INSCT Research Assistants 2009-2010
Each year INSCT hires a limited number of highly motivated Syracuse University graduate students to serve as research assistants, directly supporting Institute activities. Research assistants have the opportunity to research new and developing policy relating to national security and terrorism.
Joon Kee Bahng
Joon Kee Bahng is a third year law student at
Syracuse University College of Law. Joon, originally
from South Korea, graduated with a B.A. in English
Literature from Korea University. Prior to law
school, Joon was a project manager at Nielsen
Company, an international marketing research
company, and served his military duty as a KATUSA in
the Eighth United States Army, Camp Jackson, Korea.
At the College of Law, he is an Executive Editor to
the Syracuse Law Review. Joon is interested in
pursuing a career in international law and policy.
D. Zachary Champ
Zac is a third-year joint Juris Doctor/Masters of Public Administration candidate interested in communications law and policy. At the College of Law he serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Syracuse Science & Technology Law Reporter and President of the Communications Law & Policy Society. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of Connecticut, receiving a major in Political Science and a minor in International Studies. Zac has lengthy work experience in both e-commerce and marketing.
Sambhu Singh Rathi
Sambhu is pursuing his Master of Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs with a focus on international development and administration. Prior to graduate school, he served as Program Officer for the New Delhi based non-governmental organization, Sustainable Environmental and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) where he worked on various international projects. His research interests include international development and administration, disaster risk reduction, sustainable development, climate change, South Asia, and NGOs in developing and transitional nations.
Michael Sampson
Michael Sampson is a third year joint Juris Doctor/Master’s in International Relations student at Syracuse University. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of California, San Diego and worked in clinical drug development before attending graduate school. At the College of law, Michael is an Executive Editor on the Syracuse Law Review, the Managing Editor of the Impunity Watch Law Journal, and serves as a student attorney in the Legal Education Clinic representing clients in securities arbitration matters. Michael is interested in a career in national security and international law.
