Kristie Moore
Kristie Moore (’26, Global Studies) is a Mexican-Slovak American from Southern California. She will use her Boren Scholarship to intensively study Tajiki Persian in Dushanbe, Tajikistan during the 2025-2026 academic year. Kristie’s academic interests include conflict, mass atrocity prevention, and migration, with a specific regional concentration in Central Asia and the South Caucasus. She received a Critical Language Scholarship in 2022 and studied Russian in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Kristie hopes to use her Persian and Russian language abilities to pursue a future career in mass atrocity prevention.
Benjamin Davis
Benjamin Davis (’25, Business Administration) will use his Boren Scholarship to study Hebrew in Israel, spending the Fall semester at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Spring semester at Tel Aviv University. Ben’s career and research interests include the convergence of international markets and security, tech, and business innovation, particularly regarding dual-use technology. In Fall 2022, Ben went to London as part of the Global Management Program studying international financial institutions, markets, and trade policy. On campus, Ben is involved with the Berkeley Finance Club, Berkeley Venture Capital, and […]