While a JSIS student, Emma worked as an undergraduate researcher on a National Science Foundation funded project focused on Internet of Things (IoT) device cybersecurity in the built environment. She also completed a Global Research Group for Microsoft focused on the Paris Call for Trust and Security and received a Mary Gates Research Award for her work on this project. Emma pursued coursework related to cybersecurity in the Jackson School and completed her Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and global politics.

After graduation, Emma joined the Training Enabling Areas Campus Hires (TEACH) program at Deloitte US and currently works as a Business Intelligence Analyst in their Government & Public Services Contracts organization.

During his time in JSIS, Conor combined area studies focus with a thematic interest in technology. He was a Cybersecurity Initiative Cybersecurity Research Fellow focusing on information operations. He received a Mary Gates Research Award for his research. He also completed two Global Research Groups for Microsoft, one on financial security and one on election security. His Task Force focused on election security and he took courses on international cybersecurity in the Jackson School. Conor also studied Russian in Moscow in 2018 as a FLAS Scholar and in Latvia as a Boren Scholar during the 2019-2020 academic year.

Since graduating, Conor was an intern with the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He then was a Fulbright Scholar in Moldova researching social and traditional media usage among university-age students. In February 2022, he relocated to Bucharest, Romania, where he worked as a translator with Ukrainian refugees. Conor is now an M.A. candidate in Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies with plans to enter government service.

While Victoria was a JSIS student, she was a Cybersecurity Fellow and in this role engaged in research on Internet of Things (IoT) devices and privacy, with a particular focus on IoT surveillance device use in public spaces. She also completed a Global Research Group focused on dis/misinformation for the Woodrow Wilson Center in D.C. Victoria was also the co-editor (and an author) of a Task Force focused on nation-state cybersecurity strategy and international norms. Victoria also pursued independent studies in technology related topics as well as coursework focused on cybersecurity.

After graduation, Victoria was hired at Dataminr as a Domain Expert focused on cybersecurity. She now is a Quality Engineer II at Dataminr, testing their Cyber Risk product to ensure accuracy and quality across cyber risk-related alerts.