2011 Graduates

Tayo Akanni, Eller MBA

Peace Corps Senegal
Internships Imagine Greater Tucson; Junior Achievement
Senior Financial Analyst, Intel Corporation, Portland, OR

Christian Caruso, MPH

Peace Corps Mozambique
Internship UA AIDS/HIV Prevention Education Center
Physician Asistant Student, OHSU, Seattle, WA


Cate Chaterdon, MA, Rhetoric, Composition and the Teaching of English (Dec. 2011)

Peace Corps ThailandGraduate Teaching Assistant, UA Department of EnglishDoctoral student in RCTE

Felipe de Mello e Souza, Eller MBA/MMIS

Peace Corps Cameroon
Internship MIS Project for UA Wildcat Corps AmeriCorps program; Junior Achievement
IT Consultant, Deloitte, New York


Kelley Finwall, MPH

Peace Corps GuatemalaInternship El Rio Health Center, UA Graduate College Peace Corps Fellows ProgramPeace Corps Response, Zambia

Perry Gast, MPH

Peace Corps Nicaragua
Internship Indian Health Service
Healthy Food Environmental Specialist, Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, RI

Michelle Hanson, MPH

Peace Corps Malawi
Internship Community Food Bank
Coordinator, Hawaii Department of Health Services, Kona, HI
Program Manager, Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Immunization Program Office, Phoenix, AZ

Katharine Hathaway, MEd, Teach Arizona

Peace Corps Nicaragua
Internship AmeriCorps Member Pima County Public Library Adult Services
Spanish Teacher, Sahuarita Junior High School

Kaleena Huggins, MPH (December 2011)

Peace Corps Malawi
Internship SIROW - Southwest Institute for Research on Women
UA Graduate Research Asst., MEZCOPH
Public Health practicioner, Atlanta, GA

Oscar Lai, MPA, Public Administration/MA Latin American Studies

Peace Corps Honduras
Internship, Bureau for Applied Research in Anthropology and Udall Center
Critical Language Scholarship, Chandigarh, India
US Forest Service International Programs - Latin America Program Assistant

Joy Liu, MA, Art Education

Peace Corps South Africa
Internship Curator for A Peace of Time Exhibit; UA Asian American Student Association
HR Specialist/Recruitment Branch, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Mike Mazza, MLA, Landscape Architecture

Peace Corps Honduras
Internship Community Food Bank
Landscape Designer/Foreman, New Ground Builders Chicago, IL

Bryan Moravec, MS, Environmental Engineering (Dec. 2011)

Peace Corps Benin
Internship - Research Assistant for Pima County environmental engineering project; Science Foundation Arizona Fellow
Hydrogeologist, Golder Associates, Tucson, AZ.

Catherine O'Grady, MPH, Epidemiology

Peace Corps Malawi
Internship at El Rio Community Health Center and Pima County Health Dept.
Research Associate, Nova Southeastern University, Miami, FL

Kevin Pieters, MS, Planning

Peace Corps Samoa
Internship with AZRise and Nogales Community Development Corporation
U.S. AID project in Afghanistan

Ari Posner, Ph.D., Hydrology and Water Resources (Dec. 2011)

DOE ORISE Postdoctoral Fellows, Hydraulics and Maritime Research Centre, University College Cork, Ireland

Juliana Pugmire, Ph.D., MEZCOPH (Dec. 2011)

Peace Corps Zambia
Peace Corps Response Zambia
Research Specialist, Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona

Susan Rice, MA, Language, Reading and Culture

Peace Corps Nicaragua
Internship with Literacy for Life Coalition
Teacher, El Paso, TX

Grace Rice, MPH, Public Health

Peace Corps Bulgaria
Internship with UA Peace Corps Fellows program
Program Manager at Choices in Child Birth~Guide to a Healthy Birth, New York City

Lauren Schroeder, MPH, Public Health

Peace Corps Zambia
Internships United Way VITA Tax Program and International Rescue Committee
Program Coordinator, Well-Being Promotion, International Rescue Committee, Tucson

Valerie Selden, MA, Language, Reading and Culture

Peace Corps Vanuatu
Internship with Literacy for Life Coalition, Outreach Coordinator for PC Fellows
2nd Grade Teacher, Drexel Elementary, Sunnyside Unified School District

Rebecca Shipe, MA, Art History & Education

Peace Corps Uzbekistan
A Peace of Time Exhibit; Make a Difference Day at Los Ninos Elementary School
Art Teacher Los Ninos Elementary School
Ph.D. Student in Art History, University of Arizona

Adam Springer, Ph.D., Natural Resources (December 2011)

Peace Corps Lesotho
Internships Sahuaro National Park; Sonoran Institute; Watershed Management Group
Biologist, National Park Service, Post-fire research in the Chiricahuas and Huachucas, Arizona

Gwendolyn Woods, MS, Environmental Engineering

Peace Corps Vanuatu
UA NSF IGERT research
Ph.D. Student in Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona