Alan R. Cordova received a Bachelor of Arts in Astronomy and Political Science from Williams College in Williamstow... more

Alan R. Cordova received a Bachelor of Arts in Astronomy and Political Science from Williams College in Williamstown, MA, in 2006 and a MBA from Columbia Business School. His studies at Williams College ranged from art history to 20th-century African political literature. He participated in two astronomical expeditions, observing the Transit of Venus from Thessaloniki, Greece in 2004, and a total solar eclipse from Side, Turkey in 2006. His coursework allowed for major writing on political leadership in Mexico, the International Criminal Court, the Muslim community of Granada, Spain, and democracy promotion programs in Central Asia, the subject of his senior thesis, for which he received departmental honors upon graduation in 2006. His papers have been accepted at the annual conferences of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, and the Midwest Political Science Association. At Williams, he was elected to the Gargoyle Society, an honor society and made the Dean’s List in thre