Yale senior Maxwell Fisher has been named a James C. Gaither Fellow by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The one-year fellowship offers work experience to individuals interested in pursuing careers in international affairs.
Fisher is one of just 18 graduating seniors or recent graduates from universities across the U.S. selected for the incoming class of Junior Fellows. Each fellow spends a year in Washington, D.C., where they will work alongside Carnegie senior scholars in a range of global fields, including foreign policy, artificial intelligence, democracy, climate change, global governance, and trade.
At Yale, Fisher is a history major with a focus on 20th century American politics and foreign policy. He recently completed his senior essay on the Communications Workers of America's political decision-making during the late 1960s and early 1970s, examining how the labor union navigated its declining political power.
He has also served as a lead writing partner for the Yale College Writing Center, a director's fellow for the Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies, and trip leader for the First-Year Outdoor Orientation Trip (FOOT) Program. He is from Clarksville, Indiana.
Fisher, who is interested in the domestic politics of foreign policy, has worked as a U.S. Foreign Policy Research Intern at the Council on Foreign Relations and a legislative intern for U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro. He currently works as a research intern with the American Dream Institute.
As a Gaither Junior Fellow, he will join the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace this fall.
