Charlotte McDermott

Charlotte McDermott is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is a rising senior at Bryn Mawr College, with a major in International Studies, and a minor in Russian and Political Science. Charlotte is interested in the United States’ relationship with countries of the Global South, as it may destabilize them or contribute to their development. She’s particularly interested in how the U.S. can improve its policies to respond to the displacement of immigrants and refugees and wrote a paper this year on the mistreatment of undocumented Mexican workers in the U.S., which was published by the joint law review of Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges. She’s also interested in how citizens of restrictive countries can demand improvement of the law, like during the protests of the Arab Spring or the more recent movements in Hong Kong, Russia, Sudan, and Chile. After graduation, Charlotte plans to either pursue a master’s degree in International Law or to pursue a JD. She’s excited for her summer with the ABF because she’s eager to explore the different ways one can work with and contribute to the American legal system.