https://www.devoprobol.com/home daily 1.0 2025-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e75691b2ed40fc27e058/23296727-3d94-4780-8fc1-249aa78055b8/Devo.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e75691b2ed40fc27e058/aafc07f3-f06d-4372-b89b-e6b7da02a528/james-baldwin-racism.jpg Home - “What have you done for mankind today?” -Ben Ferencz Inspired by activists such as James Baldwin and Grace Lee Boggs, I believe in deliberation as a radical form of protest. Using the spoken and written word as a type of everyday activism, I believe we can methodically shift our culture through the aggregation of our individual actions. By having difficult conversations in search of a higher truth, we as individuals have the collective power to make necessary changes desperately needed in our society. That said, either big or small, “what have you done for mankind today?” "Baldwin Blooms," acrylic on canvas. Painting by Charly Palmer (photograph by Calhoun/McCormick) https://www.devoprobol.com/professionalexperience daily 0.75 2025-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e75691b2ed40fc27e058/696d14ce-3984-4288-ab5e-b8a40b2bec3a/IMG_8792.JPG Professional Experience Prior to returning to academia, I began my career at the U.S. Department of State and eventually worked with the U.S. Department of Defense. https://www.devoprobol.com/personal daily 0.75 2025-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e75691b2ed40fc27e058/02f77d82-ce8f-43ae-bd69-091f112d165f/IMG_0516.JPG Personal - More about me. Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, I am a first-generation student of Hungarian and Mexican heritage. Before being granted asylum in the United States, my paternal side of the family lived in a refugee camp in the former Yugoslavia for two years following the failed Hungarian Revolution in 1956. The story of my family’s journey to freedom has continued to serve as one of my primary motivations for studying social movements and revolutions; during undergrad, I spent my summers in Eastern Europe, in Romania and Hungary, researching the long-term political and social consequences of authoritarianism on activist cultures. You can read more about my family - particularly my Anyu (grandmother in Hungarian) - and her inspiring story below: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e75691b2ed40fc27e058/32da9af5-f27f-4e20-871f-bb4f455c6372/IMG_1239.jpg Personal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e75691b2ed40fc27e058/e25e1b33-5ac1-4c52-8c88-36076338316f/IMG_1243.jpg Personal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e75691b2ed40fc27e058/61a820ca-0c10-4742-a030-cd36c6ec1382/IMG_1241.jpeg Personal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e75691b2ed40fc27e058/c51d0e5b-66c3-47b1-b360-f0d4aa4fdc45/IMG_1236.jpeg Personal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6182e75691b2ed40fc27e058/587258bc-6e70-414b-a054-5a38fc4c89c2/IMG_1240.jpeg Personal