Graduate Research Associates at CITS

Graduate student research associates (GRAs) provide an important link between the Center and the School of Public and International Affairs. CITS has a long and fruitful tradition of employing doctoral students in Political Science and International Affairs as fellow researchers on issues of proliferation and strategic trade. This collaboration represents a unique opportunity for graduate students to apply their academic training to hands-on research on issues of grave importance.

Graduate students at the Center benefit from opportunities to participate actively in the Center's work, while also being encouraged in their own research agenda. GRAs travel around the world in the Center's research and training efforts, they teach, write grants, and present their CITS-supported research at academic conferences. The Center's two undergraduate programs - the Security Leadership Program and the Student Ambassadors Program - have been co-directed by advanced doctoral students, who mentor outstanding undergraduate students and support their research on nonproliferation issues.

The unique opportunities for doctoral students offered by the Center have resulted in notable achievements by former GRAs. Many have gone on to tenure-track positions in major universities across the country, as well as important positions in the U.S. government and international organizations. Previous and current GRAs have also published in peer-reviewed academic journals, books, government reports, and policy publications on questions of nonproliferation, strategic trade, and nuclear security. .

For more information on participation in CITS student programs, please email Christopher Tucker at c.tucker@cits.uga.edu