Rima Nathan

I am from Daytona Beach, Florida and was raised by a musician and a meteorologist. I enjoy staying active through running, rock climbing, and participating in my collegiate circus. I am currently an undergraduate at the Florida State University majoring in international affairs and political science with a minor in French. My research has focused on variations in sexual violence within different civil conflicts around the world. Other involvements during my college career include teaching an undergraduate research colloquium for incoming students, pursuing a directed individual study on feminist movements in the Balkan region, doing internship work coding data for National Human Rights Institutions, volunteering for Amnesty International through their Citizen-Media Evidence Partnership doing video verification on human rights abuses, and coordinating the human trafficking awareness initiatives on campus through student organizations. My most life-changing experience was studying abroad in Croatia and Bosnia this past summer.  As my first international experience, I gained an interest in different cultures around the world and what makes each of them unique. Through pursuing study in conflict analysis I hope to understand how identities in institutional systems in different cultures can increase or decrease chances of conflict.