WOULD YOU LIKE TO:
- Explore real-world problems and contribute to the U.S. policymaking process?
- Engage directly with U.S. Department of State officials in Washington or in embassies around the world?
These projects are impressive on a transfer or scholarship application or résumé!
- Five of Wright’s Jack Kent Cooke semi-finalists have worked on Diplomacy Lab projects!
- Three City Colleges of Chicago students who did Diplomacy Lab projects transferred to Yale University!
Three Diplomacy Lab Courses will be offered on campus and over zoom in Spring 2025:
POL SCI 204 International Relations (#63742-E) M/W 11 am – 12:20 pm on campus
POL SCI 201 National Government (#63739-G) M/W 12:30 – 1:50 pm on campus
POL SCI 201 National Government (#63738-F) T/TH 11 am – 12:20 pm over zoom
INTDSP 299 Independent Study (one credit) – Must have Professor Mayer’s approval to enroll
Topic: DPRK [North Korea] Human Rights Abuses: Data, Documentation, and Accountability
Students will incorporate the project in three steps: (1) examine the publicly available data and reporting on human rights abuses in the DPRK, as well as reach out to North Koran refugee groups in the U.S., such as the Free Korean Association in Washington, D.C., and a former student of mine from North Korea for first-hand accounts; (2) analyze the various methods used by museums and other institutions charged with memorializing past events (good local starting points would be the Illinois Holocaust Museum and the National Cambodian Heritage Museum & Killing Fields Memorial); and (3) produce creative and effective methods of documenting human rights abuses in the DPRK.
For questions about Diplomacy Lab at Wright College or the project specifically contact: Prof. Merry Mayer, mmayer2@ccc.edu
Previous Wright Diplomacy Lab Projects:
FALL 2016
Libya’s Vast Cultural Heritage – A Survey of the Most Important
ANTHRO 201 (Beverly Bennett)
Sharing Native American Culture and Perspectives with International Audiences
ANTHRO 201 (Sydney Hart)
SOC 201 (Sydney Hart)
SPRING 2017
How to Effectively Combat Anti-Semitism in 21st Century Europe
ENG 102 (Janet Knapp-Caporale)
Developing New Case Studies for Public-Private Partnerships
POL SCI 204 (Merry Mayer)
INTDSP 299 (1 credit/independent study)
FALL 2017
Civil Rights of Jews and Arabs in America
Arabic 101 (Isa Almisry)
ENG 101 (Kathy Calabrese)
POL SCI 201 (Merry Mayer)
You(th) Can Do It: Inspiring Albania’s Young People to Take Action
Learning Community
SOC SCI 102 (Merry Mayer)
SPEECH 101 (Susan Colon)
SPRING 2018
Religion and Social Change
ANTHRO 202 (Beverly Bennett)
Pol SCI 201 (Merry Mayer)
INTDSP 299 (1 credit/independent study) (Merry Mayer)
Assessing Impact of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
POL SCI 204 (Honors) (Merry Mayer)
INTDSP 299 (1 credit/independent study) (Merry Mayer)
FALL 2018
Truth Decay — How can we fight web-based disinformation
ENG 96 (Janet Knapp-Caporale)
POL SCI 201 (Merry Mayer)
POL SCI 201 (Merry Mayer)
POL SCI 204 (Merry Mayer)
INTDSP 299 (1 credit/independent study) (Merry Mayer)
Promoting Women’s Advancement in Diplomacy
SOC 207 (Sydney Hart)
Fall 2019
Global Best Practices for Cryptocurrency Regulation
COMPSFI 202 (Lambros Piskopos)
Spring 2020
Making Smart Cities Meaningful to the Public
POL SCI 201 (Merry Mayer)
POL SCI 201-B6 (Merry Mayer)
POL SCI 204-G (Merry Mayer)
INTDSP 299 (Merry Mayer)
Fall 2020
We Come from the Land of the Ice and Snow: A Network to Connect Arctic Museums
ANTHRO 202 (Beverly Bennett)
Gender in the Great Power Competition
POL SCI 204 (Merry Mayer)
INTDSP 299 (Merry Mayer)
Fall 2021
Overseas Coverage of U.S. Racial Incidents
POL SCI 201-G (Merry Mayer)
POL SCI 201-H2 (Merry Mayer)
POL SCI 204-E (Merry Mayer)
INTDSP 299-1 (Merry Mayer)
Spring 2022
The Growing Impact of Social Media on Philippine Politics
POL SCI 201-H (Merry Mayer)
POL SCI 204-EHON (Merry Mayer)
INTDSP 299-1 (Merry Mayer)
Spring 2023
Haitian Diaspora Resources
POL SCI 204 E (Merry Mayer)
INTDSP-299-1 (Merry Mayer)
Supporting Indigenous Rights: The Australia Alliance in Action
SOC 201 D2 (Sydney Hart)
SOC 201 F (Sydney Hart)
SOC 211 G (Sydney Hart)
Fall 2023
Learning from Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Experience
ANTHRO 202 E5 (Jo Matias)
ANTHRO 202 HJ5 (Jo Matias)
ANTHRO 202 D (Jo Matias)
Spring 2024
Gender and Climate in the MENA Region
ANTHRO 202 E (Jo Matias)
Mapping Multicultural Identity and Strengthening U.S.-Singapore Cultural Ties
POL SCI 201 F (Merry Mayer)
POL SCI 201 G (Merry Mayer)
POL SCI 204 (Merry Mayer)
INTDSP 299 (Merry Mayer)
Fall 2024
Preventing the next pandemic through wildlife conservation: Emerging zoonotic disease threats in wild populations and threatened species
ANTHRO 201 I6 (Jo Matias)
ANTHRO 201 F6 (Jo Matias)
Trust in travel info in the ChatGPT era
GEOG 201 J6 (Tyrell Heaton)
GEOG 201 P (Tyrell Heaton)
Spring 2025
DPRK [North Korea] Human Rights Abuses: Data, Documentation, and Accountability
POL SCI 204 International Relations (Merry Mayer)
POL SCI 201 National Government (Merry Mayer)
POL SCI 201 National Government (Merry Mayer)
INTDSP 299 Independent Study (Merry Mayer)