Julienne Gage

Julienne Gage is a cultural anthropologist and global journalist and communications strategist with a master’s in anthropology from Western Washington University, a master’s in Spanish-language journalism from the Autonomous University of Madrid’s El País Escuela de Periodismo, and a bachelor’s in peace studies from Whitworth University. She has researched, written, commissioned, edited, and produced news, documentaries, and multimedia educational materials for media organizations such as BBC, NBC, Discovery, Al Jazeera, Univision, Telemundo, HDNet World Report, PRX The World, Cuba Trade Magazine, Devex, and the International Reporting Project. She has also managed and directed research and communications projects for global development, diplomacy, and civil society organizations such as the Inter-American Development Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Catholic Relief Services, World Learning, UnidosUS, Open Society Foundations, the Africa-based U.S. impact investment firm Renew Capital, and for the government of Miami-Dade County. Gage's master's in anthropology thesis focused on aesthetic expression and youth subcultures— gangs, bohemians, and would-have-been revolutionaries— in postwar El Salvador with comparative research on the arts for social and emotional development in Cuba. Her PhD dissertation in FIU's GSS program will focus on concepts of rootedness and indigeneity along the Swahili Coast of Kenya and Zanzibar, exploring how these identities play out in East Africa’s political sphere. www.juliennegage.com