Elizabeth Caruth Hotary is the Communications Officer at AGI, where she leads strategic communications, digital content management, and public engagement initiatives designed to elevate the Institute’s profile and expand its reach among policymakers, scholars, donors, and the public. She coordinates AGI’s research agenda; manages the editorial process from concept through distribution for AGI’s articles, publications, and digital content; produces AGI’s podcast, The Zeitgeist; and oversees the Institute’s media outreach efforts. She collaborates with leadership teams and external partners to ensure AGI produces high-quality, timely, and impactful content. She also manages relationships with AGI’s Board of Trustees and Non-Resident Fellows.
In over ten years at AGI, Ms. Hotary has contributed to research on populism and extremism, workforce education, and immigration and integration. She has co-led AGI study tours across the United States and Germany.
Before joining AGI, Ms. Hotary taught English at a secondary school in Herne, Germany, through the Fulbright Program. During her time as a Fulbrighter, she volunteered with the U.S. Consulate Düsseldorf’s MeetUS program, traveling to schools across North Rhine-Westphalia to engage secondary school students in discussions about the United States. She has previous experience at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver and WorldDenver, a nonprofit global affairs organization.
Ms. Hotary received her MA from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, where she was a Marc Nathanson Fellow. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arkansas with degrees in International Relations, European Studies, and German. She is also an alumna of the Aspen Seminar for Young European Leaders, “Next-Gen Europe: Leading for Values.”
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AGI Experts Preview Merkel’s Visit to Washington
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Enduring Partnership
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Enduring Partnership
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Europe Is Careening toward a Crisis of Its Own Making: Immigration, Coronavirus, and the End of European Values
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Building Diverse Communities: Toolkits for Global Cities
By 2040, one-third of Germans will have a “migration background.” Around the same time, the United States will become a majority-minority country, with immigration contributing to this demographic change. In …
Integration: Made in Germany
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Democrats Give Glimmer of Hope to Europe in First Debate: But Is It Enough?
Since Donald Trump’s election in 2016, American transatlanticists have been repeating the phrase “the U.S. is more than just the president,” to their allies across the ocean. “Look to Congress,” …
