MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale
Fox International Fellowship

Mattie Wheeler

Fox International Fellowship
Academic Year: 2013-14
Direction: From Yale
Exchange Partner: Institut d’Études de Politiques de Paris, France
Research Interests:

The Role of Oil In Franco-Algerian Relations

Mattie Wheeler recently graduated from Yale College with a B.A. in Ethics, Politics, and Economics. At Sciences Po, she is currently working on the Franco-Algerian petroleum negotiations (1969-1971), the ultimate nationalization of Algerian oil (1971), and their impact on the French state oil company Elf-Erap. At Yale, Mattie wrote her senior thesis on Franco-Algerian oil relations after the Algerian War, and this year has enjoyed the opportunity to delve deeper into this pivotal period in petroleum history while using archives in Paris, Oxford, and Algiers. After this year as a Fox Fellow, Mattie will return to the US to work as an analyst for an economic consulting firm in Washington DC. She plans to complete a JD/LLM with a focus in international trade or energy law, and hopes to continue to work on North African issues.