Cynthia J. “Cyndi” Wood, a student in our M.A.I.A. Program, wrote an outstanding paper, “International Crisis: Female Genital Mutilation,” in the “Research Methods for International Affairs,” taught by Dr. Jon Miner.

Cyndi’s paper was accepted for publication in the March 2015 edition of American Diplomacy, published by American Diplomacy Publishers in cooperation with the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill.

Her paper may be accessed at http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2015/0106/ca/wood_fgm.htmlnew window.