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Alumni: Reflections and Professional Paths

Read what some of the Policy Center's former students say about the program.


 Professional positions of Policy Center graduates in
Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies include:
  • Grants Manager for the International Rescue Committee, Kosovo
  • Center for Disease Control, Zimbabwe
  • Teaching Conflict Resolution
  • Career Counselor, Welfare Services, San Diego
  • International Program Officer, United Nations Development Program, Afghanistan
  • Catholic Relief Services, Regional Technical Advisor on Governance, Africa
  • World Vision - Deputy Manager for Honduras
  • Project Manager for NASA, Washington, D.C.
  • Irish Immigrant Center, Chicago
  • University faculty member
  • Consultant in Program Management
  • Family Health International, Program Officer, Namibia
  • Outreach Coordinator, Institute for Economic Transformation, Duquesne University
  • Labor union organizer
  • Corporate Compliance Office for a child and family welfare agency

Professional positions of Policy Center graduates in
Policy Analysis and Administration include:

  • JustAct, Youth Action for Global Justice, Director of Programs
  • UNICEF, Program Planning Officer
  • United Way, Executive Director
  • Investment Banker
  • News Producer, CBS News, New York
  • Director, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
  • United States Peace Corps, Lead Global Systems Architect
  • Department of Human Services, Medicare Centralized Information Coordinator
  • AIDS Foundation East-West in former Soviet Union, Senior Researcher
  • Sentencing Commission, Washington, D.C
  • Teaching English in Seoul, South Korea
  • USAID/OTI South Sudan Team Leader
  • Public Defender
  • College professor in Political Science
  • Pennsylvania Bureau of Minority and Women Business Opportunities, Business Consultant
  • Allegheny County Probation Officer
  • Consumer Protection Agent, Bureau of Consumer Protection
  • Council on American-Islamic Relations, Director of the Arabic Affairs Department
  • Southwestern District Pennsylvania Department of Health, Executive Director
  • U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Field Representative
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Human Relations Representative, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
  • Citizens for Consumer Justice - Civic Engagement Director, Pennsylvania
  • FBI Officer
  • Planning and Quality Improvement Manager
  • Police Officer
  • Program Director for International Migrant Rights at the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
  • U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of Transition Initiatives, Program Manager, Liberia

For more information about programs available in the Graduate Center for Social and Public Policy, please feel free to contact:

Duquesne University
Graduate Center for Social and Public Policy
539 College Hall
600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
412-396-1780
Fax: 412-396-1739
E-mail: socialpolicy@duq.edu

   
 
 
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