Julienne Gage

Engagement Strategy I Social Science Research I Global Affairs & Civil Society I Journalism & Documentary

Julienne Gage is a journalist, strategic engagement specialist, and sociocultural anthropologist whose career has taken her across the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe. She has researched, written, commissioned, edited, and produced news, documentaries, and multimedia educational materials for major media organizations including BBC, NBC, Discovery, Al Jazeera, Univision, Telemundo, HDNet World Report, PRI The World, Cuba Trade Magazine, Devex, and the International Reporting Project. She has also led research and communications initiatives for global development, diplomacy, and civil society organizations such as the Inter-American Development Bank, Catholic Relief Services, World Learning, UnidosUS, and Open Society Foundations. Gage holds master’s degrees in anthropology from Western Washington University and in journalism from the Autonomous University of Madrid’s El País Escuela de Periodismo, as well as a bachelor’s degree in peace studies from Whitworth University. She is currently completing a PhD in sociocultural anthropology at Florida International University. While much of her earlier career focused on Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Iberian Peninsula, her doctoral research examines how narrative strategy and storytelling shape civic engagement and help mitigate conflict in complex political environments, drawing on fieldwork in East Africa and beyond.