Therese Franklin

Therese Nicole is a doctoral student in the Political Science and International Relations program at University of Southern California. Her core subfields are International Relations and Comparative Politics with a third field specialty in Intersectional Approaches to International Law and Migration Policy.  She obtained her first masters at USC’s Sol Price School of Public Policy and her second masters from UC Berkeley in 2020. Prior to returning to academics, she spent several years working for international humanitarian and advocacy NGOs and for the US Department of State abroad in refugee affairs and migration policy. Her research falls at the intersection of law, migration, and international policy and specifically focuses on asylum jurisprudence and migration policy diffusion. Outside of work, Therese Nicole spends her time traveling, hiking, trying new cultural cuisines, and rediscovering her favorite films.

• MA , University of California Berkeley , 6/2020
• MPA , Univ Southern California, 8/2013
• BA , University of California Los Angeles, 12/2008