Candace Ren Burnham is a citizen diplomat-at-large based in New York City. With a Bachelors degree in music (2004, Berklee College of Music) and a Masters degree in education (2006, Suffolk University), she entered the University of Southern California’s Master of Public Diplomacy program in 2009 to build on her passion for global engagement, strategic communication and cultural exchange. In 2010, Candace interned with the Department of State in the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and from 2010-2011 she was a Department of State (Bureau of Public Affairs) Foreign Affairs Campus Coordinator and a contributing researcher at the Center on Public Diplomacy. Since graduating from USC in 2011, she continues to win hearts and minds, this time for the British government.
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Completed coursework for Master of Public Diplomacy:
“Terrorism, Democracy and the News Media”
“Historical and Comparative Approaches to Public Diplomacy”
“Global Issues and Public Diplomacy”
“Hindi I”
“Corporate Diplomacy”
“Public Diplomacy Evaluation”
“Global Democratization”
Directed Research: The use of American War propaganda in Ho Chi Minh City.
“Theories of Diplomacy”
“Advocacy, Argumentation and Debate in Public Diplomacy”
“Technologies and Public Diplomacy”
“The Public Diplomacy of Trade in the Americas”
Practicum project: comparative public diplomacy strategies in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Coursework for Master of Education in Administration of Higher Education
“Student Development Services in Higher Education”
“Organization and Administration of Higher Education”
“Legal Aspects of Higher Education”
“The American College/University Student”
“Research in Higher Education”
“Psychology of Career Development”
“Practicum in Administration: career counseling”
“Internship: study abroad advising”
“Enrollment and Retention Management”
“Assessment and Career Development”
“Financial Aspects of Higher Education”
“Critical Issues in Higher Education”
Relevant undergraduate coursework:
“Business Leadership”
“Principles of Business”
“Principles of Financial Management”
“International Economics”
“Business Communication”
“Data Management and Statistics”
Hi Ren!
Great Blog! Such a great resource for those in the cultural diplomacy field! I invite you to check out our blog Cultural Diplomacy News
http://culturaldiplomacynews.wordpress.com/
The blog is produced by interns at the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin. We discuss various topics relating to cultural diplomacy with a weekly theme. We would love to add you to our blog roll (and perhaps you considerable add us to yours!)
Thanks and keep up the good work!
ICD News Team
Thanks so much for your comment. Please do add me to your blogroll. I’ll add yours to mine right now.