Dr. Khwaja has over 15 years of professional and academic experience in global affairs.
Research specializations: foreign policy, international development, aid-effectiveness, human rights, human security, failed/fragile states, post-conflict reconstruction, social capital, and gender studies.
Regional interests/specializations include the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia, with focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan for the last 15 years.
Various language proficiencies in Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, and Spanish.
Other skills: analytical writing; policy analysis; qualitative analysis; fieldwork and field interviews, qualitative coding, quantitative/statistical analysis; social network analysis; geographic information systems; project management; business and proposal development; grant writing; web development; and various data/statistical software: (NVivo, Gephi, UCINet, GIS, STATA)
You may find more information on Dr. Khwaja’s professional and academic experiences in her LinkedIn Profile.
Honors, Certificates, and Awards
Institute of Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR). Certificate Completion on Qualitative Methods Training. The Maxwell School, Syracuse University. June 16-June 29, 2019.
External Awards
World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship. Smith Richardson Foundation. Dissertation Fieldwork in Pakistan. Term: 2018 – 2019. Awarded: $7,500.
Fred C. Bruhn’s Scholarship, Nationality Rooms Cultural Diversity Programs, University of Pittsburgh, Masters Fieldwork, Capstone Research on Gender Disparities and Violence Against Women in Pakistan; Karachi, Pakistan, Summer 2008. Awarded: $2,500.
Internal Awards
Schar School Daniel Druckman Fellowship on International Conflict Resolution. Fall 2020 Term: $4000.
Schar School Research Grant for Dissertation Field Interview Transcriptions. May – August, 2019: $1100.
National Science Foundation Travel Fellowship for APSA Political Networks Conference. Durham, North Carolina. May 2019: $900.
George Mason University Provost Fellowship. Summer 2018: $7000.
Schar School PhD Graduate Fellowship. 2018 – 2019: $4000.
Schar School Research Travel Grant for Preliminary Dissertation Fieldwork in Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar, Lahore, Pakistan. Dec 2017 – Feb 2018: $1000.
Asian Development Bank Travel Grant for IPPA International Conference.National University of Singapore. ADB, Governance Thematic Group, June 2017: $2400.
National Science Foundation Travel Fellowship for APSA Political Networks Conference and Workshops. Poster Presentation and Workshop Participation. Columbus, Ohio. June 2017: $900.
Schar School Research Grant for APPAM International Conference. Panel Presentation. London School of Economics, London, UK. June 2016: $900.
Schar School Research Grant for APPAM Fall Research Conference. Poster Presentation. Miami, FL. Nov 2015: $750.
