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    • Our Program 
      • How It Works
      • Why Participate
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      • Our Administrative Team

         

        Supporting Horizon's work in admissions, operations, and outreach.

      • Our Staff

        These talented individuals will be assisting you alongside your assigned academic mentor as you complete your Horizon Project. The Horizon Academic Research Program's team oversees the logistical aspects of our high school research program. We run Horizon's in-house writing center, oversee scheduling matters, and provide ongoing advice and support for students as they engage in the process of academic research.

         

        Our team collaborates with (and is distinct from) our 83 academic instructors from universities such as Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, MIT, Dartmouth, Cambridge, Oxford, and Columbia. You can view a list of some of our academic instructors here.

        Sunny Mewati: Academic lead & staff member with a MA from Peking University HSBC Business School who helps high school students with research projects.

        David Hansen

        M.A. from Texas Tech University

        Academic Lead

        Keating Sherry: North America outreach lead & staff member with a BA from the University of Miami who helps high school students with research projects.

        Keating Sherry

        B.A. from University of Miami

        North America Outreach Lead 

        Nika Hajikhodaverdikhan: Program Associate & staff member with a BA from the University of California, Berkeley who helps high school students with research projects.

        Lucas Hunter

        M.F.A. from Purdue University

        Program Associate

        Nika Hajikhodaverdikhan: Program Associate & staff member with a BA from the University of California, Berkeley who helps high school students with research projects.

        Nika Hajikhoda-verdikhan

        B.A. from University of California, Berkeley

        Program Associate

        Cynthia Wang: Environmental science course assistant & staff member with a BA from the University of Pennsylvania who helps high school students with research projects.

        Jessica Norris

        Ph.D. (c) from Georgetown University
        B.A. from University of California, Santa Barbara,

        NRDC fellow

        Environmental Science Course Assistant

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        Haley Frevert

        M.A. from The John Hopkins University

        International Relations Course Assistant

        David Weeks: Global outreach lead & staff member with a BA from Swarthmore College who helps high school students with research projects.

        David Weeks

        B.A. from Swarthmore College

        Global Outreach Lead

        Daniele Cassese: Economics course assistant & staff member with a PhD, MA, and BA from the University of Siena who helps high school students with research projects.

        Dr. Daniele Cassese

        Mead Research Fellow and College Lecturer, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge

        Economics Course Assistant

        Nicole Posadas: Program associate & staff member with a BA from the University of Pennsylvania who helps high school students with research projects.

        Paige Hann

        B.A. from Yale University

        Program Associate and Interviewer

        Davida Kollmar: Data science & machine learning course assistant & staff member with a MS from NYU and a BA from Yeshiva University who helps high school students with research projects.

        Davida Kollmar

        M.S. from NYU

        B.A. from Yeshiva University

        Data Science & Machine Learning Course Assistant

        Shan Liu: Technology lead & staff member with a BA from Juniata College who helps high school students with research projects.

        Shan Liu

        B.A. from Juniata College

        Technology Lead

        Nicole Posadas: Program associate & staff member with a BA from the University of Pennsylvania who helps high school students with research projects.

        David Choi

        B.A. from University of Pennsylvania

        Writing Assistant

        Scott Dobbins: Program advisor, former program director, & staff member with a MS from Stanford University and a BA from Columbia University who helps high school students with research projects.

        Scott Dobbins

        M.S. from Stanford University

        B.A. from Columbia University

        Program Advisor, Former Program Director

        Ani Nadiga: Writing and Publications Coordinator & staff member with a MS from the University of Glasgow and BA from Carleton College who helps high school students with research projects.

        Ani Nadiga

        M.S. from University of Glasgow

        B.A. from Carleton College

        Writing and Publications Coordinator

        Zhanar Irgebay: Program associate & staff member with a MA from the University of Chicago and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania who helps high school students with research projects.

        Zhanar Irgebay

        B.A. from University of Pennsylvania, M.A. from University of Chicago

        Program Associate

        Nicole Posadas: Program associate & staff member with a BA from the University of Pennsylvania who helps high school students with research projects.

        Nicole Posadas

        B.A. from University of Pennsylvania

        Program Associate

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        Callum Kiser

        B.A. from Columbia University

        Seasonal Interviewer

        Nicole Posadas: Program associate & staff member with a BA from the University of Pennsylvania who helps high school students with research projects.

        Kue Xiong

        B.A. from Connecticut College

        Seasonal Interviewer

        Ben Klebanoff

        B.A. from Yale University

        Seasonal Interviewer

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        Niusha Hajikhodaverdik-han

        B.A. from U.C. Berkeley

        Seasonal Interviewer

        Saba Mashayekhi

        B.A. from U.C. Berkeley

        Seasonal Interviewer

      • Senior Advisor

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        Robin J. Lewis

        Senior Advisor

        Professor Lewis was the Associate Dean of the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) in New York from 1985-2007 and was also the first Executive Director of the Global Public Policy Network (GPPN), an innovative partnership between SIPA and top universities around the world.​From 2009 to 2014, he was the Director of the School of Social Development and Public Policy (SSDPP) at Beijing Normal University.

         

        Professor Lewis is currently the President of the International Development and Public Policy Alliance (IDPPA), a consortium of graduate public policy schools in Brazil, Russia, India, China and more founded in 2012. He also directs the new Master of Global Public Policy (MGPP) program at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) in Moscow, created in partnership with the World Bank and McKinsey & Co.

         

        He has advised governments, universities, foundations, and international organizations on higher education and policy training in more than twenty countries. He has worked with the Ford Foundation, the Open Society Institute, the World Bank, the American Councils for International Education, and the Government of China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). He was also the Executive Editor of the Encyclopedia of Asian History [4 volumes] (New York: Macmillan, 1987), a publication funded by the Asia Society that brought together contributions from over 300 scholars worldwide.

         

        Professor Lewis holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University and is the author of one book, E.M. Forster’s Passages to India, and numerous other articles.

         

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