“Until we put honor and duty first, and are willing to risk something in order to achieve righteousness both for ourselves and for others, we shall accomplish nothing.”

-Former President Theodore Roosevelt

My name is Jamie Wise, and I am a senior Eminence Fellow and Stamps Scholar at the Ohio State University. I hail from Wentzville, Missouri—a city about an hour west of St. Louis. Previously, I was a student at the Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing in Maryville, Missouri, where I graduated in 2016 with my Associate’s Degree in Math and Science and my high school diploma. My passion is for international affairs, particularly studying global conflict, humanitarian crises, and peacemaking. I am pursuing a double major in International Studies and Sociology, with a minor in Arabic.

Last fall, I studied abroad in Amman, Jordan, where I interned with a think-tank at the University of Jordan. As a sophomore, I served as a Virtual Intern for the U.S. Embassy in South Sudan and as a Research Intern at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). At Ohio State, I am also involved in Refuge, a student organization that empowers refugees and immigrants to pursue higher education, and Enlighten, a service project focused on human trafficking awareness and advocacy in the Columbus community.

My research addresses genocide, human rights, and post-conflict justice. In 2017, I traveled to Rwanda to conduct field interviews, and I am currently authoring an academic paper on how culturally-specific factors can be integrated into transitional justice mechanisms to improve their capacity to foster peace and security. As a Research Assistant for Dr. Hollie Nyseth Brehm, Assistant Professor of Sociology, I have also analyzed the triggers of violence against civilians by non-state actors in a variety of African case studies. I recently began work on my thesis research project, which focuses on potential post-conflict outcomes for the Syrian Civil War. At Ohio State, my goal is to take every opportunity I can to prepare myself for a career in public service.