{"id":8161,"date":"2023-11-14T16:20:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T21:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/the-institute\/our-staff\/zainab-ahmed-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:05:10","slug":"mack-cook","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/the-institute\/our-staff\/mack-cook\/","title":{"rendered":"Mack Cook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8997 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/07\/16-DSC02075-scaled-e1722011823910-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of James Cook\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/07\/16-DSC02075-scaled-e1722011823910-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/07\/16-DSC02075-scaled-e1722011823910-1024x992.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/07\/16-DSC02075-scaled-e1722011823910-768x744.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/07\/16-DSC02075-scaled-e1722011823910-1536x1489.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/07\/16-DSC02075-scaled-e1722011823910-2048x1985.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/07\/16-DSC02075-scaled-e1722011823910-500x485.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/07\/16-DSC02075-scaled-e1722011823910-740x717.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/07\/16-DSC02075-scaled-e1722011823910-980x950.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>As a Program Associate at the Institute, James \u201cMack\u201d Cook works closely with the Faculty Director and Executive Director to ensure the smooth sailing of events, while also liaising across departments to support the Institute\u2019s financial affairs and programming, to engage with followers on social media accounts, and to implement website redesign. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mack is currently pursuing his M.A. in Security Studies at Georgetown&#8217;s Walsh School of Foreign Service and <\/span>is a graduate from the College of the Holy Cross with a degree in History and Russian and Eastern European Studies. During his undergraduate career, he conducted research and drafted theses on various topics including a comparative analysis of the United States\u2019 and South Korea\u2019s COVID-19 response, the role of media in the modern formulation of German and Russian national identities, and implications for deterrence in the Russo-Ukrainian War.\u00a0Additionally, he participated in the Holy Cross Moot Court program, studied abroad at the University of York in England, and volunteered as a tour guide and student ambassador.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prior to his role at the Institute, he has worked as a Public Policy Fellow at Cavarocchi Ruscio Dennis Associates and a Compliance Operations and Policy Analyst Intern at Incyte Pharmaceuticals. In these roles, he was responsible for legislative and regulatory tracking, organizing advocacy events and corporate conferences, and assisting with compliance and data reporting responsibilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a Program Associate at the Institute, James \u201cMack\u201d Cook works closely with the Faculty Director and Executive Director to ensure the smooth sailing of events, while also liaising across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11247,"featured_media":0,"parent":862,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-8161","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11247"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8161"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10285,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8161\/revisions\/10285"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}