Heather Kerr-Stewart
Program Officer, Education Program
(March 1995 - July 2002)

Areas of Specialization
Education on peacemaking and conflict • National Peace Essay Contest • Foreign affairs curriculum development

Background
Heather Kerr-Stewart is a program officer in the Institute's Education Program, where she manages the National Peace Essay Contest--a program designed to involve students and teachers in international issues. Before joining the Institute, Kerr-Stewart worked with international exchange students from the former Soviet Union at the Meridian International Center. In addition to her work with the Institute's National Peace Essay Contest, she assists the American Foreign Service Association in the ongoing development and implementation of its essay contest for high school students across the United States.

Kerr-Stewart holds an M.A. in public and international affairs from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.A. in international relations from West Virginia Wesleyan College. She also attended the London School of Economics where she participated in an economic field study of Latvia, Russia, and Ukraine.

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