3rd Class, 2005-2007 Field Placement: Combating Child Labor through Education Project, Management Systems International, Rabat, Morocco As an advocacy and policy advisor for “Adros” – a U.S. Department of Labor-funded education project targeting working and at risk children – Dalia … Read more
Sylvie Doutriaux
3rd Class, 2005-2007 Field Placement: Mercy Corps, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Sylvie conducted a survey of the Mongolian livestock and meat sub-sector for Mercy Corps, identifying constraints and opportunities along the value chain in order to determine how Mercy Corps could better … Read more
Brian Bogart
3rd Class, 2005-2007 Field and Policy Placement: World Food Program, Kampong Speu/Phnom Penh, Cambodia Brian Bogart was the assistant head of the WFP’s Kampong Speu sub-office, in an area that experienced acute food shortages due to drought over the two … Read more
Yodit Beyene
3rd Class, 2005-2007 Field and Policy Placement: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Yodit Beyene returned to her home country for the two-year policy and field placement to work as the Communications Specialist for the Ethiopia Strategy … Read more
Damiana Astudillo
3rd Class, 2005-2007 Field Placement: PROINPA, Southern Altiplano Region, Bolivia Damiana Astudillo worked on the Neglected and Underutilized Species initiative at the International Plant Genetic Resource Institute (IPGRI, now called Bioversity International), which seeks to promote crops that are marginally produced … Read more
Daniel Abbott
Dan received an MPH from Emory University with a focus on Global Environmental Health. He worked with CARE Kenya to conduct field research on access to, and use of, safe drinking water in households in rural Kenya. His recommendations contributed to meaningful changes in the distribution of household water treatment … Read more
3rd Class, 2005-2007 Field Placement: Heifer International/African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), Homa Bay, Kenya Dan Abbott worked with Heifer International in Homa Bay, an area of Kenya severely impacted by HIV, on a project to provide livelihoods for caregivers … Read more
Rachel Winch
Rachel graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Williams College in 2006 with a double major in sociology and Asian studies and has studied abroad in India and Nicaragua. Prior to becoming and Emerson and then a Leland Fellow, Rachel taught fifth and sixth grade at Esperanza Academy, a tuition-free … Read more
Emerson Fellowship Field Placement: California Department of Health Oakland, California Rachel worked with the Network for a Healthy California to build the prescreening and outreach capacity of the Statewide Food Stamp Information Line. She developed California’s Official Statewide Protocol for Telephone-Based … Read more
Erica Phillips
4th Class, 2007-2009 Field Placement: Zanmi Lasante/Partners In Health, Boucan Carre, Haiti Erica Phillips worked at Partners In Health (PIH) in their Agriculture Program to reduce under-nutrition in children under-5 years old through increased agricultural output of the household. The program … Read more
Michelle Petrotta
4th Class, 2007-2009 Field Placement: SHARE Foundation, San Salvador, El Salvador Michelle was placed with the advocacy program of the SHARE Foundation in El Salvador where she focused on current human rights, economic justice, and environmental concerns, especially in relation to … Read more
Daniele Nyirandutiye
4th Class, 2007-2009 Field Placement: Helen Keller Internationa (HKI), Bamako, Mali Daniele Nyirandutiye worked on the community-based therapeutic care program within HKI’s child survival project. At the time, HKI Mali was in the process of implementing Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC) throughout … Read more
Adam Norikane
4th Class, 2007-2009 Field Placement: Christian Children’s Fund (CCF), Lusaka, Zambia Adam Norikane worked with CCF Zambia on the implementation of an Australian-funded Youth Agriculture & Marketing Project. His job entailed assisting staff in project management of a sustainable agricultural livelihoods … Read more
Meaghan Murphy
4th Class, 2007-2009 Field Placement: Mercy Corps, Ulaambaatar, Mongolia Meaghan Murphy spent her field year with Mercy Corps Mongolia (MCM), which supports rural communities in mobilizing resources to meet their economic and social needs. MCM’s emphasis is on supporting the creation of … Read more