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University of New HampshireUniversity of New Hampshire Scholars' RepositoryUNH International Educator Newsletter Global Education CenterFall 2011Fall 2011, IA ALUMNI: Where in the world is. . . ?Center for International EducationFollow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/international_newsThis News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Global Education Center at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. Ithas been accepted for inclusion in UNH International Educator Newsletter by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars'Repository. For more information, please contact nicole.hentz@unh.edu.Recommended CitationCenter for International Education, "Fall 2011, IA ALUMNI: Where in the world is. . . ?" (2011). International Educator: the Newsletterof the UNH Global Engagement Editorial Board. 123.https://scholars.unh.edu/international_news/123UNH Center for International Education Newsletterhttp://www.unh.edu/cie/newsletter/2011/fall/whereinworld.html[7/13/2016 11:30:52 AM] SearchThe UNH Center for International Education Newsletter Fall 2011Back to index pageSubscribeCenter for InternationalEducation HomeIA ALUMNI: WHERE IN THE WORLD IS. . . ?Rani Tudor (’89) Mullen, Assistant Professor of Government at the College of William and Mary, iscurrently a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, India.Michael Maynard ’99 - This summer, Michael moved from New York City to Uganda to take aposition with QCIL, a Ugandan company that has WHO pre-qualification to manufacture ACT (malaria) and ARV (HIV/AIDS)pharmaceutical products. He will be doing the corporate strategy and business development piece for them. CIE put him in touchwith Corey Duefield ’92, who previously lived in Uganda.Jonathan Sherman ’04 is living in Zhengzhou, Henan teaching English and studying Mandarin.Michelle Giguere (’06) Hollett will graduate in May 2012 from Teachers College, Columbia University, with a M.A. inInternational Educational Development. She is currently interning at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, in the section of Educationfor Sustainable Development.Nora Larkin ’06 has been teaching English in Salzburg, Austria since 2012.Michael Allard ’07 will be headed to Eastern Europe early next year to teach English for the Peace Corps.Emma Brown ’07 and Jacob Howard ’07, now married, are in their third year of teaching English in Thailand. They are lookingfor more English teaching jobs for next year and would appreciate any contacts. (Please contact newsletter editor to have yourmessage forwarded.)Susannah Pratt ’07 is a global logistics coordinator at Black DiamondEquipment, Ltd., a leading provider of outdoor, snowsports and lifestyleproducts and equipment based in Utah.Nicolas Tanner ’07 is in Kyrgyzstan working as a photojournalist andreporter. He is also a photojournalist stringer for AP; one of his photos was justpublished by The New York Times (view article) and The International HeraldTribune. Nic has also just been hired as a photographer by the UNHCHR todocument the peace process in Osh city after the ethnic violence last year. InMarch 2012, look for one of his stories with photos in Downeast Magazine.Emily Roberts ’08 (photo left) made her fourth trip to Uganda since her 2007International Research Opportunities (IROP) grant to work with rural nurses.This visit culminated in a traditional Ugandan introduction ceremony whereUNH Center for International Education Newsletterhttp://www.unh.edu/cie/newsletter/2011/fall/whereinworld.html[7/13/2016 11:30:52 AM]Emily Roberts ’08 with her groom RyanGreen in Uganda200 villagers welcomed her new husband, Ryan Green, into the tribe.Laura Smetana ’08 married Greg Hebda '08 this summer. The couple lives inIllinois where Laura works as a development associate at the ChineseAmerican Service League, a non-profit social service agency that connectsfamilies and individuals of all ages with the vital support they need to flourishand contribute to the greater Chicago community.Marie Gakuba ’09 is is a program coordinator for Himalayan Cataract Projectin Vermont. HCP is a leader in international health innovation in thedeveloping world in serving unserved blind people.Corey Malone ’09 is in his second year of teaching in Misato, Japan.Spencer Kenyon ’10 is a second lieutenant in the U. S. Marine Corps, currently serving as a public affairs officer.Madlena Komarova ’10 participated in Ottawa Fashion Week as a designer coordinator.Kayla Timmons ’10 worked for Oxfam America at the Boston headquarters as the GROW Campaign and Outreach intern beforemoving to Burlington, VT to work as a Development Associate with Hunger Free Vermont.Kevin Kennedy ’11 is teaching English in Spain.Christine Kratz ’11 is now an events coordinator with Altieri Events in Brookline, MA.Vanessa Richards ’11 is teaching English in Granada (Viznar), Spain.Abbey White ’11 is teaching English in Almeria (El Ejido), Spain.Sasa Tang ’11 is currently working in Boston for Oxfam America. She will be heading to Morocco to serve in the Peace Corpsfrom March 2012-June 2014.Samantha Corti ’12 is teaching English in Istanbul, Turkey.UNH Center for International Education Newsletterhttp://www.unh.edu/cie/newsletter/2011/fall/whereinworld.html[7/13/2016 11:30:52 AM]Justin Laurion with students in South KoreaJoshua Richards ’12 is teaching English and studying Mandarin at Chengdu University in China (see Confucius Institute article).Teaching English AbroadIf you were keeping count, there are 11 alumni listed above who are currently or will soon be teaching English abroad. This is acommon career step for IA graduates seeking to improve their foreign language proficiency, help others to learn English, andtravel. We thought it might be interesting to see what other IA alumni also taught English abroad...take a look!“Never thought I would enjoy this job as much as I do. I'm really liking theteaching experience and doing it in Japan. ... I highly suggest others try thisout because it's fun and rewarding.”                         ~ Corey Malone“I'd definitely recommend the program to anyone looking to go into education(teaching or admin) or who wants a more intense experience living abroad. I'mcurrently looking into graduate programs in international education in the U.S.and online, in case I don't want to return to the U.S.!”                         ~ Nora Larkin  Fr. Paul Catena ’88:  1991 - Padua, Italy  Christine McFeeley (’94) Sprovieri:  1998-1999, Cali Colombia;                                                      1999-2000, Sao Paulo, Brazil  Charlie Carey ’96:  1998-2000 - Buenos Aires, Argentina  Cara Metell ’02:  2009 - Stuttgart, Germany  Justin Laurion ’06:  2006-2008 - South Korea  Mary Mihovan ’08:  2009-2010 - Quito, Ecuador  Lisa Mulvey ’08:  2008-2009 - Saint Malo, France  Zach Rachins ’08:  2008-2009 - Santiago, Chile  Rachel Wells (’10) McLaughlin:  2010 - L'viv, Ukraine“I taught for various institutes, privateclasses ..., and for US and Europeancompanies... It taught me foreign businessculture most of all. ...I'd urge anyone who is using it as ameans to live in a country to combine itwith what they'd really like to do.”                         ~ Charlie CareyJustin Laurion lived in South Korea from 2006 to 2009 and worked as an instructor and foreign teacher manager. He is currentlypursuing an M.A. degree in Education and Society at McGill University. He shares these insights:“Teaching in Korea was both personally and professionally developmental for me. It allowed me to apply much of what I learnedfrom my undergraduate studies and to greatly expand on this knowledge. In addition to gaining more international experience, Iwas blessed with the opportunity to experience taking on responsibilities related to administrational aspects of education. Lastly,by affording me both time for reflection and the opportunity to travel fairly frequently, it provided me with several areas of interestfor the graduate research I am currently doing.A majority of the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers I met in Korea entered into the field planning on a one-year stintto sustain themselves while they figured out what they wanted to do with their lives. Many of them ended up loving the work andlifestyle so much that it became an unexpected career path for them.”  UNH Center for International Education Newsletterhttp://www.unh.edu/cie/newsletter/2011/fall/whereinworld.html[7/13/2016 11:30:52 AM]Copyright © 2015, Center for International Education  •  The University of New Hampshire223 Hood House  •  89 Main Street  •  Durham, NH 03824tel: 603-862-2398  •  fax: 603-862-0169study.abroad@unh.edu  •  international.affairs@unh.edu

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Fall 2011, IA ALUMNI: Where in the world is. . . ?
Center for International Education
Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/international_news
This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Global Education Center at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It
has been accepted for inclusion in UNH International Educator Newsletter by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars'
Repository. For more information, please contact nicole.hentz@unh.edu.
Recommended Citation
Center for International Education, "Fall 2011, IA ALUMNI: Where in the world is. . . ?" (2011). International Educator: the Newsletter
of the UNH Global Engagement Editorial Board. 123.
https://scholars.unh.edu/international_news/123
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IA ALUMNI: WHERE IN THE WORLD IS. . . ?
Rani Tudor (’89) Mullen, Assistant Professor of Government at the College of William and Mary, is
currently a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, India.
Michael Maynard ’99 - This summer, Michael moved from New York City to Uganda to take a
position with QCIL, a Ugandan company that has WHO pre-qualification to manufacture ACT (malaria) and ARV (HIV/AIDS)
pharmaceutical products. He will be doing the corporate strategy and business development piece for them. CIE put him in touch
with Corey Duefield ’92, who previously lived in Uganda.
Jonathan Sherman ’04 is living in Zhengzhou, Henan teaching English and studying Mandarin.
Michelle Giguere (’06) Hollett will graduate in May 2012 from Teachers College, Columbia University, with a M.A. in
International Educational Development. She is currently interning at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, in the section of Education
for Sustainable Development.
Nora Larkin ’06 has been teaching English in Salzburg, Austria since 2012.
Michael Allard ’07 will be headed to Eastern Europe early next year to teach English for the Peace Corps.
Emma Brown ’07 and Jacob Howard ’07, now married, are in their third year of teaching English in Thailand. They are looking
for more English teaching jobs for next year and would appreciate any contacts. (Please contact newsletter editor to have your
message forwarded.)
Susannah Pratt ’07 is a global logistics coordinator at Black Diamond
Equipment, Ltd., a leading provider of outdoor, snowsports and lifestyle
products and equipment based in Utah.
Nicolas Tanner ’07 is in Kyrgyzstan working as a photojournalist and
reporter. He is also a photojournalist stringer for AP; one of his photos was just
published by The New York Times (view article) and The International Herald
Tribune. Nic has also just been hired as a photographer by the UNHCHR to
document the peace process in Osh city after the ethnic violence last year. In
March 2012, look for one of his stories with photos in Downeast Magazine.
Emily Roberts ’08 (photo left) made her fourth trip to Uganda since her 2007
International Research Opportunities (IROP) grant to work with rural nurses.
This visit culminated in a traditional Ugandan introduction ceremony where
UNH Center for International Education Newsletter
http://www.unh.edu/cie/newsletter/2011/fall/whereinworld.html[7/13/2016 11:30:52 AM]
Emily Roberts ’08 with her groom Ryan
Green in Uganda
200 villagers welcomed her new husband, Ryan Green, into the tribe.
Laura Smetana ’08 married Greg Hebda '08 this summer. The couple lives in
Illinois where Laura works as a development associate at the Chinese
American Service League, a non-profit social service agency that connects
families and individuals of all ages with the vital support they need to flourish
and contribute to the greater Chicago community.
Marie Gakuba ’09 is is a program coordinator for Himalayan Cataract Project
in Vermont. HCP is a leader in international health innovation in the
developing world in serving unserved blind people.
Corey Malone ’09 is in his second year of teaching in Misato, Japan.
Spencer Kenyon ’10 is a second lieutenant in the U. S. Marine Corps, currently serving as a public affairs officer.
Madlena Komarova ’10 participated in Ottawa Fashion Week as a designer coordinator.
Kayla Timmons ’10 worked for Oxfam America at the Boston headquarters as the GROW Campaign and Outreach intern before
moving to Burlington, VT to work as a Development Associate with Hunger Free Vermont.
Kevin Kennedy ’11 is teaching English in Spain.
Christine Kratz ’11 is now an events coordinator with Altieri Events in Brookline, MA.
Vanessa Richards ’11 is teaching English in Granada (Viznar), Spain.
Abbey White ’11 is teaching English in Almeria (El Ejido), Spain.
Sasa Tang ’11 is currently working in Boston for Oxfam America. She will be heading to Morocco to serve in the Peace Corps
from March 2012-June 2014.
Samantha Corti ’12 is teaching English in Istanbul, Turkey.
UNH Center for International Education Newsletter
http://www.unh.edu/cie/newsletter/2011/fall/whereinworld.html[7/13/2016 11:30:52 AM]
Justin Laurion with students in South Korea
Joshua Richards ’12 is teaching English and studying Mandarin at Chengdu University in China (see Confucius Institute article).
Teaching English Abroad
If you were keeping count, there are 11 alumni listed above who are currently or will soon be teaching English abroad. This is a
common career step for IA graduates seeking to improve their foreign language proficiency, help others to learn English, and
travel. We thought it might be interesting to see what other IA alumni also taught English abroad...take a look!
“Never thought I would enjoy this job as much as I do. I'm really liking the
teaching experience and doing it in Japan. ... I highly suggest others try this
out because it's fun and rewarding.”
                         ~ Corey Malone
“I'd definitely recommend the program to anyone looking to go into education
(teaching or admin) or who wants a more intense experience living abroad. I'm
currently looking into graduate programs in international education in the U.S.
and online, in case I don't want to return to the U.S.!”
                         ~ Nora Larkin
  Fr. Paul Catena ’88:  1991 - Padua, Italy
  Christine McFeeley (’94) Sprovieri:  1998-1999, Cali Colombia;
                                                      1999-2000, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  Charlie Carey ’96:  1998-2000 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
  Cara Metell ’02:  2009 - Stuttgart, Germany
  Justin Laurion ’06:  2006-2008 - South Korea
  Mary Mihovan ’08:  2009-2010 - Quito, Ecuador
  Lisa Mulvey ’08:  2008-2009 - Saint Malo, France
  Zach Rachins ’08:  2008-2009 - Santiago, Chile
  Rachel Wells (’10) McLaughlin:  2010 - L'viv, Ukraine
“I taught for various institutes, private
classes ..., and for US and European
companies... It taught me foreign business
culture most of all. 
...I'd urge anyone who is using it as a
means to live in a country to combine it
with what they'd really like to do.”
                         ~ Charlie Carey
Justin Laurion lived in South Korea from 2006 to 2009 and worked as an instructor and foreign teacher manager. He is currently
pursuing an M.A. degree in Education and Society at McGill University. He shares these insights:
“Teaching in Korea was both personally and professionally developmental for me. It allowed me to apply much of what I learned
from my undergraduate studies and to greatly expand on this knowledge. In addition to gaining more international experience, I
was blessed with the opportunity to experience taking on responsibilities related to administrational aspects of education. Lastly,
by affording me both time for reflection and the opportunity to travel fairly frequently, it provided me with several areas of interest
for the graduate research I am currently doing.
A majority of the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers I met in Korea entered into the field planning on a one-year stint
to sustain themselves while they figured out what they wanted to do with their lives. Many of them ended up loving the work and
lifestyle so much that it became an unexpected career path for them.”
  
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