Undergraduate Departmental Representatives
Students who have questions about the major should feel free to contact the student Undergraduate Departmental Representatives (UDRs). These juniors and seniors serve as a resource and representative for fellow majors and potential majors, and bring student concerns and ideas to the department faculty. The UDRs also organize one or more events each semester:
- Anat Ben Nun Anat Ben Nun ('09) is specializing in global governance. Anat is a senior from Haifa, Israel. Besides majoring in IGS, she is also minoring in Peace Conflict and Coexistence Studies and Business. She is highly interested in the field of mediation and conflict resolution and hoping to see her future leading her to that direction. In the summer of 2007, Anat did an internship for the Israeli Mission to the United Nations in Geneva. As Undergraduate Department Representative (UDR) for International and Global Studies (IGS), Anat hopes to help students make the most out of their major. She intends to help students find the right track for them and pick classes that would further their personal and professional development. She also intends to help students with their semester abroad and international internships. While at IGS, Anat hopes to work closely with the IGS faculty and staff to make the program more comprehensive and make changes in the IGS tracks. She had noticed that many professors and students see IGS as an add-on major. Her main goal is to change this reputation while making the interdisciplinary nature of the major an advantage rather than a shortcoming.
- Leila Alciere ('09) is specializing in Global Governance. The IGS program has expanded greatly during my time in Brandeis, stretching to cover a very broad array of subjects. My primary interest at present is sustainable development. I spent the Spring '08 semester studying development from a local perspective in rural Thailand. Now, in my senior year, I am focusing my attention closer to home by working on a thesis about the cycle of rural development in Downeast Maine, USA. My greatest hope for the IGS program is that it will continue to grow to accommodate the diverse interests of Brandeis students