Ashley E. Chandler

Ashley graduated from the London School of Economics (LSE) in December 2008 with a M.S. in twentieth to twenty-first century global politics. At the LSE, she focused on intensifying globalization; the changing nature of the nation-state; the transformation of world financial markets and global inequality; conflicts and shifts in geopolitical power; and HIV/AIDS. Her graduate thesis examined the level of coherence in the diplomatic maneuvers and policies of the Organization of American States, United Nations, and United States during the 1991–1994 crises in Haiti.

Before commending graduate studies, Ashley was selected as the sole research proxy for the late Professor Kennell Jackson at Stanford University and spent a semester at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. Ashley also has a M.A. in U.S. history from George Washington University, where she concentrated on nineteenth to twentieth century U.S. foreign policy. She received a B.A. in U.S. history from Stanford University, where she studied immigration, race and ethnicity, civil rights movements, and U.S. domestic and foreign policy.