Lynne Woehrle ('88), from the United States, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Sociology at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Rosette Muzigo-Morrison ('93), from Uganda, is the longest-serving legal officer with the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), having worked with the ICTR in The Hague, Arusha, Tanzania and Rwanda. She is currently serving in the Appeals Chamber Support Unit of the ICTR in The Hague. She visited Notre Dame in August 2002 to share her experiences with Kroc Institute faculty and new graduate students.

Nina Balmaceda ('96), from Peru, is working for a human rights NGO, Institute for Legal Defense, in Lima and teaching at the university.

Rohan Gunaratna ('96), from Sri Lanka, research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, published Inside Al Queda: Global Network of Terror, a comprehensive analysis of the structure and development of the organization. When the book was published in June, Rohan conducted over 50 inter-views and media appearances. The book was featured in tel-evised interviews on the CBS Evening News, ABC's Nightline, and CNN, and in articles in Newsweek, New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times.

Oana-Cristina Popa ('96), from Romania, earned a Ph.D. (magna cum laude) in History and International Relations from "Babes-Bolyai" University of Cluj, Romania, in May 2001, with a dissertation entitled Cooperation and Regional Security in Southeast Europe after 1989. After serving four years as director of the Bucharest office of the Fulbright Commission, Oana joined the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in February 2002 as Adviser to the Minister on NATO and EU integration. She now serves as Deputy Director of the Department of Early Warning Analysis in the Foreign Ministry.

Charles Muwunga ('00) returned to Uganda in January 2002 and now serves as a Regional Investigation Officer with the Uganda Human Rights Commission. In addition to receiv-ing complaints of human rights violations, he also initiates investigations in such areas as working conditions in facto-ries, refugee rights, children's rights, corporal punishment in schools, domestic violence, and rights of prisoners. Information on the work of the Commission is available at www.uhrc.org.

Regina Saffa ('01), from Sierra Leone, completed a report on Sierra Leone NGOs for the Geneva-based Humanitarian Accountability Project. She is now in the Foreign Service, working with the American Embassy in Freetown as the Political/Economic specialist, and sits on the steering com-mittee of the Anti-Corruption Commission. Corruption is a key issue for both the government and the international commu-nity because it has been identified as one of the root causes of the 11-year civil war. Regi also works with disenfranchised women, mostly ex-female combatants or abductees/victims who have not benefitted from the disarmament package, through the British-sponsored Community Reintegration Program.

Blendi Kajsiu ('01), from Albania, is a research fellow with the Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS) in Tirana. He is currently working on a public survey regarding Albania's membership in the European Union (EU), as well as a project that aims to improve local governance in Albania, financed by the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington. Blendi co-authored a 2002 AIIS report on the state of democracy in Albania entitled "Albania: A Weak Democracy, A Weak State," which is available from the web site http://www.aiis-albania.org. Blendi has also been teach-ing an introductory political science course at the University of Tirana. Anastasiya Kushleyko ('01), from Russia, is now working for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Moscow. With support from the Kroc Institute, Anastasiya completed a 3 month internship at the ICRC after finishing her M.A. She is pleased that this has turned into a more permanent position.

Elton Skendaj ('01), from Albania, is National Project Coordinator for the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs (UNDDA). In partnership with the Hague Appeal for Peace, the UNDDA is implementing a project on "Developing Peace and Disarmament Education Initiatives to Disarm Children and Youth." This collaborative effort focuses on communities in Albania, Cambodia, Niger, and Peru. Elton is the in-country project partner for Albania.

Tetty Uli Naiborhu ('02), from Indonesia, received Kroc Institute funding for a six month internship with the Center for Security and Peace Studies in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Marco Garrido ('02), a Filipino US citizen, is serving a six month internship with Focus on the Global South in the Philippines, where he works on agrarian reform, alternative trade, common property rights, communal ownership and the fight for the rights of indigenous peoples.

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