in political science and a minor in environmental studies. He is currently an Emerson National Hunger Fellow with the Congressional Hunger Center. Eric spent the first 6 months of the program working in Tucson, AZ at the Community Food Bank. There, he worked to educate the communities about local food systems and agriculture. He is currently working on local food & farm to school policy with the National Family Farm Coalition. Future Plans:Eric Hoffman
Kerry, Class of 2007, is currently enrolled in the Political Science PhD program at George Washington University and is planning to graduate in May 2012 with a major in International Relations and a minor in Comparative Politics. She is also a graduate teaching assistant, and I have taught American Politics and International Politics so far. Future Plans: Kerry's plan is to go into teaching. The St. Mary's political science department is the reason she decided to get her PhD and teach at the college level, so she hopes to return to SMCM as a professor one day soon.Kerry F. Crawford
