Engagement Strategy I Political Anthropology & Social Research
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 media organizations such as 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 managed and directed research and communications projects 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 has 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 finishing a PhD in sociocultural anthropology at Florida International University. She is currently completing a PhD in sociocultural anthropology at Florida International University. After focusing much of her career on Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Iberian Peninsula, Gage’s doctoral research examines how narrative strategy and storytelling influence civic engagement and help mitigate conflict in complex political environments, drawing on fieldwork in East Africa and beyond. She is bilingual in English and Spanish, with additional proficiency in French and working knowledge of Swahili.