2012 Graduates

 

Art Teacher, Fort Collins, Colorado

Art Teacher at Arcanum-Butler School District, Ohio;

See Kari's mural in the UA College of Education lobby.

Peace Corps Ghana

 

Nelson Cronyn, Ph.D., Arid Lands Resource Sciences (December 2012)
Country Director, Tanzania, U.S. Peace Corps

Global Change Consulting LLC

Director/Country Team Lead, Niger, for Millennium Challenge Corporation, Washington D.C.

Internship: Southwest Conservation Corps, El Grupo Cycling

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Award Fellowship

Peace Corps Niger, Country Director Chad and Burkina Faso, APCD Niger

 

Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Latin American Area Center, University of Arizona
Ph.D from University of Colorado at Boulder

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellow, Paraguay

Internships: UA Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, Community Food Bank of Tucson and Southern Arizona

FLAS Scholarship to study Guarani in Paraguay

Peace Corps Paraguay

 

Brand Manager, Unilever Food Solutions, Englewood Cliffs, N.J./Metro New York City

Assistant Brand Manager, Unilever, Metro New York City

Assistant Brand Manager at Henkel, Phoenix

Peace Corps Panama

 

Farm to School Community Director, REAP Food Group, Madison, Wisconsin
Grants Program Manager, Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona

Research Consultant, TANGO, International

Food System and Policy Specialist, Food System Coordinator, Mariposa Community Health Center, Nogales, AZ

Peace Corps Malawi

 

Research Anthropologist, Consultant and Evaluation Manager, TANGO, Intl. (2013-present)

Coordinator and Faculty, UA Master's in International Development Practice program (2012-13)

Fulbright Fellowship to Bali

Internship: Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology

Peace Corps Vanuatu

 

Academic Advisor, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Cooperating Advisor, CUNY Start, New York City

UA Campus Peace Corps recruiter

Internship: AmeriCorps, International Rescue Committee

Peace Corps Chad and Benin

 

System of Care Performance Manager, Broome County, Coordinated Care Services, Inc., Binghampton, NY
Regional Planning Consortion Project Coordinator, Southern Tier, NYS Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors (2017-2019)
Population Health Coordinator, Broome and Delaware Counties, Rural Health Network of SCNY (2015- 2017)

Technical Advisor on the Public Health Programs for the Gorongosa Restoration Project's EcoHealth Program in Beira, Mozambique (2013-2015)

Radiation Oncology Research Specialist, UArizona (2012-2013)

Working on Wellness Intern,  El Rio Community Health Center (2011-2012)

Peace Corps Mozambique

 

Research Analyst, UC San Francisco, 2016- present

Consultant, Calabar Women and Children's Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria (2015)

Fulbright Fellowship, Universities of Calabar and Uyo, Nigeria (2014-2015)

Technical Advisor, The Cartel Center, Guinea Worm Eradication Program, South Sudan (2013-2014)

Research Associate, TANGO, International (2012)

Research Specialist, Arizona Public Health Training Center (2012)

Internship: Pima Prevention Partnership, project in American Samoa

Peace Corps Namibia and Uganda

 

Jaclyn Pierson, M.P.H., MEZCOPH/Family and Child Health - Global Health

Systems Improvement Coordinator, UCLA Health, Los Angeles (2019- )
Program Director, Child and Family Resources, Inc., Tucson (2017-2018)
Pima County Regional Manager, Program Director, Teen Outreach Pregnancy Services (TOPS), Tucson (2013-2016)

Director of Data and Evaluation, Nyaya Health Center, Achham, Nepal (2012-13)

Internship: El Rio Community Center; Graduate Assistant Coordinator of Peace Corps Coverdell Fellows

Peace Corps Kenya and Botswana

 

Technical Advisor, Child Survival and Behavior Change Communication, Population Services International, (2015-)

Technical Advisor, Mercy Corps, Coban, Guatemala and Washington, D.C., (2013-2015)

Congressional Hunger Center Mickey Leland Hunger Fellow (2013-2015)

Program Manager, Physicians for Social Responsibility, (2012-2013)

Internship: Tucson Village Farm, UA Cooperative Extension

Peace Corps Bolivia and Ecuador

 

Artist

Owner and Photographer, Mahana's B&B, Oregon
Photographer and owner of Samu + You -  Photography and video studio

Internship: Voices, Inc., Photographer for UA "A Piece of Time" Exhibit

Peace Corps Paraguay

 

Senior Manager, Education Operations - North America, NeuroLeadership Institute, New York City
Group Services Coordinator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City (2015-present)

Professional Development and School/Tours Program Associate, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York City (2013-2015)

Internships: United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona, Pima Partnership High School; Graduate Teaching Assistant and UA Museum of Art Museum Education Intern

Peace Corps Peru

 

Portfolio Management Specialist, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2018- )

Management Analyst, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Los Angeles (2012-2018)

Assistant to Coverdell Fellows Program (2010-2012)
Recruitement Coordinator, U.S. Peace Corps (2007-2010)

Peace Corps Kazakhstan, Recruitment Coordinator, Los Angeles

 

Teacher at Kua O Ka La Middle School, Pahoa, Hawai (2017-2018)
3rd Grade Teacher Kamaile Academy, Waianae, Hawaii (2013-2014)
Teacher at Mammoth Elementary School, San Manuel, AZ (2012-2013)

Internship: Literacy for Life Coalition, Quincy Douglas Community Center (2010-2012)

Peace Corps Vanuatu, 2006-2010

 

Assistant Faculty, Graduate College, University of Arizona (2019- )
Program Coordinator, Sr., Office of Fellowships and Community Engagement, Graduate College,
University of Arizona

Internships: English Department Writing Program, Tucson High School Writing Center, Gear Up

Peace Corps South Africa

Megan Straube, M.Ed., Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies/Teach Arizona

Spanish and Business Teacher at International School, Bangkok, Thailand

Teacher at Tucson High School

Internship: Student teacher Tucson High School

Peace Corps Nicaragua

 

 

Assistant Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, AZ (2015- )
Deputy Public Defender, Maricopa County  (2013-2015)

Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals (2012-2013)

Internship: Immigration Law Clinic

Peace Corps Mexico

 

Teacher in Oahu, Hawaii

Internship: Literacy Connects, Quincy Douglas Community Center

Peace Corps Vanuatu

 

ELL teacher Big Island, Hawaii; Teacher in Oahu, Hawaii

Internship: Literacy Connects, Quincy Douglas Community Center

Peace Corps Vanuatu

 

High School Social Studies Teacher, Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Northglenn, Colorado (2015- )
7th Grade Social Studies Teacher, Jefferson County Schools, Lakewood, Colorado (2013-2015)

Teacher Imagine Schools at Camelback, Phoenix (2012-13)

Internship: Community Education Coordinator, Iskashitaa Refugee Network

Peace Corps Macedonia