Alumna spends JYA in Geneva, goes back to obtain MA and PhD

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.

Jaci Eisenberg ’06 was recently highlighted by The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.

Jaci, who first studied in Geneva as part of Smith’s JYA program, is a PhD Candidate in International History and Politics at the Institute, which is dedicated to the study of world affairs. She also received a Master in International History and Politics from the Institute in 2009.

This spring, Jaci received three grants to further her thesis research on “American women and International Geneva, 1919-1939”. The grants, including a Caroline D. Bain Scholar-in-Residence fellowship, a Roosevelt Institute research grant, and a Schlesinger Library dissertation grant, are allowing Jaci to complete research this summer and in early 2012. She will finish her grant research at the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College.