Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
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Beatriz Magaloni
Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsComparative Politics, Political Economy, Latin American Politics
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Oriana Mastro
Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
BioOriana Skylar Mastro is a Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University where her research focuses on Chinese military and security policy, Asia-Pacific security issues, war termination, and coercive diplomacy. She is also Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and continues to serve in the United States Air Force Reserve for which she works as a strategic planner at INDOPACOM J56. For her contributions to U.S. strategy in Asia, she won the Individual Reservist of the Year Award in 2016. She has published widely, including in Foreign Affairs, International Security, International Studies Review, Journal of Strategic Studies, The Washington Quarterly, The National Interest, Survival, and Asian Security, and is the author of The Costs of Conversation: Obstacles to Peace Talks in Wartime, (Cornell University Press, 2019). She holds a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Stanford University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University. Her publications and other commentary can be found on twitter @osmastro and www.orianaskylarmastro.com.
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Michael McFaul
Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, the Freeman Spogli Institute and the Woods Institute
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsAmerican foreign policy, great power relations, comparative autocracies, and the relationship between democracy and development.
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Vanessa Melo-Gentile
Affiliate, FSI
BioBorn and raised in the Baixada Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro, Vanessa worked for over 13 years at SEBRAE/RJ - Brazil's largest organization supporting small business development and entrepreneurship. At SEBRAE, she was a project manager working mainly with social entrepreneurship projects and micro-businesses in poor communities in Rio. She also worked as a trade and investment officer at the Consulate General of Brazil in Los Angeles.
Most recently, Melo worked with the Program on Poverty and Governance (PovGov) at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University, where she served as a project manager and research associate. She manages the projects on police reform and criminal violence in Rio de Janeiro, including an unprecedented study in Latin America evaluating the impact of body-worn cameras on police use of force and behavior in one of Rio’s largest favelas.
Melo holds a Bachelor’s degree in Portuguese Language and Literature from the Universidade Iguaçu, a Post-baccalaureate degree in Strategic Management of Human Resources from Universidade Estácio de Sá, and a Post-baccalaureate degree in Social Responsibility from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) - both funded by SEBRAE/RJ. Vanessa is a fellow from the Lemann Foundation, a non-profit organization whose goal is to train and connect Brazilian leaders to impact policies and advance social change. She is interested in exploring opportunities for social and economic development in poor communities in Latin America through local governance and social entrepreneurship.
