Daniel Hershfield
Global Networks Intern
Daniel (he/him) brings a broad background in international development and policy research, previously working as an undergraduate with the Program on Security Institutions and Violent Instability at UC Berkeley and also researching communal violence with the Centre for the Study of Society and Secularism in Mumbai. He has also coordinated diversity, equity, and inclusion research as part of the nonprofit UpStart’s inaugural Jews of Color Career Development Program. As a Senior Research Assistant at ACLED, he led the analysis of political violence, civil unrest, and domestic extremism in regions such as North America and Oceania. Daniel holds a B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Global Poverty and Practice from UC Berkeley (’20) and is currently pursuing his Master of International Affairs at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy, where he is specializing in International Development and Southeast Asia.