Danielle Kelton was the Research Intern for the 2009 Canada-U.S. Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy. She was enrolled in her second year of the Master of Public Diplomacy Program at USC, bringing together her interests in media, rhetoric and international relations. Other interests include genocide, human rights studies and edutainment.

Prior to enrolling in the program, Danielle worked as an interactive media assistant at an advertising firm, where she engaged in the strategy, execution and evaluation of online media buys for clients. Danielle also worked as a research assistant at the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies in Montreal, Canada where she tracked Sudanese government’s media responses to international pressure and co-authored a paper on the findings with Dr Frank Chalk.

Danielle graduated from McGill University in 2006 with a B.A in Political Science and Psychology. Her academic focus was on the psychology of ethnic conflict and the international community’s responses to crises. Throughout her undergraduate studies, Danielle worked with various non-governmental organizations such as Amnesty International and STAND Canada, helping to organize events to raise awareness of human rights violations around the world.