J.M.JAKUS
J.M.JAKUS
J.M.JAKUS
J.M.JAKUS
CURRICULUM VITAE
Writing Roles
2016 - Present
INDEPENDENT WRITER
As an independent writer and editor, I partner with individuals, companies, and organizations to produce and edit professional content. I assist clients of diverse industries ranging from academia to non-profit organizations, policy analysts to start-ups, engineering to medicine, and more.
2022 - 2024
ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER
I work on the Vested Research Team reviewing and publishing data, developing PR strategies, facilitating research, and contributing to writing articles, white papers, and case studies for publication with academic, public, and private entities.
2019 - 2022
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
As an editorial assistant, I reviewed academic manuscripts for IAPSS’s two flagship academic, politically independent PoliSci journals. Politikon and Encuentro Latinoamericano are maintained by a detailed triple-blind editing process which consists of an initial evaluation by the editor and a blind review by at least two anonymous referees.
2019 -2021
MEDIA COORDINATOR - PR
Within IAPSS, the PR Department curates content for a growing community of over 200,000 followers through diverse media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, and YouTube). My tasks here involved drafting content for publication opportunities, online workshops, conference promotion, featured authors, Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) enrollment calls, empirical research certification courses, vacancies within the organization, among other tasks.
2018
PHOTOJOURNALIST - NGO
From its base in Popayán, Colombia, the human rights NGO Corporación Anne Frank assisted victims of armed conflict, human trafficking, sexual exploitation, and other abuses. They also conducted legal investigations for missing persons and to free trafficked persons. Within the organization, I worked on a two-person team with another volunteer journalist to co-publish a photojournalistic book called “Memoria y Corporaliad: de campos de batalla a recintos de paz” comprising portraits and interviews. I also consolidated my fieldwork notes recorded from this project to produce the article, “Paramilitaries and Politics: Challenges and Opportunities to Political Pluralism in Colombia,” which I presented at the 2018 IPSA World Congress in Brisbane, Australia.
2016
DEVELOPMENT AID - NGO
The Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) is an apolitical French non-profit and non-governmental organization. Its mission is to respond to emergencies, build disaster resilience, co-construct civil society and effective governance, and promote inclusive and sustainable growth. I interned onsite with this organization in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, through a partnership with America’s Unofficial Ambassadors (AUA). The Dushanbe branch focused on establishing sustainable watershed management practices in the Sugd, Murghab, BCC/Dushanbe, and Kahtlon areas of Tajikistan. In addition, I helped create informational materials for distribution. I also edited internal business communications and documents intended for publication after they were translated from Russian to English.
Education
Chestertown, Maryland USA
WASHINGTON COLLEGE
International Studies & Economics:
The Near East & North Africa
Washington prides itself on being a writing-oriented institution. Most professors structured their course content to reinforce professional proficiency in writing and revision.
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B.A. Thesis: “Laïcité and Laiklik: When Did the Comparability of Assertive Laicism in France and Turkey Dissolve?”
(*Presented at the IPSA World Congress in Poznań, Poland, published one year later).
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Extracurricular: Women's Varsity Soccer
Ifrane, Morocco
AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY
Political Science
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As a spring semester study abroad student at Al Akhawayn University in Morocco, I studied political science and government. My course load emphasized national and international security analysis and assessment regarding extremism and terrorism.
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Courses: Beginning Arabic 1, International Organizations, International Security, and North African Governments and Politics
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Extracurricular: Rugby 7s
Istanbul, Turkey
BOGAZIÇI UNVIVERSITY
International Relations:
Europe, Turkey, and the Middle East
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Grade: 4.0, Valedictorian
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This program emphasizes bilateral and multilateral foreign policy analysis, particularly policy dilemmas affecting West Asia and Europe. Course content included (but was not limited to): theory, the political economy of globalization, migration and displacement, international trade, history of democracy, international law, and related topics.
M.A. Thesis: “Can Blockchain Improve Election Security?"
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Extracurricular: TCLP-ARIT Scholarship nominee for intensive linguistic study (Turkish Language)