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Alumni Careers

MAAS students are connected to the alumni network of the entire School of Foreign Service and the SFS Graduate Career Center, which provides students and alumni with individual career advising, targeted job-search skills workshops, a regular Career Bulletin, and opportunities to attend industry information sessions with employers.

MAAS grads have held positions at Google, U.S. Department of State, World Bank, United Nations, Citibank, Petroleum Finance Company, Al-Jazeera, and Carnegie Endowment, among others. Read our alumni spotlights below to learn about a few of the ways our alums have distinguished themselves in fields such as diplomatic service, international finance, media, human rights and development, and as U.S. Congressional staff members and faculty at leading universities.

MAAS ’23 Employment Report

100% Employment Success Includes Employed and Not Seeking Employment
15% Working Abroad Hong Kong & Thailand

The above numbers and sector breakdowns are based on a 93.6% knowledge rate of the Class of 2023’s employment status (as of March 2024).

Employers of Previous MAAS Graduates

Nonprofit

  • AMIDEAST
  • Livelihoods Innovation through Food Entrepreneurship (LIFE) Project
  • International Justice Resource Center
  • Syria for Justice and Accountability Centre
  • Middle East Children’s Institute
  • European Council on Foreign Relations
  • National Endowment for Democracy
  • Justice Rapid Response
  • Jesuit Refugee Service
  • Atlantic Council
  • Eurasia Foundation
  • International Rescue Council
  • REFUNITE
  • Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
  • U.S.-Mideast Partnership Initiative
  • American Councils for International Education
  • Qatar American Institute for Culture

Private

  • Tesla Government Inc.
  • Kroll Inc.
  • Exiger Diligence
  • Al-Jazeera
  • Lockheed Martin
  • McKinsey & Company
  • International Finance Corporation
  • Deloitte
  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Qatar Foundation International
  • Chemonics International
  • Arab Gulf States Institute
  • The Washington Institute for Near

Public

  • U.S. Department of State
  • U.S. Air Force
  • U.S. House of Representatives & U.S. Senate
  • U.S. Agency for International Development
  • Kingdom of Jordan
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Thailand

Multilateral

  • International Organization for Migration
  • World Bank Group
  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

 

Alumni Spotlights

Visit the CCAS News page to read more from our alums, as well as MAAS faculty and students.

  • Dena Takruri
    Dena Takruri, MAAS’08

    Feature Article: Dena Takruri, Senior Producer at AJ+ and host of “Direct From with Dena Takruri,” speaks truth to power and gives voice to the voiceless

  • Hannah Beswick
    Hannah Beswick, MAAS’14

    Q&A with Hannah Beswick, Partnerships Development Specialist at the UN Women Liaison Office for the GCC in Abu Dhabi

  • Photo of Motasem Abuzaid and Azim Wazeer on the campus of Oxford University.
    Azim Wazeer & Motasem Abuzaid, MAAS ’21 and ’22

    Q&A with alums Abuzaid & Wazeer, who found themselves classmates once again—this time as  doctoral candidates in politics at the University of Oxford 

  • Anela Malik sitting near a window
    Anela Malik, MAAS ’16

    Q&A with Anela Malik, Entrepreneur, Writer, and Digital Storyteller

  • Will Todman
    Will Todman, MAAS’16

    Q&A with Will Todman, Associate Fellow for the Center for Strategic International Studies’ Middle East program

  • Anny Gaul headshot
    Anny Gaul, MAAS ’12

    Anny Gaul, Assistant Professor at University of Maryland, discusses her work as a cultural and food studies historian

  • Caris Boegl
    Caris Boegl, MAAS ’21

    Feature Article: Caris Boegl reflects on how MAAS prepared her for her work as a Foreign Affairs Officer at the US Department of State

  • Andy Masloski
    Andy Masloski, MAAS’06

    Q&A with Andy Masloski, Foreign Affairs Officer with the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the U.S. Department of State

  • Rachel Gandin Mark
    Rachel Gandin Mark, MAAS’03

    Feature Article: Rachel Gandin Mark’s work in digital diplomacy as Program Director of the State Department’s American Film Showcase

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