Sean Graham

Sean Graham is a recent graduate of Rice University who majored in cognitive sciences and psychology. He studied Arabic during his senior year. A summer 2009 Jesse Jones Leadership Center intern, Sean analyzed defense security policy issues with Joseph Trevithick and John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org. He presented the results of his research, “Fusion Centers: Adapting Domestic Security to Compete with Evolving Violence,” at the Baker Institute in August 2009. Sean was recommended by Baker Institute information technology policy fellow Chris Bronk. Following graduation, he will be working in the Office of the President as part of the Presidential Internship Program at the American University in Cairo (AUC).

As a child of an interracial marriage and military upbringing, Sean grew up constantly moving from place to place but has spent the last decade living in Texas. The Public Diplomacy and Global Policymaking colloquium will be Sean’s first trip to the Middle East. During his spare time, Sean enjoys watching movies, cooking and bike riding. He has two years of experience as an intern at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, during which he has studied the computational analysis of violent groups, managed server and wiki infrastructure for classes on the Rice campus, briefed government and private sector officials on research conducted while interning at the institute, and led the charge in creating this colloquium between Rice and AUC.