3rd Class, 2005-2007 Field Placement: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Accra, Ghana Nate Heller was based in the FAO regional office for Africa where he conducted research on existing and potential applications of information and communications technologies (ICT) in agriculture and … Read more
Michaela Hackner
3rd Class, 2005-2007 Field Placement: Pact WORTH Center for Gender and Women’s Empowerment, Phnom Penh, Cambodia/Nairobi, Kenya Michaela Hackner worked on Pact’s WORTH initiative, a unique women’s program that aimed to combat trafficking through self-empowerment, micro-enterprise development and literacy and … Read more
Peter Giampoli
3rd Class, 2005-2007 Field Placement: Uganda Land Alliance, Kampala, Uganda As a staff member with the Uganda Land Alliance, Peter Giampoli did research, policy analysis, advocacy, and program administration work during his year at the ULA Secretariat. He assisted in … Read more
Lilia Gerberg
3rd Class, 2005-2007 Field Placement: Helen Keller International, Dakar, Senegal Lilia spent her field year with Helen Keller International, helping to strengthen its capacity in nutrition and HIV/AIDS programming in Senegal and in other priority country programs in Africa. She … Read more
Todd Flower
3rd Class, 2005-2007 Field Placement: Save the Children, Kampala, Uganda While working with Save the Children’s food security program in the Nakasongola district of Uganda, Todd created an agricultural marketing program to increase farmers’ income by establishing marketing groups, connecting … Read more
Dalia Emara
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