~ RGVRC Affiliate Scholar ~

Orsola Lina Tragni is a second-year Ph.D. student in media and public affairs at Louisiana State University’s Manship School of Mass Communication. She is also a research assistant at the University of Maryland’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security and an Ostrom Fellow at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center. Ms. Tragni holds a Master of Arts in strategic intelligence and analysis from Northeastern University and a Bachelor’s in political science from the University of Portland. A proud bilingual Latina and first-generation college graduate, she brings experience in politics and corporate America to her academic work. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, exploring new cuisines, and supporting the Los Angeles Dodgers.