Starting the last week of my internship is bittersweet. On one hand, I am excited to start the focus group discussions, yet I will not be able to be with CRRC in the process of coding the information. Once I finish the observations on Friday, I must submit the observations sheet to CRRC before the… Continue reading

Tomorrow will be the last day that I am doing internship work for Transparency International. To be perfectly honest, I have mixed feelings about my work. On one hand I know that I certainly did try very hard, going through a lot of really long documents just to find seemingly small footnotes with important ramifications.… Continue reading

Today I went into the Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) office to do an interview for my research, finalize my speech for the upcoming conference, and start working on a new project with EPF that I am very excited about. I was able to meet with the Associate Director of EPF to learn more about the… Continue reading

The beginning of my second week at my internship has been a marvelous experience. I connected with the CRRC staff during our lunch breaks. Specifically the senior quantitative research analyst Louis. He is from Bordeaux, France. On the walk to the mall, he has been helping me refine my French accent and I’ve been appreciative… Continue reading

We have been going some mornings to Hayk coffee roasters café after the hotel continental breakfast. The waiter at the restaurant has recognized us now since we have been going to the coffee shop often. With the group we went to various places such as a restaurant named Mozzarella, a cocktail bar named Kong, a… Continue reading

I just got back from the person who I am working with in my internship on my first draft. I put a lot of effort into making it, three case studies of very different backgrounds and with very different literature documentation. I figured that there would be some problems that I would need to fix… Continue reading

For my internship, I was designated to work alongside the Transparency international Anti Corruption Center. Corruption to me has always been interesting because whenever thinking about political issues it has always been the main barrier in solving so many problems. Want to try and set up a high speed rail network? You have to find… Continue reading

During my time in Yerevan, I have been assigned to work closely with the FAR Child Protective Center. The center is a full-service facility which offers shelter, medical care, counseling, and legal support to children ages 3-18 who are victims of unjust situations. On my first afternoon at the center, I was first given a… Continue reading

Two days ago, I had my first experience with civil society here in Yerevan, Armenia. The other LION program students and I had the opportunity to meet with the people who work at the Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) and have been helping us prepare for our trip, before I was able to spend my first… Continue reading

On May 29th we visited the EPF building and had our info session which was very informative on the circumstances in Armenia. It was a very welcoming introduction to the program. We were able to meet with one of the data analysts of EPF, directors and human rights workers. We also were able to meet… Continue reading