Rob is a senior at the University of Texas at Arlington, studying Political Science and communication. Rob’s focus on global politics and subjects related to international security inspire his desire to pursue a Ph.D. in Security Studies with focus in South-East Asia and the concept of freedom and security following his graduation. Rob is an active member of the Pi Sigma Alpha Honors Society and has been honored in the past year as a Spring 2011 University Scholar, a Spring 2010 Kaisikas Scholar, a Who’s Who Recipient 2010-2011, and he received both the Honors Presidential Scholarship and the Luther Wayne Odom Scholarship in Fall 2010. Rob recently traveled to the border of Myanmar and India to study the rural politics of the ethnic Burmese people who lives there. Rob enjoys travel, cooking, swimming, and jogging.