Charlene "Charly" van Dijk (CLAS ‘08) is a senior adviser on the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Community and Economic Development team, based out of the Miami Branch. Her focus is on community development finance, place-based initiatives, capacity building, small business and microfinance, and Community Reinvestment Act implementation. She works across the six states in the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s District including Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Previously, while working at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, she collaborated with Reserve Banks to strengthen their community development strategies, research, and programs across the country, and she supported the Board’s participation in the Central Bank Network for Indigenous Inclusion and the Financial Stability Board. Before that, van Dijk held positions at the US Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund and the US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship; A2F Consulting; and the Latino Economic Development Center.

Reflecting upon her experience at CLAS she said: “My time was condensed as a one joint year master’s student through a partnership with Mount Holyoke, my alma mater. That one year, however, shaped me in immeasurable ways,—professionally, academically, and personally. My political economy concentration (shout out to Robin King, Barbara Kotschwar, and Luis Jacome) exposed me to macroeconomic and monetary policy concepts that resonate with me every day in my role at the Atlanta Fed (part of the U.S. central bank) as I strive to ensure that the American economy works for everyone. I have lifelong friendships with wonderful, brilliant humans from all over the world who I met at Georgetown, and I can always tap into the Hoya network
whenever I need to make a connection in a new city or field.”

Dr. Gonzalo Paz was also interviewed by El Comercio, the oldest Peruvian Newspaper, where he also spoke of the balloon. Find the article here. 

Join CLAS at our top M.A. Program in Latin American Studies. Applications are open!

We seek applicants with a proven commitment to Latin American Studies. Housed in the School of Foreign Service, our M.A. Program offers a wide variety of options to our students, including a rich and diverse intellectual environment and a location that allows them to be exposed to and participate in cutting edge research, internships, and policy issues affecting the hemisphere. 
 

Deadline: February 17, 2023 

The Democracy and Governance Program at Georgetown University is seeking well-written, interesting submissions of 1,500 – 2,000 words for the 2022-23 edition of its publication — Democracy & Society. The submissions can be new publications, summaries, excerpts of recently completed research, book reviews, and works in progress. Graduate and undergraduate submissions of high academic rigor are also accepted. Submissions for this issue are due by February 17, 2023. Please email all submissions to democracyandsociety@gmail.com with ‘Journal Submission’ in the subject-line. Democracy & Society reviews submissions on the basis of merit and deeply encourages intellectual and ideological diversity.  
 

 

Deadline: March 1, 2023
 

Applications for the Georgetown Americas Institute 2023 spring student research grants are now open. GAI supports interdisciplinary research on Western Hemisphere affairs around four critical challenges: governance and the rule of law; economic growth and innovation; social and cultural inclusion; and sustainability and the environment. Applications will close March 1, 2023. Questions may be directed to americas@georgetown.edu.
 

Deadline: March 2023

The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Program is a grant program under the U.S. Department of State. The program enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad. It is open to U.S. citizen undergraduate students who are receiving Pell Grant funding and planning to study or intern abroad during any term.

Successful applicants will receive awards up to $5,000 to defray eligible study/intern abroad costs. Awards amounts vary depending on the length of study and student need. Applicants who are studying a critical language such as Swahili, Portuguese, or Arabic while abroad in a country where the language is spoken will be automatically considered for the Critical Need Language Award, for a total award of $8,000. 
 

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is hosting The Pitch: A Competition of New Ideas, its annual premier event to elevate emerging and diverse voices in national security. Selected applicants will make their pitch for innovative policy ideas to meet new challenges in U.S. national security policy in front of a distinguished panel of judges.