Nabil Al-Tikriti, assistant professor of history at the University of Mary Washington, has been named one of eight Jennings Randolph Senior Fellows at the U.S. Institute of Peace for the 2007-08 academic year.<\/p>\n
Since 1987, the Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace has awarded senior fellowships to enable outstanding scholars, policymakers, journalists and other professionals from around the world to conduct research at the U.S. Institute of Peace on issues concerning international conflict and peace. The program integrates the work of senior fellows into the Institute’s education, research, training and operational activities, as well as disseminates knowledge from these projects to policymakers, researchers, educators and the general public.<\/p>\n
\nDr. Al-Tikriti’s research will focus on population displacement in Iraq and its neighbors – particularly focusing on demographic changes occurring since 2003, their effects and their policy implications for the region. <\/span>An expert in conflict zones and relief work, election supervision, Iraq and the modern Middle East, Dr. Al-Tikriti received a Ph.D. in near Eastern languages and civilizations <\/span>from the University of Chicago, a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University, and a B.S. in foreign service from Georgetown University.<\/p>\n Dr. Al-Tikriti was a member of the team that operated the Catholic Relief Services humanitarian assistance project in Iraq in 1991-1992, and later served with Medécins Sans Frontières\/Doctors Without Borders as a relief worker in Somalia, Iran, Albania, Turkey and Jordan. <\/span>He has also served as a field administrator and election monitor in various programs in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Balkans and Africa. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nabil Al-Tikriti, assistant professor of history at the University of Mary Washington, has been named one of eight Jennings Randolph Senior Fellows at the U.S. Institute of Peace for the 2007-08 academic year. Since 1987, the Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace has awarded senior fellowships to enable outstanding scholars, policymakers, journalists and other professionals […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[704],"tags":[],"topics":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-stories","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n