— Emily Colcord Schrader —

Emily currently attends Stanford University, where she is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in International Relations on the International History and Culture track, with a minor in Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Outside of class, Emily conducts research on the Vietnam War with Dr. Phil Taubman at the Center for International Security and Cooperation. In 2021, she did significant research for a task force focused on aligning human rights with US foreign policy (led by Freedom House, CSIS, and the McCain institute), and worked on defending the free press as an intern with Reporters Without Borders. Researching ongoing apartheid-era divides in Cape Town sparked her initial interest in how global communities heal from relatively recent atrocities, and she hopes to compare South African transitional justice processes to those in Bosnia and Herzegovina. With deep experience in advocacy and journalism, Emily also aims to report cultural and community stories from Sarajevo.