2001-02 M.A. Students Bring Diverse Experiences in Peacebuilding

 

 

The Institute welcomes 20 new students to its M.A. program:

Catalina Acevedo (Colombia) served as an advisor to the Colombian High Commissioner for Peace and as a researcher at the Universidad de los Andes.

Hassab Elrasoul Y. Ali (Sudan) worked for several years as a peacebuilding officer for a local NGO, the Badya Center for Integrated Development Services and for UNESCO. Marta Balint (Romania) worked as a translator at a Bucharest-based child protection NGO.

Abolghasem Bayyenat (Iran) worked on arms control and international trade issues for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Jean-Paul Bigirindavyi (Burundi) worked for World Relief and is developing a youth center in Nairobi, Kenya to foster peacebuilding.

Agnes Campell (The Gambia) is a nurse and midwife and has worked for many years in rural development.

Karmela Devcic (Croatia) was a reporter for a highly-rated political news TV show in Croatia.

Marco Garrido (USA) a native of the Philippines, researched agrarian reform at a development think-tank in Manila.

Peter Gichure (Kenya) a Catholic priest, teaches Systematic Theology and serves as theological advisor for the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission in Nairobi.

Alisher Khamidov (Kyrgyzstan) directed a non-profit media association in Kyrgyzstan and wrote a series of articles on religious and ethnic conflict in the Ferghana Valley.

Asma Khan (Pakistan) taught and conducted research at the University of Karachi related to her interests in conflict resolution, foreign policy, and religious extremism.

John Kleiderer (USA) taught journalism in Tanzania and worked with Jesuit Refugee Service in camps for Burundian refugees.

Dieu Huong Nguyen (Vietnam) conducted research for 3 years at the Institute for International Relations, which advises the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.

Stanley “Karana” Olivier (USA) served 12 years as a French-English interpreter with the U.S. Department of State and the UN International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.

Kim Overdyck (South Africa) was a member of the South African Police Service from 1983-96, where she investigated crimes committed against children. She was recently admitted as an advocate of the High Court of South Africa.

Serhat Tutuncuoglu (Turkey) worked as a research assistant on counter-intelligence actions in the U.S. against racial hatred groups.

Her Vang (USA), whose family fled Laos after the communist takeover, recently completed an M.A. thesis at Iliff School of Theology on nonviolence and Hmong history.

Willow Wetherall (USA) worked at the Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, where she acted as a liaison to Cyprus.

Biographies of these students are available online.

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