2015 Graduates

Jenna A. Altherr Flores, M.A. English Language/Linguistics

Doctoral student in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching

Internships: University of Arizona Writing Program; Refugee Education Program (ESL and Literacy) at Pima Community College Adult Basic Education for College and Career; Peace Corps Coverdell Fellows Graduate Coordinator

 

Jewell Anderson, M.S. Planning, M.S. Architecture

Architect and Planner, Robert Torson Architects, Greater Omaha, NE area

Internship: City of Tucson Downtown Development Corp., Habitat for Humanity

 

Mario Battaglia, M.A. Applied Archaeology

Tribal Ethnographer, Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho

Internship: UA Department of Anthropology, Blackfoot Nation buffalo project

 

Sarah Buss, M.P.H. Family & Child Health - Global Health

Program Manager for Reach Out and Read Southern Arizona at Literacy Connects

Instructional Specialist, Senior, University of Arizona

UA Department of Nutritional Sciences

Internship: UA Department of Nutritional Sciences, Walkability Project

 

Laura Eley, M.A. Language, Reading, and Culture

ESL Teacher, Rocori Area Schools, St. Cloud, MN

Assistant Director, Young Americans Center for Financial Education

Internship: Peace Corps Fellows Outreach Coordinator

 

Martha Gebhardt, M.S. Natural Resources

Doctoral Student in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment

Program Coordinator/Research Specialist, Pima County Cooperative Extension

Internship: U.S.A. Phenology Network, UA Cooperative Extension

 

Rachel Glass, M.L.A. Landscape Architecture

Landscape Designer, Coe and Van Loo Consultants, Phoenix, AZ

Internship: Redington Pass Community Planning Project

 

Conor Fitzgerald, M.P.H. Health Behavior Health Promotion

M.F.A. student in Photography

Internship: Nogales Community Health Center

 

Leah Iverson, M.P.H. Maternal & Child Health; M.A. Latin American Studies

Tour Director and Trainer, Holland America Line and Princess Cruises, Alaska and the Yukon

Internship: Clinica Amistad

 

Ben Kowalski, M.Ed. Teaching and Teacher Education

Spanish Teacher at Esperero Canyon Middle School

Internship: Spanish teacher, Tucson High School

 

Katherine Lankford, M.P.A. Public Administration

U.S. State Department

Passport Specialist, U.S. State Department Western Passport Center

Internship: U.S. State Department Western Passport Center

 

Erin Lockley, M.P.H. Family & Child Health - Global Health

Catholic Relief Services, International Development Program Fellow, Madagascar

Internship: International Rescue Committee

 

Rachel Murray, M.P.H. Family & Child Health - Global Health

ASPPH/CDC Allan Rosenfield Global Health Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Global Health, Division of Global HIV/AIDS

Internships: Peace Corps Coverdell Fellows Graduate Coordinator; International Rescue Committee

 

Charles Norton, M.A. French

Instructor of French at Arizona State University

Doctoral student in Anthropology

Internships: Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, Refugee Project; USAID project in Haiti; Hip Hop research project with refugees in France

 

Dennis Rosemartin, Ph.D. Teaching and Teacher Education, Environmental Education

Assistant Professor, Salem State University, Salem, MA

Internships: Service Learning courses; Davidson Elementary School; Casa Alitas

 

Aurora Sartori, M.A. Language, Reading, and Culture

Doctoral student in Language, Reading & Culture

Internship: Refugee Focus

 

Rebecca Shipe, Ph.D. Art Education

Assistant Professor of Art Education, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

Internship: Art teacher, Sunnyside School District

 

Sarah Elisabeth Silverman, M.A. Special Education/Cross Categorical

Special Education Teacher, St. Coud, MN

Internship: La Paloma Charter School, Tucson, AZ

 

Katherine L. Silvester, Ph.D. Rhetoric, Composition & Teaching of English

Assistant Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Internships: UA Writing Program; GEAR UP; Tucson High School Writing Center; UA Office of Fellowships and Community Engagement; TIARC

Fulbright to Nepal, AAUW Dissertation Fellowship

 

Philip Stevens, Ph.D. Teaching and Teacher Education, Language, Reading & Culture

Assistant Professor, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

Internship: Ha:San Middle School; UA Optical Sciences

UA Centennial Award

 

Ashley Wollersheim, M.A. Special Education/Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Special Education Teacher, Phoenix, AZ

Internship: Special Education Teacher, Phoenix

 

Kristen Woodruff, M.P.H. Policy and Management

Spine Care Consultant at Laser Spine Institute, Tampa, FL

Project Manager, HASAG, Tampa, FL

Internship: UA Ash Line Tobacco Prevention

 

Natalie Woodrum, M.P.A. Public Administration

Photographer at Studio 19 Photography, San Diego, CA

Internship: Public Administration graduate assistantship

FLAS Fellowship to Brazil

 

Nate Delano, M.S. Water, Society, and Policy

Presidential Management Fellow 2016-2019

Physical Scientist, U.S. EPA Region 2 (New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands)