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2009-10 Harrison Fellows: Cyanne Loyle and Quddus Snyder |
Mike Beevers |
Rabih Helou |
Michael Beevers is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Government and Politics. Michael’s interests are in the domains of global environmental politics, development and international relations. His dissertation examines how and under what conditions environmental and natural resource governance shapes outcomes and influences war-torn societies. In particular, his research focuses on forest and mineral politics in postconflict Sierra Leone and Liberia. Michael was a Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar and recipient of a 2008-2009 dissertation fellowship from the US Institute of Peace in Washington D.C. Before attending the University of Maryland, he was as a Research Associate at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School in the Science, Technology and Environmental Policy Program where his work explored the impacts of climate change and sea level rise. He has consulted for the United Nations Environment Programme’s Postconflict and Disaster Management Branch and the World Resources Institute, and has worked in South Asia and West Africa on development and environment issues. Michael served in the Peace Corps and holds two masters degrees from the University of Washington. |
Prior to joining the GVPT doctoral program, Rabih Helou spent nine years as a management consultant, serving over two dozen clients across various industries and countries. Towards the end of this period he focused his career on government services and consulted for governments in Canada, Ireland, Qatar, Iraq and the United States. In 2004 he worked with the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad, then returned to Washington to serve as the Director of the Baghdad Embassy Staffing Team and Deputy Director for the Iraq Policy and Operations Group at the US Department of State. Here his research interests were formed. With firsthand experience of the benefits and potential tensions of business-government relations, Rabih chose to deepen his understanding of the field through research. His dissertation research examines firms as political actors as they engages with their constituents in their various forms, a process he calls Corporate Social Responsiveness. |
For more information, contact Dr. Ken Conca, director, Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda Mailing address: Department of Government and Politics, 3140 Tydings Hall, College Park MD 20742 USA Phone: 301-405-4125 E-mail: kconca<at>gvpt.umd.edu photo credits |
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