Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs-Report

2022

STEVEN J. GREEN SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL & PUBLIC AFFAIRS

AT A GLANCE

MAJOR MEDIA & PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

SCAN FOR A DIGITAL VERSION

IRAN IS SLOWLY ENTRENCHING ITSELF AS A PLAYER IN THE UKRAINE WAR CNN, October 19, 2022

Iran’s military takes hard-line stance against growing unrest CBS News October 17, 2022 Political Science Professor Eric Lob, an expert on Iran, interviewed on CNN and CBS News in September and October 2022 regarding use of Iranian drones by Russia in Ukraine, as well as Iran’s hardline response to surge of protests against the regime.

Reaction to Brazilian Presidential Election Results BBC Newshour

Dr. Pereira interview begins at 39:18

October 30, 2022 Interview with Dr. Anthony Pereira, Director of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center

Bolsonaro exceeded expectations in Brazil’s first-round vote. But the odds are still against him Miami Herald October 4, 2022 | By Andres Oppenheimer

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Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs AT A GLANCE MAJOR MEDIA & PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

GREEN SCHOOL EXPERTS FEATURED IN MAJOR MEDIA THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND ABROAD Florida has long been a sanctuary for immigrants.

That’s now being tested Washington Post September 24, 2022 “There is nothing like this in the history of Cuban migration,” said Jorge Duany, director of the Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University. “Whether by land, sea or air, nothing can compare to this.”

Family fights to free beloved US lawyer imprisoned in Venezuela The Guardian Brian Fonseca, Director of FIU’s Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, spoke about Eyvin Hernandez, a 44-year-old lawyer picked up by Venezuelan security forces near the Colombia-Venezuela border.

“Detainees are being leveraged in the context of negotiations between countries to change policy.”

NBC’s Today Show

2022 FIU Cuba Poll Media Event

Est. National Audience 3,259,057

NBC News October 25, 2022

Professor Eduardo Gamarra of FIU called this kidnapping

Most Cuban Americans disapprove of Biden SCAN FOR FIU CUBA POLL

Violence and Disarray in Haiti

on the issues, but new arrivals like him, FIU Cuba Poll finds

Publicity Media Type

$1,026,381

Audience by Media Type

a crime of opportunity. “A foreigner is going to be an easy target, there are no authorities to go to, there’s no police, there’s no military, there hasn’t been a military for decades.”

Fake news speaks many languages, but it’s particularly fond of Spanish Washington Post July 2022

80,128,035

Publicity

Est. National Publicity Value USD $2,638,656

Eduardo Gamarra, a professor at Florida International

Audience

University who researches disinformation, said while much of the fake news that reaches Spanish-speaking Latinos Online News

TV

Radio

Online News

TV

Radio

in the U.S. is translated from English, plenty of it originates in Latin America.

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OTHER NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Mitzi Carter acknowledges Florida’s Native Tribes as the stewards of the land

Green School’s “Real Triumphs Grad” goes to Italy to inform future FIU partnerships, study abroad opportunity

Global Indigenous Forum Director

Recent Green School graduate

Mitzi Carter works to bring awareness of

Amelia Raudales ’22 and student Michelle

Florida’s indigenous history. “Indigenous

Puentes were awarded a weeklong trip to

communities are often rendered

Genoa, Italy, by FIU Global to experience

invisible due to legacies of violence.

the city’s rich culture and history; meet

Through recognition and action, we can

with local university administrators

understand the harm that has been done

and business leaders; and identify

and create ways to heal.”

opportunities for FIU students who may be

Maurice A. Ferré Institute receives two significant gifts More students will get to experience and learn from the legacy of former Miami Mayor Maurice A. Ferré, thanks to two recent gifts: $100,000 from the Anthony R. Abraham Foundation for scholarships and $25,000 from FIU alumnus Paul Carl Velez ’75 ’77, president and CEO of the Borinquen Health Care Center in Miami.

interested in studying or interning abroad.

$1 million gift to Jaffer Center to fund visiting professorship The Meghji Family Trust has donated $1 million to the Mohsin & Fauzia Jaffer Center for Muslim World Studies to establish a visiting professorship, the

As USAID interns, Green School students provide humanitarian aid around the world

Prophet Muhammad Visiting Professor of

Green School student Andres Velasco,

Islam Studies.

Shi’a Islam Studies, and help the center work toward building a program in Shi’a

a senior studying history, is one of three FIU students interning at the U.S. Agency for International Development. “There are not many internships where one can say

Green School exploring professorship to focus on peace initiatives Working with a donor, the Green School is exploring creating a professorship whose work will focus on the peace initiatives between Israelis and Palestinians, to be housed within the Moshin & Fauzia Jaffer Center for Muslim World Studies.

their work directly contributed to saving lives across the globe.”

The Little Red Dot Amidst U.S.-China Rivalry Great Power Competition examining U.S.-China great power

Video project on former Miami Mayor Ferré highlights his legacy

competition from the perspective

Miami Mayor Maurice A. Ferré’s eldest

of Singapore/Southeast Asia with

daughter, Meme Ferré, and producer

Dr. Adrian Ang, Coordinator of the United

Aaron Glickman have interviewed

States Programme at the Institute of

community leaders and close friends

Defense and Strategic Studies, part of

of the late mayor for a video project on

the S. Rajaratnam School of International

the importance of civic leadership and

Studies at the Nanyang Technological

engagement. The video will premiere at a

University, Singapore.

fundraiser at the Perez Art Museum Miami.

The Green School hosted a conversation

3 FIU Model UN students named to all-star team Described as the “most respected leaders in the Model UN community, All-Stars are considered the best and brightest in collegiate Model UN. Hayley Serpa, Alexander Sutton and Marek Kong were Model UN head delegates named to the 2021-22 All-Stars Team.

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KIMBERLY GREEN LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CENTER

HIGHLIGHTS Appointment of LACC Director

Launch of the Program of Excellence in Brazilian Studies (PROBRAS)

Hemisphere, LACC’s flagship publication,

Dr. Anthony Pereira,

Our vision for PROBRAS includes

is celebrating its 30th year of

previously the director

three main pillars: a) Brazilian Culture,

publication. It features articles

of the Brazilian Studies

History and Language; b) Environmental

from academics around

Institute at King’s

Governance, Conservation and

the world who study Latin

College of London

Sustainability; and c) Business. Our long-

America and the Caribbean.

term goal includes positioning PROBRAS

Issues revolve around a central

Appointment of LACC Director of Academic Programs

among the top 10 Brazilian studies

topic of contemporary relevance in the

programs in the U.S.

Americas, with an emphasis on the

Dr. Gabriela Hoberman

G.R.E.A.T. Grant Award

social sciences. 2021 Volume, “Living with Lies” is available online.

Jose Miguel Cruz (Director of Research), Ana Carazo, and Ryan Meldrum have been awarded a 3-year, $600,000 grant by the US Dept. of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics & Law Enforcement Affairs to co-lead (with Notre Dame) an evaluation of the Gang Resistance Education and Training Program in El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica & Panama.

Reflections on Haiti Series October 2022 The Reflections on Haiti series began

DuoLingo, Haitian Creole course development Professor of Haitian Creole and Haitian

The African Diaspora in the Bolivian High Andes: The Struggle for Cultural, Social, and Political Representation

Nick André, Associate Teaching Studies Certificate Director at LACC,

in July 2021, featuring experts residing

Programming that stems from the 2021

created the Haitian Creole course on

in Haiti to provide their insight and

LACC High Andes Qualitative Field

language-learning app Duolingo in

perspectives on the current situation

Study for MSI and CC Faculty, part of

collaboration with former student

and how it affects arts and culture,

the LACC Andean Studies Program

Nyya Flores Toussaint, recipient of the

education, and the financial and medical

of Excellence. Highlight of LACC

LACC FLAS Award for Haitian Creole

sectors. Presented in Haitian Creole

collaboration with HBCUs Morehouse

(BA ’17). It is the first-of-its-kind free,

with English interpretation.

College and Spelman College.

digital course for Haitian Creole.

This year marked the 25th year of the

Series on Colombian Presidential Elections

Conference on Migration in the Americas: The Workings of Collective Hope

LACC Haitian Summer Institute. We

In collaboration with the Universidad del

A conference to analyze the current

hosted 17 students in the six-week

Norte in Colombia, LACC hosted a three-

state of migrations throughout the

program designed for anyone interested

part series devoted to the presidential

Americas. LACC will host the second

in acquiring basic conversational

elections in Colombia. The series

installment of the conference next

proficiency in Haitian Creole and

featured scholars from Colombia and

year at the University of California,

for students who wish to continue

FIU and had great attendance with 800

San Diego. Part of LACC’s Migration

their training at the intermediate and

people attending including more than

and Transient Communities Program

advanced levels.

44,000 post-event views on YouTube.

of Excellence.

Haitian Summer Institute

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