Critical Language Scholarship Information Session

Critical Language Scholarship Information Session

Monday, October 24 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. EDT

Abiodun Adeoye is a graduate student at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Currently, he is pursuing dual master's degrees in Public Administration and International Relations (MPA/MAIR). He graduated in 2020 with B.A. in history and political science from Salisbury University in Maryland. Abiodun founded Salisbury University's first undergraduate research journal, which highlights undergraduate research in several areas of study. In 2019, he interned for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and in 2020 he served as a research fellow at the United Nations Regional Center of Expertise in Salisbury, Maryland.

Abiodun is an alumnus of several nationally competitive fellowships. In 2019, he participated in the Public Policy and International Affairs Program (PPIA) at the University of Minnesota and studied Swahili in Tanzania on the David L. Boren Scholarship. In 2020 and 2021, he completed the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship for Swahili and was named a semi-finalist for a Fulbright research award to Namibia. In 2021, he completed a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Kyrgyzstan. Abiodun is a 2022 Charles B. Rangel Fellow, and upon completing his master's degrees, he will enter the Foreign Service at the U.S. Department of State.