Tuesday, May 24, 2016

It is Almost Time

Hello everyone!  As many of you already know I will be Commissioning into the US Air Force on June 1st , graduating from USAFA on June 2nd , and then on June 3rd I am flying to Eastern Africa for 5 weeks! I went to West Africa last summer on a trip with school to study Religion and Politics in Senegal and Ghana.







This summer I am lucky enough to conduct a much larger research program; Why people leave terrorist groups, specifically the Lords Resistance Army (LRA).  I, along with two of my colleagues will be traveling from Rwanda, up through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and into Uganda.  I plan on keeping this blog up to date with all of the places we travel and the things that we will be doing.  When it gets closer to time to leave I will explain a bit more what exactly the research is that we will be conducting.  I hope to share this experience with everyone, and who knows, maybe it will inspire one of you to go to Africa!