“I’m Derrick Doh, a student at Stetson University, majoring in Economics and Environmental Science, with a minor in Certificate of Community Engagement. Outside of my studies, I’ve founded The Community Tent (TCT), a personal project aimed at supporting slum-dwellers in Ghana. Additionally, I’m a member of the United Nation’s Academic … Read more
Emmanuel Kraft
Emmanuel Kraft grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland. He attends Penn State University, majoring in Political Science while pursuing his Master’s in Public Policy. He is President of Global Brigades Legal Empowerment and the Political Science Honors Society at Penn State, and Co-Founder of the Food Recovery Network at Penn … Read more
Danielle Richard
Danielle Richard is an honors student at the Pennsylvania State University studying Global and International Studies and minoring in International Agriculture. At Penn State, Danielle is involved in clubs such as Latino Caucus and UN USA. She also conducts food allocation research in the Spatial Archaeology and Historical Network Dynamics … Read more
Mercy Erhiawarien
7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: ONE, Washington, DC Mercy worked within ONE’s Agriculture and Inclusive Growth Policy Team. Her work included contributing to the development of priorities for the 2015 African Union Year of Women’s Empowerment (AU YWE) and Sustainable Development … Read more
Mowdou Naky
7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: CRS, Baltimore, MD Mowdou served as a Policy Analyst for Food Security and Agriculture at CRS headquarters in Baltimore. He work in the Agriculture and Livelihood unit within the Program Impact and Quality Assurance department. Mowdou … Read more
Samantha Alvis
7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: Association of Public and Land-grant Universities International Programs Office, Washington, DC As an International Development and Programs Specialist at APLU, Samantha worked on the Knowledge Center for Advancing Development Through Higher Education, which focuses on … Read more
Zach Andersson
From 2007 to 2009, Zach served as a Community Health and Youth Development Volunteer with the Peace Corps in Nakulyaku, Uganda. There, he focused efforts on HIV awareness, stigma reduction, mentorship and income-generation for at-risk youth. After Peace Corps, Zach earned a Master of Public Administration and Master of Arts … Read more
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