I am a writer, editor and researcher with a background in democracy, social movements and human rights. In October 2023, I moved to South Korea and began a two-year stint writing and reporting on Korean culture as a journalism fellow with the Institute of Current World Affairs. I have a long list of topics that I’m excited to tackle, including Korean women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights, social movements, history and mental health. If you have any tips, thoughts or leads to share, please reach out here: prachividwans.com/contact.
Previously, I was an associate editor at World Politics Review, where I contributed writing and edited in-depth features and columns. I also worked as a research associate at the Human Rights Foundation and a talk coordinator and programming adviser for its Oslo Freedom Forum series. I spent my days editing speeches, writing advocacy content (op-eds, U.N. submissions, press releases) and researching the intersection between human rights abuses and authoritarianism. Earlier still, I was assistant editor at the Foreign Policy project “Democracy Lab,” which covered countries undergoing democratic transitions or crises, like Tunisia, Burma, Turkey and Venezuela.
I have a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from New York University and an M.A. in international relations from the University of Chicago’s Committee on International Relations. In Summer 2023, I studied Korean at Middlebury’s famously grueling, immersive Language School.
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