MA Students
Second Years
Madeline Densmore (MAGIC) is in her second year at Georgetown University. Madeline comes from the Chicago suburbs and has bachelor’s degrees in journalism and political science from the University of Missouri. She studies women’s political clubs during the French Revolution and is passionate about women’s history in late 18th-century politics. Madeline hopes to enter a career in the journalism field after completing the MAGIC program.
med2102@georgetown.edu
Adrian Fadil (MAGIC/MSFS) has a BA in English Literature from Davidson College and a certificate in business from Harvard Business School Online. Fluent in Arabic and Hebrew, he has worked as a writer, teacher, and journalist in the Middle East. He studies the history of conflict and governance in multicultural societies, particularly the Levant, and hopes to enter the American Foreign Service and a doctoral program after his graduation.
agf61@georgetown.edu
Hannah Garcia (MAGIC)
hg398@georgetown.edu
Alexandra Garrett (MAGIC) graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College in Spring 2022 with a double major in History and International Studies. Originally from West Virginia, Alexandra’s background is in postcolonial African studies, primarily interested in youth-led protest movements.
acg161@georgetown.edu
Megan Huang (MAGIC) grew up outside Seattle and graduated from the University of St Andrews with a degree in Modern History. She is currently researching female political expression during the revolutionary era of the United States, focusing particularly on women’s usage of emotional language. Outside of her studies, Megan enjoys writing fiction, crafting, and exploring the DMV.
mwh80@georgetown.edu
Tyler Isgar (MAGIC) graduated from Le Moyne University in Spring 2020 with a major in History and a minor in Anthropology and a minor in Middle Eastern Studies. Tyler comes from Syracuse, NY, and is interested in the relationship between the state and minority groups in the Early Modern Habsburg and Ottoman Empires. After completing the MAGIC program, Tyler hopes to enter a doctoral program.
tei9@georgetown.edu
Philip LaRue (MAGIC) graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a major in political science and philosophy. His primary research focuses on the experiences of Richard T. Greener, U.S. Commercial Agent in Vladivostok from 1898-1906.
pjl75@georgetown.edu
Myles Lim (MAGIC) graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Spring 2022 with High Honors/Summa Cum Laude and a major in History. Myles comes from West Windsor, NJ and is interested in Modern American History, with special emphasis on the history of slavery/civil war, 1960s musical/popular culture, along with modern American domestic/foreign affairs. Myles hopes to enter into a career in research or public history after completing the MAGIC program.
mdl123@georgetown.edu
Shawn Liu (MAGIC/MSFS) graduated from Northwestern University in Fall 2022 with a major in History and Cognitive Science. Currently enrolled in the MA/MSFS dual degree program at Georgetown, he is interested in Chinese environmental history as well as Sino-American competition and collaboration, with a specific focus on their policies regarding the polar regions. He hopes to enter a doctoral program or enter the public sector working in international development after completing his dual degree at Georgetown.
sl2142@georgetown.edu
Jenna Marcus (MAGIC) graduated from the University at Buffalo in 2021 with degrees in political science and history. Jenna is from Buffalo, New York, and is interested in US foreign policy and transatlantic relations. Jenna hopes to work in the media industry after completing the MAGIC program.
jm3614@georgetown.edu
Vishnu Raghavan (MAGIC) is a current MAGIC History student, specializing in the history of Europe during the twentieth century, though he is also very much fascinated by Chinese history and politics, and is considering pivoting towards Asian history and politics as well. He is originally from Seattle, Washington, and speaks five languages at different levels, and he hopes to work for a think tank or for the U.S. government upon graduation. His favorite ice cream is lavender ice cream, which is a delicacy from his home state.
vdr7@georgetown.edu
Kioni Shropshire-Maina (MAGIC) graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Spring 2023 with a major in History and a double minor in Political Science and Dance. Kioni grew up between Brooklyn and Mount Vernon, NY and is currently studying independence-era African history, with a focus on transnational themes and African identity.
ks1993@georgetown.edu
Brooke Thompson (MAGIC) was born and raised in Colorado, and graduated from Westminster College (MO) in May of 2022 with a B.A. in Security Studies, Spanish, and History and commissioned into the United States Army as an Engineer Officer. Brooke is interested in the causes and consequences of political violence and terrorism and American history in general. Brooke is currently pursuing a job in federal law enforcement.
bt522@georgetown.edu
First Years
Soumava Basu (MAGIC) likes working and analyzing historical events from a global perspective, and uncovering lessons for today’s political and geopolitical scenarios. His interests lie in the history of the global Cold War; genocide and Holocaust studies; war and imperial/colonial history; authoritarianism (with a specific focus on Nazism and Stalinism); and the global history of Eastern Europe and its Borderlands. During his Masters, Basu wishes to work on the history of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
sb2308@georgetown.edu
Christopher Bell (MAGIC) graduated from Dickinson College in Spring 2023 with a major in History. Christopher is from Hampstead, Maryland and is interested in studying the early American Republican period. Christopher hopes to enter a doctoral program after completing the MAGIC program.
ctb73@georgetown.edu
Vivian Brien (MAGIC) graduated from Georgetown University double majoring in History and Government in Spring 2024. She explores themes of gender, disability, and political power with a particular focus on medieval Europe. She is also interested in antiquity as well as 20th-century Russia and East Asia among other subjects. Vivian hopes to continue a career in history with an eye toward doctoral studies after completing the MAGIC program.
wwb18@georgetown.edu
Jessica Dickinson Goodman (MAGIC/MSFS) graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a BS in Ethics, History, and Public Policy, a minor in Vocal Performance (Opera), and three years of Arabic. Jessica is from Silicon Valley and is interested in Middle Eastern and West African history.
jkd34@georgetown.edu
Evan Jones (MAGIC) Before coming to Georgetown, Evan was educated at the University of Virginia, where he graduated with the Highest Distinction.
ecj51@georgetown.edu
Catherine La Prairie (MAGIC) graduated from St Thomas University in 2024 with Honours in Philosophy. Originally from Ottawa, Canada, she is interested in national, cultural, and linguistic identities across the French Empire in North America.
cl1745@georgetown.edu
Jiawei Li (MAGIC) graduated from Trinity College (Hartford, CT) in Spring 2024 with double majors in History and International Studies. Jiawei comes from Shenzhen, Guangdong, China and is interested in modern Chinese environmental history and politics. After completing an undergraduate thesis about oyster history in Shenzhen, he hopes his future research will inspire public reflection on environmental policies from vulnerable stakeholders’ views. Jiawei enjoys reading, exploring DC museums, and watching Sherlock Holmes in his free time.
jl3203@georgetown.edu
Juliana Lo (MAGIC) grew up in Santa Cruz, CA and in the Spring of 2024 graduated from the University of San Diego with majors in History and International Relations. Her interests include the role of popular culture and gender in U.S. politics. A former gymnast, Juliana is drawn to the rise of women’s gymnastics as a lens to examine American cultural narratives in the 20th and early 21st centuries.
jml477@georgetown.edu
Anna Maggi (MAGIC) graduated from the University of California, Davis in Spring 2024 with a major in History and a minor in Art History. Anna comes from the San Francisco Bay Area and is interested in print media in early modern England. After completing the MAGIC program, Anna intends to enter a doctoral program in History.
anm141@georgetown.edu
Le-Anne Ong (MAGIC) graduated from the Le Havre campus of Sciences Po Paris in Spring 2024 with a major in Politics and Government. She comes from the small city-state of Singapore. Beyond her academic interest in East Asian History, she pursues her passion in dance and music. Le-Anne will return to Singapore following her completion of the MAGIC programme to serve in the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an aspiring diplomat.
lo282@georgetown.edu
William Pazos (MAGIC) earned his undergraduate degree from Florida State University in 2015 with a double major in History and International Affairs and a minor in Chinese. He served as a US Army Cavalry Officer from 2017 to 2023, and currently works as a civilian at the Pentagon. Will’s chief area of interest is the interplay between Eurasian steppe nomads and the settled societies they encountered, with a particular focus on the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty of China. He hopes to continue serving in government capacities related to Indo-Pacific affairs, and ultimately to enter a doctoral program in Asian History.
wbp15@georgetown.edu
Jessica Scott (MAGIC) graduated from Georgia College & State University in Spring 2021 with majors in History and Geography, along with a minor in Anthropology. Jessica is from Winder, GA and focuses on East Asia, particularly pre-modern Japan and Korea. Jessica aspires to pursue opportunities abroad or enter a doctoral program after completing the MAGIC program.
jbs178@georgetown.edu
Isabella Terrizzano (MAGIC) graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in Spring 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts in History. Isabella comes from the San Francisco Bay Area, CA and is interested in the entangled, transnational gendered history of fascist movements and dictatorships between interwar Italy and Spain. After completion of the MAGIC program, Isabella plans to continue the academic path to receive her PhD.
it227@georgetown.edu
Grace Vanden Heuvel (MAGIC) graduated from Westmont College in 2023 with a major in History and a minor in Spanish. Originally from Healdsburg, California, she is passionate about modern Latin American history, specifically the impact of religion and liberation theology on revolution, and plans to pursue a doctoral degree. Outside of her studies, she enjoys hiking amongst the redwoods, whipping up confectionery delights, and exploring creative outlets, such as fine woodworking, sewing, and fly-tying.
gev17@georgetown.edu
Yi Wang (MAGIC) received his Bachelor of Arts from Fudan University in Spring 2024 with a major in Russian and a minor in Chinese History. He comes from the satellite city of Chengdu and will forever remember his childhood in this small city and its villages. He is interested in the comparative study of Soviet and Chinese socialism, and his previous research focused on the Sovietization of Chinese higher education. At Georgetown, Yi hopes to become a more mature historian of the Socialist Camp and to prepare for a doctoral program.
yw1128@georgetown.edu
Shiyi Zhao (MAGIC) graduated from Hunan University in 2023 with a major in History and spent one year learning Japanese. He comes from Beijing and is interested in the political structure and ethnic relations in the Qing dynasty and modern China. He also is interested in Japanese and Cold War history. In his free time, Shiyi enjoys visiting museums, watching anime, painting, and writing poems. After completing the MAGIC program, Shiyi hopes to enter a doctoral program and devote himself to an academic life.
sz737@georgetown.edu