(AP) – A college student from Arkansas is among 32 Americans
selected as Rhodes Scholars and will pursue post-graduate studies at Oxford
University in England.
Little Rock resident Lauren C. Jackson is a senior at the University of
Virginia where she is majoring in political and social thought.
At Oxford, she plans to pursue master’s degrees in global governance and
diplomacy and refugee and forced migration studies.
Jackson is interested in the intersection of media and humanitarian policy.
She received a full merit scholarship to Virginia and a $20,000 Jefferson
Public Citizens research grant to study post-genocidal post-traumatic stress
disorder in Rwanda.
The scholars were selected from 882 applicants who were endorsed by 311
colleges and universities.
Recipients were announced Sunday.
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