Amita Diarra, The Pennsylvania State University
Amita Diarra is a rising four-year student majoring in political science and minoring in gender and sexuality studies as well as French and francophone studies at Pennsylvania State University. She is a member of the Schreyer Honors College as well as a Paterno Fellow and a Provost Scholar. Amita has consistently maintained her status on the Dean’s List throughout her collegiate career. On-campus, Amita is a member of the Comparative Politics Research Group where she is currently a research assistant examining African parliamentary democracy portfolio allocation. She is also writing an honors thesis on the determinants of ethnic self-determination worldwide. After graduation, Amita plans on pursuing a doctoral degree in political science in order to become a political science researcher and professor. Her research interests include ethnic conflict, intra-state war, neoliberal econometrics, and gender and sexual inequalities.