Renee Keyvan

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Title Undergraduate Student
Department LAS Global Studies (Persian)
Biography
  • Academic Year 2015-2016 FLAS Fellow
  • Summer 2016 FLAS Fellow, studying at University of Maryland-College Park
  • Academic Year 2016-2017 FLAS Fellow

Language: Persian, 4th Year

Renee is a Senior majoring in Global Studies and minoring in Political Science and Study of the Islamic world. Her concentration is in Human Rights within the Middle East, specifically in Iran. She’s very interested in women’s access to education and women’s agency in Iran. She recently studied abroad in Istanbul, Turkey in Spring 2015 and is the Office of Volunteer Programs Intern for the academic year 2015-2016. Renee is currently creating a women’s empowerment week in collaboration with the Women’s Resource Center in Spring 2016, drawing on her experiences and knowledge gained while abroad.