Danial Kaysi transferred from the American University of Beirut, because ICAR’s undergraduate program “is one of the pioneers and most renowned conflict analysis programs in the country.” Kaysi, who majored in CAR and minored in Business Administration, will be graduating this month with more than just his Bachelors degree—he has been named George Mason’s first Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Foundation for International Peace and will begin a one-year fellowship in Carnegie’s Middle East program in August. Kaysi has been working as an undergraduate apprentice, with faculty mentor Patricia Maulden, on the Political Youth Leadership and Conflict Management Project and as an intern with the Dialogue and Difference program. As part of his internship, he collaborated on the development of Conf 341, a one-credit course which introduces students to practical skills such as mediation, negotiation, and dialogue. Kaysi is also the course assistant. After the Carnegie fellowship, he hopes to earn a Masters in law and diplomacy.