Paris Global Center Senior Special Projects Coordinator
James Allen obtained his B.A. in French and International Studies in 2017 from California State
University, Long Beach. After graduation, he worked as an English instructor at the Université de
Rouen before interning as a Parliamentary Assistant at the Assemblée Nationale. James then
contributed to various research projects at the Center for International Policy in Washington, D.C. He is currently pursuing an M.A. in French Literature at Middlebury College.
Before joining the Columbia Global Paris Center in 2024, he worked at the Institute for Ideas and
Imagination from 2019 – 2023.