About

Programs Director

Jessica Sims

Jessica Sims joined the Institute of Turkish Studies as the Program Coordinator in January 2012. She currently is a M.A. candidate in Georgetown University's Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES). Sims received her B.A. in International Affairs from the George Washington University in 2009, and has also studied at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, and Bosphorus University in Istanbul, Turkey. Prior to joining ITS, Sims interned at the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Turkey Project, and is currently interning at the Century Foundation.
  • "Iraq on the Brink" - Opinion Piece by Ms. Sims and Amb. Abramowitz published in The National Interest, February 14, 2012