Stanford University

Calabasas High School

Undergraduate Student and Actor

• Research Assistant to Eric Rosenbach (Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Director of the Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs).

Harvard's Belfer Center

Research Assistant to Eric Rosenbach

• Starring, recurring, guest-starring, and supporting roles on network television and film productions.

Television and Film Productions

Actor

• Held an endowed one-year fellowship at a publication by the Council on Foreign Relations, editing, commissioning, fact-checking, and staging articles.
• Reviewed submissions and helped post on social media.

Foreign Affairs Magazine

Assistant Editor, David M. Rubenstein Editorial Fellow

• Awarded a fellowship to work at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s International Affairs Subdivision.
• Assisted with press releases, drafts the National Cybersecurity Strategy, CISA’s Country Prioritization Strategy, and engagement and capacity-building initiatives with Ukraine, Indo-Pacific states, and the Five Eyes intelligence alliance.

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Intern

• Assisted Amy Zegart (the Morris Arnold and Nona Jean Cox Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and Professor of Political Science) with various research projects.
• Drafted classroom briefings on the U.S. Department of Defense, documented depictions of intelligence in film/television, and helped develop frameworks for assessing emerging technologies.

The Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Research Assistant to Amy Zegart

• Conducted mixed-methods research on Iran’s space programs.
• Modernized the Nuclear Threat Initiative’s Country Profiles and the Global Incidents and Trafficking Database.

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

Undergraduate Research Fellow

• Drafted content briefs and memos for a mobile application facilitating video discussions on current events.
• Assisted with organizing beta tests, focus groups, and outreach efforts.

Erupt

• Assisted H.R. McMaster (the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Bernard and Susan Liautaud Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and Lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business) with various research projects.
• Led a team of 18 students producing biweekly open-source reports on global trends, serving as Editor and Northeast Asia lead.

Research Assistant to H.R. McMaster

• Staffed town halls, researched and authored briefing memos, tracked constituent comments, documented federal casework, and executed data entry projects at Congressman Ted Lieu’s District Office.
• Aided senior staff members during legislative briefings at consulates, federal facilities, and Congressional field hearings.

Ethan Lee