Megan Pritchard, M.A., Class of 2017

Megan Pritchard started her academic journey in the State of Washington, studying Foreign Affairs and French at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma with the overall goal of working for the US State Department as a Foreign Service officer. She then spent a couple of years living in France as a study abroad student and an au pair.

Joining the American Graduate School in Paris was the natural next step toward her career goal. “Paris is such a great place to study International Relations. Not only is AGS located in central Paris, it is not very far from international organizations such as the OECD, UNEP or UNESCO. My courses from AGS as well as from the dual Master’s degree program at Sceaux have taught me valuable skills that will undoubtedly help me in the future as I pursue my dream of working in the Foreign Service.”

After graduating from AGS last summer, Megan got married with a Frenchman, and has decided to prolong her stay in Paris to acquire additional international experience before returning to the US. She first completed a six-month internship as a project manager for a Paris-based web agency, where she was able to apply her multilingual and multicultural skills. She now works for an international law firm that is also headquartered in Paris.

 “While I am preparing to work for the State Department, I am enjoying living in Paris and gaining valuable career experience in an international legal environment. For my current job I rely a lot on what I learned in Professor Bismuth’s International Law course, which offered a great overview of international law and gave me a very solid foundation upon which I have been able to quickly understand other facets of the law for my job. Additionally, I have been able to apply the research and writing skills that I honed during my thesis process under the rigorous tutelage of professors such as Dr Yates and Dr Anand.”