Shayla Fitzsimmons-Call

Shayla Fitzsimmons-Call

Shayla Fitzsimmons-Call

  • CDDRL Honors Student, 2025-26

Biography

Major: International Relations
Minor: Theater
Hometown: Winchester, Virginia
Thesis Advisor: Kathryn Stoner

Tentative Thesis Title: U.S. Silence as a Form of Soft Power

Future aspirations post-Stanford: I plan to attend graduate school, work at the intersection of international development & foreign policy, and pursue global public service projects.

A fun fact about yourself: I was born on leap day!

Current research

In The News

Students and faculty pose in front of the Lincoln Memorial during Honors College in Washington, D.C.
Blogs

Honors College 2025 Day 3: Policy, Practice, and the Persistence of Democracy

This is the third story in a series of blog posts written by the Fisher Family Honors Program class of 2026 detailing their experiences in Washington, D.C., for CDDRL's annual Honors College.
Honors College 2025 Day 3: Policy, Practice, and the Persistence of Democracy
CDDRL Fisher Family Honors Class of 2026
News

Introducing Our 2025-26 CDDRL Honors Students

We are thrilled to welcome twelve outstanding students, who together represent fourteen different majors and minors and hail from seven different states and four countries, to our Fisher Family Honors Program in Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law.
Introducing Our 2025-26 CDDRL Honors Students