Aseel Abukwaik is a student in the School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program and Douglass Residential College majoring in History and Political Science. Aseel’s academic interests lie in advocacy, conflict resolution, and foreign policy, specifically in the Middle East. On campus, she serves as Secretary for the Rutgers Democrats, the university’s largest partisan student organization. She solidified her interest in the Middle East when she went to Washington, D.C., and lobbied for issues she believed in, such as violations of international human rights and why Congress should be more vocal about it. In her time since, she spent her spring semester in Washington, DC, with the Washington Internship Institute, interning for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, where she published a few articles in their magazine. She also interned for the Middlesex County Democratic Organization (MCDO), where she had the opportunity to work on and with political campaigns, organize volunteers, and interface with the public. Aseel is passionate about achieving equality and diversity in our country and influencing US Foreign Policy. After she graduates from Rutgers, Aseel hopes to attend law school, where she plans to focus on international human rights law.
