She holds a Ph.D. in government from the University of Texas at Austin, an M.A. in African studies from Yale University, and a B.A. in international studies from Baylor University. Dr. Seay’s current research is a study of the effects of advocacy efforts and United States legislation designed to mitigate the effects of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda, and the Central African Republic. Recently, she traveled to Eastern DRC and Uganda. In her own words: