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Carla Reyes, '04
Major: Political Science

Current Position: Enrolled in a four-year joint-degree program at Duke University and will graduate in May 2009 with a J.D. and LL.M in International and Comparative Law from the Duke University School of Law and a Master's in Public Policy from the Duke University Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. Editor-in-Chief of the Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, a member of the Moot Court Board, coach of the WTO Moot Court Team, Director of the Duke Law Pro Bono Unaccompanied Minors Project, and a research assistant for the Duke Law Library. Starting work as an Associate at Perkins Coie, LLP, in Seattle, this fall.

Notable Notes: As a Whitworth undergraduate, awarded a Fulbright grant to conduct research in El Salvador in 2004-05. Worked at the San Salvador office of Arias & Munoz, a Central American law firm (summer 2006); worked for the Migrant Farmworker Unit of the Immigrant's Legal Assistance Project at the North Carolina Justice Center, in Raleigh (summer 2007).

Why Whitworth? I wanted to attend a school that would challenge my mind and my faith, and also where I would feel at home. From the moment I stepped on campus, I knew Whitworth could be that place. My family has many acquaintances that are originally from Spokane, and when I asked them about Whitworth, each of them immediately responded that Whitworth was a strong academic institution with a good reputation. Their comments went a long way to draw me to Whitworth.

Whitworth Activities: Taught jazz and hip hop classes and served as secretary for Jubilation; Ballard Hall senator; off-campus representative; American Studies Program in Washington, D.C. As a member of Phi Beta Lambda, competed in public-speaking events at state competition; staff photographer for The Whitworthian; cross country team; volunteered at the Center for Justice, in Spokane.

Quote: "Whitworth taught me to use a wide-lens perspective when I consider an issue, without sacrificing attention to the issue's details and intricacies. The Core courses laid a foundation for understanding how disciplines interact to affect any given issue or topic. This foundation has been invaluable in my studies at Duke."

Influential Whitworth Experience: The political-science and history courses I took changed the way I look at the world, the way I analyze its problems, and the way I explain my viewpoints to others. My professors' encouragement and support as I navigated the Fulbright application process was invaluable. My time in El Salvador changed everything – from the graduate school I chose, to the program I ended up pursuing, even the person I married. The doors that opened as a result of my Whitworth education turned my life upside down in a wonderful and unexpected way.

Career Goal: I would like to work in international development, implementing legal reforms as a way to protect under-served, under-represented people groups.


Here's what some Whitworth graduates are doing with their political science degrees:

• Doug Smith, '08, worked on John McCain's presidential campaign.
  
  
• Jenifer Tracy, '08, is pursuing a master's degree in public policy at King's College, London. Tracy was also accepted to Queen Mary University, Royal Holloway University, Birkbeck University, Exeter University, Middlesex University, and Brunel University, all in the U.K.
  
  
• Gavin Jamison, '07, received a full scholarship to the University of Idaho School of Law.
  
  
• Noah Patterson, '07, received a full scholarship to the University of Denver School of Law.
  
  
• Jena Lee, '04, is director of Blood:Water Mission, a ministry of the Grammy Award-winning band Jars of Clay that provides clean blood and water to Africa.
  
  
• Carla Reyes, '04, is enrolled in a four-year joint-degree program at Duke University: through the program, she is pursuing a J.D./L.L.M. in international and comparative law at Duke Law School and an M.A. in public policy at the Duke Sanford Institute of Public Policy. She was a member of the World Trade Organization Moot Court Team in 2006-07.
  
  
• Gene Emmons, '04, served as the internship coordinator for the Washington State Legislature and was enrolled in the Harris School of Management at the University of Chicago.
  
  
• Brian Maloy, '04 is enrolled in the journalism graduate program at the University of Australia, in Melbourne.
  
  
• Maren Anderson, '03, is attending law school at the University of Washington.
  
  
• Lyndsey Downs, '02 (political science and history double major), graduated from Seattle University School of Law in 2006 and is a law clerk in the Thurston County Superior Court.
  
  
• Sarah Revell, '95, was previously serving as a foreign-service officer for the U.S. State Department in Osaka-Kobe, Japan, and is currently working in Washington D.C.

• Doug Nave, '81 (political studies and history double major), is a partner with Weil, Gotshal & Manges, one of the world's largest law firms, and is heading the firm's European antitrust practice, in London.