"The Intersection Between Academia and Foreign Policy" with Harvard Ph.D. Candidate, Naima Green-Riley

Join Black Professionals in International Affairs (BPIA) for a BPIAChats virtual leadership discussion with guest speaker, Naima Green-Riley.  

Naima Green-Riley is a Ph.D. Candidate and Raymond Vernon Fellow in the Department of Government at Harvard University. Her dissertation research focuses on U.S. and Chinese public diplomacy, merging theoretical work from the fields of political science, communications and psychology. Naima's academic work intersects with her contributions to global development and diplomacy. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Oxfam America. Before pursuing her Ph.D., Naima was a Pickering Fellow and a Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. Department of State, where she worked in the public diplomacy cone. Naima was the Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Alexandria, Egypt during the Arab Spring (2011-2013). She also served as a Consular Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou, China during the Obama administration's "Pivot to Asia" (2014-2015).