Aubrey Menard

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Aubrey Menard (formerly Menarndt) is a US-based author and activist, known for her book Young Mongols: Forging Democracy In The Wild, Wild East.

Education[edit]

Aubrey Menard graduated from Smith College in 2008 with a bachelor's degree.[1] She later earned an MPhil in Politics from the University of Oxford.[2] She was a 2013 U.S. State Department Critical Language Scholar in Bashkortostan, Russia and was associate director of Development at the Truman National Security Project.[2][3] She was a 2015–2016 Luce Scholar in Mongolia, where she worked as a Policy Advisor to the Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry.[4]

Activism[edit]

Menard worked to rehabilitate survivors of landmine accidents in Central America. After volunteering at the Walking Unidos Clinic in Nicaragua in January 2008, Menard organized an exhibition of photographs by Stephen Petegorsky at Smith College, from February 5, 2008 – March 23, 2008. The exhibition raised money for landmine victims in coffee-growing communities.[5] In 2017, Menard joined the Board of Directors of the LGBT Centre Mongolia.[6] In 2018, Menard collected LGBT books donated by people in the Pioneer Valley, MA, to donate to the LGBT Center in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[7] Menard has also worked in Ukraine as an international election observer.[8]

Publications[edit]

Menard has written for The Washington Post,[9] South China Morning Post,[10] Politico,[11] Al Jazeera,[12] New America,[13] Ms Magazine,[14] Menard's 2019 op-ed in The New York Times, "Let Prisoners Vote" led to an interview on The Brian Lehrer Show.[15][16]

In July 2020, Menard released her first book, Young Mongols: Forging Democracy In The Wild, Wild East, published by Penguin Random House.[17] The book grew from a video series of the same name that was released in 2016.[18][19] For the book Menard interviewed young Mongolian activists in different spheres.[17] The Asian Review of Books called the book "profoundly hopeful" and The Straits Times found it "compelling".[20][17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Peterson, Erin. "'I Want To Stop Big Problems Before They Happen'". Smith College. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  2. ^ a b "Aubrey Menard". The Asia Foundation. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Aubrey Menard". Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  4. ^ "Aubrey Menarndt | The Henry Luce Foundation". www.hluce.org. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  5. ^ "Smith College: News Office". www.smith.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  6. ^ "About us". The LGBT Centre. 2017-09-29. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  7. ^ Pfarrer, Steve (22 June 2018). "A Pride story like no other: Smith College alumna Aubrey Menarndt brings donated LGBT books to Mongolia". Daily Hampshire Gazette. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  8. ^ "ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  9. ^ Menard, Aubrey. "Analysis | In Mongolia, proposed legislation endangers civil society". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  10. ^ "Aubrey Menarndt". South China Morning Post. 18 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  11. ^ Menarndt, Aubrey (28 February 2018). "Trump's mining giveaway". The Agenda. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  12. ^ "Aubrey Menard | Al Jazeera News". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  13. ^ "Aubrey Menard". New America. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  14. ^ "Aubrey Menarndt, Author at Ms. Magazine". msmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  15. ^ Menarndt, Aubrey (2019-05-08). "Opinion | I'm an Elections Monitor. The United States Isn't Like Other Countries. (Published 2019)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  16. ^ "Ideas Festival 2020: Letting Prisoners Vote | The Brian Lehrer Show". WNYC. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  17. ^ a b c Hammond, Bryn (2020-10-22). ""Young Mongols: Forging Democracy in the Wild, Wild East" by Aubrey Menard". Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  18. ^ Putz, Catherine. "Aubrey Menard on Mongolia's Dynamic Youth". thediplomat.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  19. ^ "Young Mongols video series spotlights leaders of tomorrow". The UB Post | Mongolia's leading English language news. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  20. ^ hermesauto (2020-10-05). "Book review: Compelling introduction to youth activism in Mongolia's fledgling democracy". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
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