The Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program is part of the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law
Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program
Who We Are
Founded in 2005, the Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program at Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law is a three-week training program for global democratic leaders holding senior roles in their respective fields. Fellows live on the Stanford campus and take classes from leading Stanford faculty, visit Silicon Valley technology firms and connect to a peer network of democratic leaders.
Announcing the Draper Hills Summer Fellows Class of 2022
Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law is proud to announce our 2022 Draper Hills Summer Fellows who were selected from among hundreds of applicants for the significant contributions they have already made to their societies and their potential to make an even greater impact with some help from Stanford.
Draper Hills 2021 Mini-Documentaries
Fellows from the Draper Hills Class of 2021 share their backstories and speak on the issues closest to their hearts in these mini-documentaries. Get to know the fellows through these first-hand accounts and learn about the important work they are doing on the frontlines of democratic change to combat the global rise of authoritarianism and populism.
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The Fellowship Experience
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Our Faculty
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Our Fellows
Meet our global network of fellows
Multimedia
Watch our fellows discuss their path-breaking work
Draper Hills By the Numbers
2005
Year Founded
383
Alumni
83
Countries Represented
7
Global Workshops Convened
Watch our Fellows' "TED-Style" Talks
Ibrahima Amadou Niang (Senegal '18)
Orginally from Senegal, Ibrahima Amadou Niang is the head of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa’s Guinea country office and a creative activist, researcher and published author.
ElsaMarie D’Silva (India, '17)
ElsaMarie D’Silva is an Indian gender activist. She is the founder and CEO of Red Dot Foundation (Safecity) and the president of Red Dot Foundation Global
Svitlana Zalischuk (Ukraine, '11)
Svitlana Zalischuk talks about these issues in her country from her perspective as a member of the parliament with CDDRL Mosbacher Director Francis Fukuyama.