Two Yale seniors selected as Gaither Junior fellows with Carnegie Endowment
Faisal Al-Saud and Daevan Mangalmurti
Two Yale College seniors have been selected for the James C. Gaither Junior Fellows program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Faisal Al-Saud and Daevan Mangalmurti are among just 16 graduating seniors or recent graduates to be accepted into the incoming class of Junior Fellows. The program allows fellows to spend one year in Washington, D.C., where they will work alongside Carnegie senior scholars in critical global fields, including democracy, conflict, and governance; international security and political economy; and sustainability, climate, and geopolitics.
Faisal Al-Saud is majoring in political science and modern Middle East studies. He is part of the Multidisciplinary Academic Program in Human Rights and the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy. He is interested in the future of international law and institutions in an era of increasing multipolarity. He has served as co-editor-in-chief of the Yale Review of International Studies and the Yale Human Rights Journal. He was also the undergraduate director of the Lowenstein Human Rights Project at Yale Law School, and served as a research assistant on projects related to transitional justice, universal jurisdiction, and peacebuilding.
He has also conducted research for and interned at the United Nations, working on initiatives to increase youth participation in the multilateral system and address climate inaction. As a Gaither Junior Fellow he will be part of the Global Order and Institutions Program.
Daevan Mangalmurti is majoring in Ethics, Politics and Economics and South Asian Studies. His research interests are in the political economy of climate change in developing countries. His theses study the impact of environmental conditions on political behavior in India and the practice of border-making in challenging environmental circumstances, respectively. On campus, Mangalmurti has been involved with the Dwight Hall Socially Responsible Investment Fund, Salus Populi Foundation, Yale Hindi Debate, South Asian Studies Council, and the journal BR!NK.
He has also conducted a range of political science and environmental policy research. As a Gaither Junior Fellow he will be part of the Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program.
