Project: Global Gender Diplomacy and the Effectiveness of Terrorist Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) Processes in Northeastern Nigeria

Adviser: Ambassador (ret.) Johnnie Carson, Senior Advisor, US Institute of Peace; Member, Board of Advisors, ISD; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (2009-13)

Olivia Shoemaker is an M.A. student in Georgetown Security Studies Program. She is currently taking a year off to perform research on gender and terrorism in Nigeria as a Beinecke Scholar and West African Research Association Fellow. Olivia graduated with her B.A. in Global Affairs from Yale in 2021 and is particularly interested in counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, and gender and security. She has previously worked for the Institute for Defense Analyses, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, START, and the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe. Olivia is also an avid cyclist and loves riding around DC!