Shayla Fitzsimmons-Call

Shayla Fitzsimmons-Call

Shayla Fitzsimmons-Call

  • CDDRL Honors Student, 2025-26

Biography

Major: International Relations
Minor: Theater
Hometown: Winchester, Virginia
Thesis Advisor: Kathryn Stoner

Tentative Thesis Title: U.S. Silence as a Form of Soft Power

Future aspirations post-Stanford: I plan to attend graduate school, work at the intersection of international development & foreign policy, and pursue global public service projects.

A fun fact about yourself: I was born on leap day!

Current research

In The News

2026 Fisher Family Honors Program Award Winners
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CDDRL Honors Students Recognized for Award-Winning Research and Community Leadership

Marco Widodo receives a Firestone Medal, Shayla Fitzsimmons-Call wins CDDRL's Outstanding Thesis Award, and Zoya Fasihuddin is named the inaugural recipient of the Zoe Savellos Memorial Award for Community Building.
CDDRL Honors Students Recognized for Award-Winning Research and Community Leadership
CDDRL Fisher Family Honors Class of 2026
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Introducing Our 2025-26 CDDRL Honors Students

We are thrilled to welcome twelve outstanding students, who together represent fourteen different majors and minors and hail from seven different states and four countries, to our Fisher Family Honors Program in Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law.
Introducing Our 2025-26 CDDRL Honors Students