{"id":5311,"date":"2026-05-13T15:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/?post_type=profiles&#038;p=5311"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:00:12","slug":"nnamdi-mbajekwe","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/profiles\/nnamdi-mbajekwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Nnamdi Mbajekwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Mbajekwe-Nnamdi-Pre-Program-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5312\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Mbajekwe-Nnamdi-Pre-Program-Headshot.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Mbajekwe-Nnamdi-Pre-Program-Headshot-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Mbajekwe-Nnamdi-Pre-Program-Headshot-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Mbajekwe-Nnamdi-Pre-Program-Headshot-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Mbajekwe-Nnamdi-Pre-Program-Headshot-1025x1536.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> Williamsburg, Virginia<br><strong>Website<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nnamdi-mbajekwe-48b460351\">http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nnamdi-mbajekwe-48b460351<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m a Junior Political science student at James Madison University. I&#8217;m from Williamsburg, Virginia, and for as long as I&#8217;ve known, I&#8217;ve had a passion for political science, law, economics, and history. In college, I&#8217;ve held leadership roles in two student organizations, both related to foreign service and international affairs. I&#8217;ve participated in several simulations, ranging from JMU&#8217;s Madison Defense Colloquium to the African Union simulation in Washington DC. I was a program scholar for Florida State University\u2019s Donald J. Weidner Summer for Undergraduates Program, which exposed me to the breadth and depth of potential careers in law. I&#8217;ve also participated in the Hamilton Lugar \/ ILSA Undergraduate International Law Moot Court Competition at Indiana University, where my partner and I advanced to quarterfinals. There, we simulated being lawyers for fictional nations at dispute in the International Court of Justice. I&#8217;m still deciding what I want to do after graduation, but I&#8217;m leaning towards either getting a PhD in political science or going to law school. The idea of conducting and presenting research interests me, because I believe it is a practical way to help solve longstanding and seemingly intransient issues. I hope to gain more critical thinking skills from this program and come out with more clarity on how to meaningfully use what I\u2019ve learned thus far with my education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5312,"template":"","profile_category":[25],"class_list":["post-5311","profiles","type-profiles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","profile_category-2026-interns"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/5311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profiles"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/5311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5313,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/5311\/revisions\/5313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"profile_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_category?post=5311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}