Stella Nordhagen

Stella, a native of Colorado, completed a PhD and MPhil at the University of Cambridge in Environmental Economics and Policy as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Her PhD research, done in collaboration with Bioversity International and based on fieldwork in Ethiopia and Papua New Guinea, focused on the influence of climate … Read more

Field Placement: Helen Keller International, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Stella worked with Helen Keller International in Burkina Faso on an integrated nutrition-sensitive agriculture project aimed at ameliorating childhood malnutrition. This multi-pronged approach focuses on targeting root determinants of malnutrition across the … Read more

Shannon Patty

7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: FEWS NET, Washington, DC Shannon continued her field research by developing an analysis approach for humanitarian assistance within the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) framework in preparation for a global FEWS NET training session. The initial … Read more

Megann Mielke

7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: Winrock International, Arlington, VA For her Policy Year Megann continued to support SolutionMUS​, Winrock International’s global initiative to scale-up the adoption of Multiple-Use Water Services (MUS). As a technical advisor, she worked on the development of a standard system for planning, monitoring … Read more

Mathias Pollock

7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: Mercy Corps, Washington, DC  As a Food Security Technical Adviser, Mathias divided his time between the Technical Support Unit for Health, Nutrition and Food Systems programming and the Policy and Advocacy team at Mercy Corps. … Read more

Hunter Michelsen

7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: Concern Worldwide, Dublin, Ireland For his policy year Hunter worked in Concern Worldwide’s headquarters as a Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Policy Analyst. He worked with the Steering Committee of the Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance … Read more

Elizabeth Kiewisch

7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: World Cocoa Foundation, Washington, DC Building on her field experience, Elizabeth continued to work with WCF to integrate gender perspectives into WCF’s new CocoaAction strategy, an innovative platform that brings cocoa industry members together to … Read more

Dessa Shuckerow

7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: World Food Program, Phnom Penh, Cambodia As the Nutrition Program Officer in the WFP Country Office in Phnom Penh, Dessa managed the daily operations of the Nutrition Unit. The programs under her supervision included: developing a … Read more

Claire Clugston

7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: ACDI/VOCA, Washington, DC For her policy year, Claire worked as a Gender Specialist in the Technical Learning and Application unit of ACDI/VOCA. In this role, she provided gender support to ACDI/VOCA’s projects and programs. These … Read more

Matt Styslinger

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Mercy Corps, Dili, Timor-Leste and Jakarta, Indonesia Matt Styslinger spent his field year working with Mercy Corps Indonesia and Mercy Corps Timor-Leste to strengthen monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems and staff capacity around M&E for … Read more

Julie Savane

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Oxfam America, Dakar, Senegal Julie Savane served as a Food Security Policy Advisor at Oxfam America in Dakar, Senegal.  Working on Oxfam’s GROW! campaign, a global effort to establish food justice, she tracked the implementation … Read more

Alissa Pries

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Helen Keller International, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Alissa Pries worked with HKI on the evaluation of the homestead food production program (HFP) in Cambodia. She led operations research to identify the influence of gender relations on … Read more

Amy Ostrander

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Save the Children, Dhaka, Bangladesh Amy worked with Save the Children International on a large-scale nutrition, livelihoods and disaster risk reduction program in rural Bangladesh. As the Research and Evaluation Fellow, Amy was in charge … Read more