Shayla Fitzsimmons-Call

Shayla joins the MIP program as a coterminal candidate concurrently finishing her B.A. in International Relations at Stanford with concentrations in Comparative Governance and Social Development. She is also pursuing a minor in Theater Performance. Her research interests center around foreign intervention in the contexts of humanitarian response and democratic processes. Shayla is an Honors student with the Stanford Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law and was awarded CDDRL’s Outstanding Thesis Award for her research investigating autocratic electoral compliance. She has previously worked at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the UN Refugee Agency, in addition to assisting research with the Stanford King Center on Global Development. When she isn’t in Encina Hall, you can find Shayla hiking, salsa dancing, or hunting for a new coffee shop.