Jason Stearns, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jason Stearns

American writer

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1976

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States

Profession: writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Jason Kauahooululaunaheleonakuahiwi Stearns (born October 31, 1976) is an American writer who worked for ten years in the Congo, including three years during the Second Congo War.
He first traveled to the Congo in 2001 to work for a local human rights organization, Héritiers de la Justice, in Bukavu.
He went on to work for the United Nations peacekeeping mission (MONUC).
In 2008 Stearns was named by the UN Secretary General to lead a special UN investigation into the violence in the country. Stearns is the author of the book, Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa, and the blog, Congo Siasa.
He received a Ph.D.
in political science from Yale University on May 24, 2016.