Natalia Adams, Wake Forest University
Natalia Adams is a rising senior at Wake Forest University majoring in politics and international affairs with minors in anthropology and Spanish. She is a 4-time Dean’s List recipient and has been awarded the Porter B. Byrum and Andrew B. McMerty Scholarships. Additionally, she is a member of the Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society. Natalia greatly enjoys conducting research and hopes to make valuable contributions to the political science discipline following graduation. She is primarily interested in understanding how policy affects marginalized communities both in the United States and abroad. She has previously researched how United States policy impacted the current humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and most recently conducted research on what affects discrepancies in authoritarian regimes’ natural disaster policy. After graduation, Natalia hopes to attend graduate school and gain a specialization in environmental policy, as she is enthusiastic about environmental justice and believes that understanding the mechanisms behind political decisions is essential to creating lasting change.