Adviser: Megan Kelly, ISD State Department Rusk Fellow

Research topic: “The Use of Diplomatic Strategies to Help Enhance the Integration of Migrants in Germany”

Amanda Thoet just finished her first year in the M.A. in German and European Studies Program at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service. She is also pursuing Graduate Certificates in Diplomatic Studies and in Refugees & Humanitarian Emergencies. During the summer of 2017, Amanda interned at the German American Chamber of Commerce in Denver, Colorado, and participating in a German Academic Exchange Service study trip on refugee integration in Germany. Previously, Amanda interned at the Smithsonian Institution’s Office of International Relations; completed a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Leipzig, Germany; and interned as a speechwriter at the US Embassy in Berlin. Amanda graduated from Pennsylvania State University with undergraduate degrees in English, German, and Communication Arts and Sciences.