Melissa Morgan

Melissa Morgan

Melissa Morgan

  • Content and Social Media Manager

Biography

Melissa Morgan joined the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies as a member of the communications team in June 2021. Previously, she worked as the communications manager at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, also at Stanford, and as an editor, creative collaborator, and writing instructor prior to coming to the Farm. Melissa received an MA in American Literature and Culture from the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and graduated magna cum laude with a BA in English and a minor in history from Brigham Young University.

In The News

Amy Zegart on World Class, a podcast by the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.
Commentary

How Frontier Technology Is Rewriting the Rules of Power, Intelligence, and National Security

Amy Zegart joins Colin Kahl on the World Class podcast to discuss what's familiar and what's novel in how nations and other actors are competing politically, militarily, economically, and technologically.
How Frontier Technology Is Rewriting the Rules of Power, Intelligence, and National Security
James Fearon on the World Class podcast
Commentary

Why Nations Go to War and How to Prevent It

James Fearon joins Colin Kahl on the World Class podcast to discuss his theory of "Rationalist Explanations of War," how it applies to conflicts like Ukraine and Iran, and the role scholars can play in bringing academic expertise to policymaking.
Why Nations Go to War and How to Prevent It
Eyck Freymann on the World Class podcast
Commentary

Uniting America's National Powers to Prevent a War Over Taiwan

Eyck Freymann joins Colin Kahl on the World Class podcast to explain his plan to bring America's military strength, economic leverage, technological leadership, and diplomatic influence together into a single, coherent plan to curtail China's ambitions toward Taiwan.
Uniting America's National Powers to Prevent a War Over Taiwan