The Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies is directed by a member of the steering committee who serves a three-year term. The current director is:
Rebecca Slayton, Associate Professor, Department of Science & Technology Studies.
Steering Committee
Members of the steering committee assist the program director with oversight and management of the Reppy Institute.
Directory
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Julie Ficarra specializes in critically examining global issues of migration, social inclusion, and sustainable development, focusing on comparative and ethical frameworks to foster cross-cultural understanding, social policy analysis, and community engagement.
Kaitlin Findlay is a PhD candidate in the History Department. Her research examines the enactment of international norms of 'humane' confinement in the early twentieth century.
Cassidy Fowler is a PhD student in the Department of Government. Her research focuses on international security, with a particular interest in nuclear weapons strategy and operations, IR theory, and security studies.
Miriam Frank is a M.S. student at the ILR school in the Department of Global Labor and Work and is the Emerson Fellow. Her practice and research focuses on the influence of peace processes on institutional social protection for workers.
Evangelista Fellow Spring 2027; IES Graduate Fellow 2026-27
Filip Galic is a PhD candidate in architectural history whose research examines how architectural ideology shifted as transformations in the transnational political economy and conflicts reshaped the conditions of architectural practice between Europe and post-Ottoman Non-Aligned geographie