Gabriela Othón

Gabriela Othon

Gabriela Othón is the Program and Research Coordinator for the Global Perspectives Office, the Diplomacy Program, the Terrorism Studies Program and other affiliated offices.She is responsible for helping to manage globally oriented projects, programs and research, and serves as the business and research liaison to key partners, such as the Global Connections Foundation, the Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Foundation for Democracy and Development) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and the U.S. Department of State.She is also the Business and Research Editor for the Worldviews for the 21st Century monograph series.Othón is responsible for managing budgets, and serving as manager for support staff.She also conducts research on topics of international, national and metropolitan significance; participating in externally funded research projects; exploring grant opportunities; and facilitating public events.She has played in key role in key research projects at UCF on terrorism trends and the marketing of high technology projects from the United States to India.Previously, she was a Research Specialist for the Global Perspectives Office, a Global Connections Scholar and a Global Fellow.Prior to those positions, she worked as manager in the retail sector for several years.Othón is a graduate of UCF, with a B.A. in Political Science, International Relations Track, and is a recipient of the Bledsoe-Young Award.She is a native of Panama, speaks Spanish, and has traveled extensively in the Americas and visited Europe.

Gabriela Othón
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Gabriela Othón is a Global Fellow under the auspices of the Lawrence J. Chastang Global Fellows Program at UCF.She is currently pursuing a B.A. in Political Science - International Relations.Prior to this position,was an intern in the Global Perspectives office.She has also worked as manager in the retail sector for several years.Her research interests include environmental politics, sustainability, international relations, and human rights.She is a native of Panama, speaks Spanish and has traveled extensively in the Americas.

Gabriela Othón

Gabriela Othon
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Gabriela Othon Research Specialist

Gabriela Othon joined the Global Perspectives Office, the Diplomacy Program and other affiliated offices as a Research Specialist in 2006.She is responsible for conducting research on topics of international, national and metropolitan significance; participating in externally funded research projects; exploring grant opportunities; facilitating public events; and supporting a variety of publications.She has played in key role in two major research projects at UCF, one involving terrorism policy and trends, and the other focusing on the marketing of high technology projects from the United States to India in a rapidly changing global economy.Othon serves as Research Editor of the Worldviews for the 21st Century monograph series and Editorial Assistant for The Latin Americanist.Previously she was a Global Connections Scholar, sponsored by the Global Connections Foundation, in the Global Perspectives Office.She also was a Global Fellow under the auspices of the Lawrence J. Chastang Global Fellows Program at UCF.Prior to hose positions, she worked as manager in the retail sector for several years.Othon is a graduate of UCF, with a B.A. in Political Science, International Relations Track, and is a recipient of the Bledsoe -Young Award.She is a native of Panama, speaks Spanish and has traveled extensively in the Americas.