Project: Grappling with the Truth: Examining International Intervention in Bosnian Popular Memory

Adviser: Dr. Kelly M. McFarland, Director of Programs and Research, ISD

Sophia Copeland is a senior in the School of Foreign Service, majoring in international politics with a concentration in foreign policy & policy processes and minoring in economics. She has interned at the Library of Congress’s John W. Kluge Center and the Centre for Cross Border Studies in Armagh, Northern Ireland. She is involved in the Carroll Fellows Initiative, Laidlaw Scholars program, Blue & Gray Tour Guide Society, and GU Pride. Proudly from Seattle, Washington, Sophia is passionate about post-conflict reconciliation, democratic institutions, and political rhetoric. Her ISD project will examine post-conflict legal constructions of popular memory and its implications for diplomacy and state stability.