Students & Alumni

“For me, there is a life before, and a life after IWP, for which I am very grateful… I got to study what I really wanted and apply it in real life.” Priscilla Zozaya (’15) is passionate about helping businesses and governments work together. Here, Priscilla describes her work in building alliances, from her first…

Dr. Nathan Hodge, who currently serves as a Senior Intelligence Officer on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, has joined the IWP faculty to teach a new course on Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT). This two-credit course (IWP 701) will be offered on Tuesday evenings from February 28 to April 25. The course examines Geospatial Intelligence as…

“North Korean spies are one of the hardest intelligence targets, and their tradecraft is honed by decades of training.” -Dr. Amanda Won Dr. Amanda Won, who is currently serving as the director of IWP’s China/Asia Program, is teaching a new two-credit course this spring on the Theory and Practice of North Korean Espionage (IWP 703).…

On December 13, IWP alumna Ann-Elise Quinn, who is currently working at Thomson Reuters Special Services, participated in a panel discussion on “Strategies to Fight Human Trafficking in China.” The event was sponsored by Freedom Collaborative and Justice Ventures International.  During the event, Ann-Elise discussed her research on forced labor in China and the identification…

IWP students, led by Jacob Bosen, have launched a chapter of the John Quincy Adams Society (JQAS) at the Institute this fall. JQAS is a national network of student groups committed to identifying, educating, and equipping the next generation of scholars and policy leaders to encourage a new era of realism and restraint in American…

The Alexander Hamilton Society – IWP Chapter recently hosted a lecture for students with Dr. Peter Berkowitz on the topic of “American Grand Strategy and China.” Dr. Berkowitz formerly served as the Director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, executive secretary of the department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights, and senior adviser to the Secretary of State.…

The National Military Intelligence Foundation (NMIF) has awarded IWP M.A. candidate Anjuli Ribarevski one of its prestigious scholarships. This scholarship will help Anjuli pursue her M.A. in Statecraft and National Security Affairs with a specialization in Intelligence Studies. Anjuli has extensive experience studying Russian through formal education, living in Narva, Estonia and as a former…

Vangala Ram, an intelligence and Foreign Service professional who was one of IWP’s earliest students in 1992, has joined IWP’s Cyber Intelligence Initiative team as an instructor. This fall, he taught a course on “Intelligence and the Law” for IWP in Africa. Mr. Ram recently retired from the U.S. Foreign Service as a Senior FSO,…

We recently spoke with M.A. candidate Jack Waterman about his experience at IWP and his work for the Office of Naval Intelligence. A transcript of the conversation may be found below.  Please tell us a little about yourself. My name is Jack Waterman, and I am a second-year Strategic Intelligence Studies major. I work as…

An IWP faculty member, staff member, and student made presentations at the annual International Association for Intelligence Education Conference held at the Citadel in South Carolina from 20-22 October. The conference theme was “Intelligence Education in a Contested World.” Professor Aaron Danis noted that “this was the first in-person IAFIE conference domestically since 2019.” There…