Hannah Brown

Alumni Update:

(Hannah K. Brown) Prior to working at the IRC during her fellowship year, Hannah received her BA in International Relations and Sociology from the University of California, Davis, and her MA in Global and International Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has worked in the international refugee space for the past decade, including in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda, and for the U.S. federal government in Washington, DC. She has previously worked at the Department of Homeland Security’s Refugee Affairs Division and for the Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. She received her PhD from George Mason University’s Carter School for Peace & Conflict Resolution, where she also now teaches, and her dissertation focused on refugee protection and human security in Zimbabwe.

Fellow Bio:

In 2014 Hannah received her MA in Global & International Studies from UC Santa Barbara, focusing on human rights in sub-Saharan Africa. Her MA thesis was titled, “How Mitigating Conflict and Building Lasting Peace Prevents Genocide and Mass Atrocity: A Ugandan Case Study for Central Africa Today.” She spent fall 2013 in Uganda, where she worked in Patongo, Northern Uganda, conducting field research and volunteering with PCCO, an organization engaged in counseling individuals traumatized by war. She also lived in Kampala, interning in the POL/ECON section of the U.S. Embassy where she worked on human rights issues. In 2012 Hannah graduated cum laude from UC Davis with a BA in International relations and Sociology focused on development in Africa, during which she studied abroad in Botswana. She has also spent time in Washington, D.C. working with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in the Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation Division and working with Africa Action. When she’s not reading books on Africa, you can catch her rapping to Tupac or hitting the beach! Hannah is very excited to spend her fellowship year in Kasulu, Tanzania working with the International Rescue Committee!