I am a first year graduate student in the Politics and Government program following the Global Politics sequence. I received an AA in Political Science from Parkland College, a BA in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh, and an MS in Global Studies and International Relations from Northeastern University. My research interests lie in: US foreign policy, especially in the Middle East; the Cold War; and relationships between individual leaders of states. After completing my Master's program at ISU, I plan to pursue a PhD somewhere in the Midwest and eventually work in academia.