Charles Diringer Dunst

646-667-5468 | charlesdunst@gmail.com | @cddunst

EDUCATION
HAMILTON COLLEGE, CLASS OF 2018 | 3.62 GPA, 3.73 GPA IN MAJOR
HONORS B.A. CANDIDATE IN WORLD POLITICS WITH A MINOR IN ART
DEAN’S LIST (SPRING 2016, FALL 2016, FALL 2017)
CORVINUS UNIVERSITY OF BUDAPEST, 2017 SPRING SEMESTER
UNION COLLEGE, 2014-15 ACADEMIC YEAR, 2014-15 YEAR | DEAN’S LIST (ALL SEMESTERS)
THE DALTON SCHOOL, K-12, CLASS OF 2014

EXPERIENCE
U.S. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE
RESEARCH ASSISTANT INTERN, JANUARY 2018 TO PRESENT
Conduct research in support of Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer’s project on the culture,
demographics, and diversity of the Russian and Chinese navies in comparison to that of the U.S.

THE SPECTATOR (HAMILTON COLLEGE NEWSPAPER)

EDITOR IN CHIEF, FALL 2017 TO PRESENT
Manage $40,000 budget and 100-person staff to produce weekly newspaper, meet regularly with
College President, lead coverage on investigative articles, developed and manage new website,
designed logos for website and social media, direct advertisement sales team.
OPINION EDITOR, APRIL TO DECEMBER 2016

OFFICE OF U.S. SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHARLES E. SCHUMER

PRESS INTERN, SUMMER 2017
Drafted talking points and press releases, successfully pitched press hits, selected by supervisor to
copy edit materials, prepared press clips, responded to reporter inquiries.

OFFICE OF U.S. SENATOR KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND

MILITARY & VETERANS AFFAIRS INTERN, SUMMER 2016, JANUARY 2017
Worked with the Constituent Liaison to support constituent services involving federal agencies and
Armed Services, drafted condolence and discharge upgrade letters, trained incoming interns.

PUBLICATIONS
Published twenty-plus pieces in the Washington Post, The Hill, The American Prospect, International
Business Times, HuffPost, The Forward, Paste Magazine, Hamilton College’s news site, SB Nation’s U.S.
Soccer and NYCFC sub-sites, and Hungary Today.

HONORS & AWARDS

PI SIGMA ALPHA, TAU KAPPA CHAPTER
Member of national political science honor society which recognizes academic achievement in
political science and encourages intellectual discourse on public affairs and international relations.

ANTOINE DU BOURG AWARD

Selected to receive Hamilton College funding to support travel to conduct honors thesis research.

RENYI LEADERSHIP ENDOWMENT

Selected to receive Hamilton College funding to support independent journalism project on Andorra.

2016 NY6 CONSORTIUM

Photo series “A Portrait of NYC” selected for juried exhibition.

SKILLS
Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, WordPress, Chorus, Medium, Pages, Microsoft Office, Final Cut Pro,
iMovie, Digital and Film Photography, Facebook, Twitter, Slack, Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, LinkedIn,
Vimeo, Congressional Intranet Quorum, Congressional AMEND Server, Google Drive