Dustin J. Vesey

SFS/Law Ambassador

Dustin Vesey graduated with distinction from Yale University in 2017 with a B.A. in Political Science and a concentration in international relations. At Georgetown, he is jointly pursuing a J.D. and an M.S. in Foreign Service, where he is concentrating in Global Politics and Security and is also a candidate for certificates in Asian studies and diplomatic studies. He comes to Georgetown after working for nearly three years in the U.S. Senate, where he helped manage the foreign policy and judiciary portfolios for the senior senator from his home state of Arizona. Prior to employment on the Hill, Dustin completed a Fulbright Scholarship in rural Malaysia.

At Georgetown, Dustin is a Global Law Scholar, an Opportunity Scholarship recipient, and was an editor for the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs during his M.S. year. He is interested in international treaty negotiation, diplomacy, and national security law broadly, focusing particularly on East Asia, the Indo-Pacific, and the Middle East. He enjoys snowboarding, SCUBA diving, climbing, backpacking, and generally looks for any excuse he can find to get outdoors. He is proficient in Mandarin Chinese and also enjoys speaking Spanish and Malay. A former QuestBridge Scholar, he was the first in his family to graduate from college.