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Isabel Eliassen


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Isabel Elliassen graduated in the spring of 2021 as an International Affairs, Chinese and Linguistics triple major. She was involved in Habitat for Humanity and Model UN. In the summer of 2019 Isabel studied abroad in Taiwan with the TUSA program. She also served as an intern for the State Department Office of English Language Program (ELP) in the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA).

At WKU, Isabel was actively engaged in undergraduate research. She received a Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) grant that has funded much of her research and served as the basis for her Honors thesis. Working with Professor Timothy Rich, Isabel published multiple pieces pertaining to her research on language policy including articles in the Journal of Asian and African Studies and theInternational Journal of Taiwan Studies as an undergraduate. Isabel and her co-authors have also had several shorter articles published in The Diplomat and other public affairs outlets. The FUSE grant also provided Isabel with the opportunity to attend several academic conferences to present research.

Isabel says that the Department of Political Science provided her “with research and publishing experiences that have helped prepare her for graduate school and other future professional opportunities.” Isabel hopes to work in the public sector or to teach in East Asia before going to graduate school. She would one day like to study language policy, which has been the focus of much of her undergraduate research as well as her Honors thesis.         

 


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