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Ben Raynor

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PhD Candidate in Pol. Sci., @UCIrvine. IPE and its intersection with international security. Once upon a time King's College London 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Took my GF Christmas shopping at Nordstrom and they had a live DJ absolutely blasting Christmas remixes and I could literally feel the Christmas spirit leave my body

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What grad school has taught me more than anything else is that failure can be good for you... But if you fail because you gave up what you want most for what you want now, you're gonna sit with a lot of regret

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Just finished my first ever lecture as an instructor of record at Loyola Marymount University!! So excited to be teaching Politics of The Global Economy this semester, crazy to look back and see how far I've come since PhD year 1 🤯

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DEVIL: And this is the lake of lava you'll be spending eternity in ME: Actually we're underground so it would be magma DEVIL: This is why you are here you realize

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One nice way to feel better about yourself is to imagine what Steve Irwin would say about you if you were a little snake he found in the desert

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For their final exam, my students Loyola Marymount University, had to decide on an exchange rate regime for their hypothetical developing country, explaining the 'unholy trinity' effects that could be expected. One student opted for Genovia from the Princess Diaries. Instant A+

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Super excited to announce that I have been awarded a research grant from the Center for Organizational Research to study organizational practices in MNCs, their perceptions of risk and how such perceptions impact foreign direct investment into previously-sanctioned economies!! 🎉

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Started interview data collection on my final empirical dissertation chapter today and the anxiety was perspiration-inducing... Quickly realized it was probably because I'd had 7 cups of coffee by 2:30pm, and had this realization while drinking an 8th.