The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) works to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict around the world. USIP does this by engaging directly in conflict zones and by providing analysis, education, and resources to those working for peace. Created by Congress in 1984 as an independent, nonpartisan, federally funded organization, USIP’s more than 300 staff work at the Institute’s D.C. headquarters, and on the ground in the world’s most dangerous regions.
Institutional Representative: Sandra Poni Tombe, Research Program Officer
Dr. Sandra Poni Tombe is Research Program Officer on the Learning, Evaluation, and Research team at the United States Institute of Peace, where she focuses on supporting research, strengthening research ethics, and promoting the use of evidence in programming. Her research interests center on transnational mobilization, transnational violent networks, and transnational peacebuilding. Dr. Tombe recently received her Ph.D. in Peace and Conflict Resolution from the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School at George Mason University. Employing a comparative mixed methods design and drawing on network theory and methods, her dissertation examines the transnational mobilization of diaspora communities from Cameroon and South Sudan by violent non-state actors operating beyond the borders of the state of origin. Dr. Tombe received her BA in International Relation and French from Berea College, and MA in French from the University of Louisville.
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) works to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict around the world. USIP does this by engaging directly in conflict zones and by providing analysis, education, and resources to those working for peace. Created by Congress in 1984 as an independent, nonpartisan, federally funded organization, USIP’s more than 300 staff work at the Institute’s D.C. headquarters, and on the ground in the world’s most dangerous regions. Institutional Representative: Sandra Poni Tombe, Research Program Officer Dr. Sandra Poni Tombe is Research Program Officer on the Learning, Evaluation, and Research team at the United States Institute…