UF Gulf Scholars

Matt Jacobs is an associate professor of U.S. and international history as well as the director of the Bob Graham Center for Public Service. He earned his Ph.D. in History at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2002, and he joined UF and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) in 2003. His research focuses on U.S.-Middle East relations, a field in which he has published one book (Imagining the Middle East: …

Rebecca Burton is the program coordinator for the University of Florida Gulf Scholars Program, which supports Gulf of Mexico region colleges and universities in preparing undergraduate students as the next generation to address critical challenges in the region related to the focus areas of the Gulf Research Program – community health and resilience, environmental protection and stewardship, and offshore energy safety. Participating schools engage students from across the sciences, engineering, medicine, humanities, arts, and beyond …

Radhika is a third-year economics and psychology double major and John V. Lombardi Scholar at UF. She initially became involved with the Bob Graham Center through the Future of Florida Summit, a student-run public policy conference held at UF each year. She now serves as the Director of Logistics for the summit, working with a team of 15 to coordinate venue, catering, and hosting operations. Radhika supports the Center in other ways as well. In …