Emilee Pistole is the Research and Program Manager at the Center for Middle East Development (CMED), where she works with our international partners to coordinate the content of CMED conferences. She was previously the Center Associate at CMED, where she supported administration and logistics for CMED's online events and conferences. Emilee joined CMED in 2019 as an undergraduate intern, and graduated summa cum laude from UCLA in 2020 with Bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies. Her primary academic interests include Levantine regional dynamics and the Arabic language.