Taylor Nelson joined NSI as a Program Assistant in September 2019.  She has previous experience in the DC think tank sphere, first at the American Institute for Contemporary German studies and then at the American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.  Taylor holds a BA in international relations and German from Kent State University, where she graduated summa cum laude, was a member of the Phi Sigma Iota foreign language honor society, and was President and founding member of the Kent State German Club, Deutschklub Kent.  Taylor also studied for a semester at the Free University of Berlin, taking courses in transatlantic relations and political science from a German perspective.  She is proficient in German, and is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.