Varsha Menon

Experience

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  Ann Bacchus City Council Campaign

  Apr 2017 - Jun 2017

  Intern

  Canvassed, text-banked, and phone-banked for Ann Bacchus during competitive city council election

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  Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

  Sept 2017 - Aug 2021

  Contracted new relationship between GJIA and Johns Hopkins University Press (JHUP)Moderated panel of diverse authors who wrote on the subject of climate change at the 21st Edition Launch in November of 2020Oversaw the production of biannual 22nd edition Volumes 1 and 2 in 2021 Managed Dialogues section with co-Section Editor to ensure regular publication of interviewsOversaw special series of interviews during the 2019 SFS Centennial Interviewed John Podesta and Stephane Dujarric as part of the SFS Centennial Editorial Assistant for Dialogues SectionInterview speakers at public events including ambassadors and foreign policy analystsPast interviews: Cypriot Ambassador Leonidas Pantelides, Ambassador Barbara Bodine, French Ambassador Gerard Araud, Costa Rican Ambassador Roman Macaya Hayes, and Macedonian Ambassador Branko Crvenkovski, Catherine Novelli, and Sheba Crocker

  • Undergraduate Print Editor in Chief

    May 2020 - Aug 2021

  • Staff Editor

    Aug 2019 - May 2020

  • Editorial Assistant

    Sept 2017 - Aug 2019
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  U.S. House of Representatives

  May 2018 - Jul 2018

  Student Intern

  Office of Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33)Talked to constituents through letter responses and answering phone callsHelped draft form letter responses on the behalf of the CongressmanAttended briefings and prepared memos for staffer useScreened calls for the officeUpdated voting record of the Congressman

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  Georgetown University

  Jan 2019 - May 2019

  Teaching Assistant

  Teaching Assistant for Econ-244: International Finance for Professor Fuad Hasanov at Georgetown University

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  Peace Corps

  Nov 2019 - Jun 2020

  Intern

  Compiled legal opinions for use by General CounselRedesigned General Counsel's webpage on the Peace Corps intranetOrganized sensitive financial documents and casework of the Peace Corps

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  Blue Future + the Youth Progressive Action Catalyst

  Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Youth Organizer

  Organized virtually through phone-banking and text-banking for competitive 2020 elections (Senate, House, and Presidential) throughout the US every week for 10 weeks

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  The Roosevelt Group

  Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Intern

  Attended Congressional hearings on the impact of COVID-19 on the defense industry and drafted 1-2 page memos summarizing information discussedCreated condensed memo based off of the 2020 NDAA to distribute to clientsDrafted recommendation reports for TRG's clientsAttended professional development happy hours

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  Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service

  Sept 2020 - May 2021

  As an SFS Undergraduate Scholar, I conducted literature review and data coding for research of Professor Holger Wolf at the BMW Center for German and European Studies on stamps produced in Western and Eastern Europe from the 1950s-present day. One of 9 students chosen to assist MSFS professors with their research Worked under Professor Anna Maria Mayda with her research on the economic impacts of migration under COVID-19Compiled comprehensive 17 page literature review on existing research on migratory changes under the pandemic, ran summary statistics using survey data from Current Population Survey (CPS)

  • SFS Undergraduate Scholar

    Aug 2018 - May 2021

  • MSFS Fellow

    Sept 2020 - Jan 2021
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  Georgetown Anti Poverty Society (GAPS)

  Feb 2021 - Mar 2022

  President
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  PeaceTech Lab

  Jun 2021 - Sept 2021

  Special Projects Intern
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  Adapt-Consult LLC

  Jun 2021 - Jan 2022

  Consultant Intern

  • Research and Analysis: Write literature reviews by conducting primary and secondary research to support Adapt’s consulting services on CLA and systems thinking to donors such as USAID • Project Management Support: Support production of political economy analysis reports and edit political economy analysis reports and literature reviews for USAID projects• Website Development: Develop article content for Adapt LLC website to improve Adapt’s presence in the development consulting sphere

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  Navanti Group

  Sept 2021 - Feb 2022

  I worked on an M&E project regarding IOM's assistance in DDRR programming in the Lake Chad Basin region- attending KIIs with stakeholders and answering evaluation questions using interview transcripts and open source research. I also worked on a project on behalf of the US government identifying key vendors for the US military in Turks and Caicos Islands. I contributed to business development to this company- drafting project proposals, finding new bids, and contributing to knowledge management

  • Researcher

    Dec 2021 - Feb 2022

  • Intern

    Sept 2021 - Dec 2021
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  Blue Future + the Youth Progressive Action Catalyst

  Feb 2022 - Jun 2022

  Social Media Manager
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  US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy

  Mar 2022 - Jun 2022

  Graduate Research Assistant

  I conducted research using various databases for the Comprehensive Annual Report (CAR) 2022 Country Profile data collection project.

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  American Institutes for Research

  Jun 2022 - now

  Quantitative Research Associate

  I assist with data cleaning and analysis to evaluate domestic and international projects, proposal writing, and data collection efforts. Since my time at AIR, I have learned QGIS, SurveyCTO, and NVivo and have improved my skills with Stata. I have also been working in qualitative data collection through conducting and transcribing interviews for the Wallace Foundation's Advancing Opportunities for Adolescents Initiative. Finally, I have experience conducting classroom observations using the FFT framework and will become certified in conducting observations in the CLAS framework as well. Show less

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  Princeton University

  Aug 2024 - now

  PHD Candidate