Jordan Abu-Sirriya graduated from Northern State University in 2016. During his time at NSU, he interned at the White House and studied abroad in Amman, Jordan. Recently, he completed a English Teaching Assistant Fulbright Scholarship in Bahrain, and he intends to pursue a graduate degree in international relations in the fall of 2018. His research interests include narratives of Islamist movements and key negotiation issues of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.