Georgia Tech and The Carter Center Award Joint Fellowships Leveraging Technologies to Support Sustainable Peace and Democratic Principles

The Georgia Institute of Technology today announced the recipients of fellowships in which students will collaborate with The Carter Center during the fall 2024 academic semester.

Delaney Gomen received the second Governance and Technology Fellowship to work with the Carter Center’s Democracy Program. Muzna Raheel was awarded the first Peace Tech Fellowship and will partner with the Center’s Conflict Resolution Program.

Gomen’s research interests include democracy and technology, election administration, surveillance, censorship, and digital security education. She is pursuing a Master of Science in computer science at Georgia Tech. Gomen is also serving as a researcher for Assistant Professor Michael Specter, who has a joint appointment in computer science and cybersecurity and privacy. Gomen’s fellowship is funded jointly by the Carter Center’s Democracy Program and Georgia Tech’s Institute for People and Technology.