Alexander (Sasha) Rojavin ’20 is a Beasley Scholar and a 2018 Law and Public Policy Scholar. He graduated from Swarthmore College in 2014 with a B.A. in Theater and in Film & Media Studies, after which he received an M.S. from Temple University in Communication Management. His studies have focused on the intersection of the arts, media, policy, and politics. His master’s thesis dealt with media ownership and the television broadcasting landscape in Ukraine. Sasha is a published translator, a native speaker of Russian and English, and knows four other languages to varying degrees. His research has centered on Eastern Europe, especially post-Soviet countries.
While in D.C., Sasha is working as a research intern at the American Foreign Policy Council. His policy interests include fostering a free and open global media and implementing an effective and constitutionally sound global government.