Jessica graduated with honors from UC Berkeley in 2012, obtaining a B.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies with a concentration in Africa, and minoring in Music. She joined the UC Berkeley Center for African Studies in October 2012, as a program coordinator and a student advisor for The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program. She received the UC Berkeley Staff Achievement Award for her work serving 58 undergraduate and Masters students from all over…
…Alumni Update: Keir is living in Maryland and working at the environmental consulting firm SSPA (www.sspa.com). Prior to this Keir was a Princeton postdoc at Mpala Research Center for two years. And before that he did his PhD research in Namibia at Gobabeb Training and Research Centre. Keir and his wife Natasha just had another little girl, Cora Ann, who joins her 4 year old sister Emma….
…Israel, and now she is the Grants Manager at The James Irvine Foundation, a private foundation that funds across the state of California. She is a leader in the all-volunteer arts collective the Flaming Lotus Girls (www.flaminglotus.com), with whom she makes large, interactive, metal sculptures that shoot fire (their stainless steel and LED sculpture, Soma, is currently installed for a year at Pier 14 in San Francisco)….
…nd the changing burden of disease, focusing specifically on the rise of noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries. Prior to this position, Caroline was an economic analysis intern in the Department of Policy and Evaluation at the Millennium Challenge Corporation. In this role, she researched country-specific constraints to growth and analyzed institutional reforms accepted by compact countries. Her work has been published in Hea…
…public health. He traveled to Kenya to learn from healthcare providers and community organizers about their methods of managing the HIV/AIDS epidemic. While there, he worked as a sexual health educator with HIV-positive adolescents, focusing on opening a dialogue about sexuality, stigma, and relationships between Kenyans and Americans. After graduating, Joe joined Teach For America in Milwaukee, WI to strengthen his teaching skills. He has taught…
Regine recently graduated from Mount Holyoke College, majoring in Economics and minoring in Politics. To satisfy her deep interest in Africa, its politics, and its economic systems, she took a plethora of classes in African Studies, in economic development, and in international and nonprofit work. Her connection with the continent and her passion for it is deeply rooted in her social and academic experiences gained from living in an African city….
…with majors in Political Science (focusing on International Relations and Comparative Politics) and English Literature, and a minor in Anthropology. She has studied abroad in Argentina, England, Switzerland, Rwanda, and Uganda. While at Vanderbilt, Sylvana tutored with The After-School Program, wrote for the online magazine the Odyssey, did freelance photography for groups on campus, and was an officer of Alpha Delta Pi, amongst other things. Dur…
…Program through the School for Field Studies. While there, he conducted research on land protection strategies in the region and conducted interviews with local communities about human-wildlife conflict. Shan has held internships with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service where he monitored prescribed fire effects and invasive species on a National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota, and at the Duke Lemur Center where he conducted a research project on the…
…ate about journalism and public service, and her undergraduate experiences combined both passions. At Harvard, Shaquilla was the editor-in-chief of the Harvard Independent, a weekly newspaper, and an officer for three years at the Phillips Brooks House Association, an umbrella non-profit with over 80 programs serving people in Boston and Cambridge. Shaquilla also served as a senior staffer for Harvard Model Congress, an organization that runs gove…
…owo. The moderated discussion will highlight Alexis Okeowo’s work from her latest book and illustrate how she navigates different elements of identity, gender, and resistance through storytelling, and provide an overview of her experiences in Africa during and after her Princeton in Africa fellowship. Alexis graduated from Princeton University and is also a Princeton in Africa (06-07’) alumna. She is the author of “A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordina…
