Graduate Institute Ambassadors
SIT Graduate Institute has a network of current student and alumni ambassadors who love talking about their experiences. Whether you are considering a graduate degree, a newly accepted student, or a current student, we encourage you to reach out.
Adeline De Angelis
Dissertation: Linking Language Use Practices and Valued Teacher Capabilities: A Mixed Methods Study of English-As-A-Foreign-Language Teacher Educators
Current Position
Teaching Faculty
Current Employer
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Alexia Butler
Program(s)
Fall 2023: Diplomacy & International Relations (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Alexia Butler
Capstone: Multilateralism, Climate Diplomacy, and NGOs: A Comparative Case Study of the African Union and European Union
Current Position
Administrative Management Specialist
Current Employer
NOAA Satellite and Information Service
Andy Ndayishima Bukuru
Program(s)
Fall 2023: Diplomacy & International Relations (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Andy Ndayishima Bukuru
Capstone: Enhancing responses to refugee crisis from a mix of stakeholder’s coordination framework approach
Anna Gail Caunca
Dissertation: "We are not only Filipin(x) at home": A qualitative case study centering a Filipinx/Filipinx American parent-organized learning collective
Current Position
Position: Senior Program Officer
Current Employer
Employer: World Learning
Anna Kelly
Dissertation: Whole Human Pedagogy: A Novel Framework for Education Abroad Praxis
Current Position
Civic Engagement and Partnership Manager
Current Employer
Minerva University
Cali Trainor
Program(s)
Fall 2023: Climate Change & Global Sustainability (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Cali Trainor
Capstone: In Pursuit of an Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture System for Enhanced Self-Sufficiency in Akaroa Harbor, Aotearoa New Zealand
Current Position
Position: Ecological Consultant
Current Employer
Employer: Hinemoana Halo Partnership Fund
Emily Rochford
Program(s)
Fall 2023: Climate Change & Global Sustainability (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Emily Rochford
Capstone: Solar Photovoltaics as Climate Change Adaptations for Farmers in West Bengal, India: Barriers Within a Food-Water-Energy Nexus Approach
Eric Rodriguez
Program(s)
Fall 2021: Diplomacy & International Relations (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Eric Rodriguez
Capstone: The Eastern Atomic Rise: Defining Nuclear Hegemony in a Multi-lateral World
Forrest Becker
Program(s)
Fall 2023: Climate Change & Global Sustainability (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Forrest Becker
Capstone: Living Dead Forests: Assessing Detrital Services in Puget Sound Pseudotsuga menziesii Ecosystems
Ricky Bentley
Program(s)
Fall 2022: Sustainable Development Practice (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Ricky Bentley
Capstone: Resilience Through Urban Green Spaces: Collaborations and Collective Action Toward Equitable Access and Creation of Green Space in Albany, New York
Current Position
Climate Stewardship Coordinator
Current Employer
Connecticut Land Conservation Council
Jamie Matthews
Program(s)
Fall 2023: Climate Change & Global Sustainability (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Jamie Matthews
Capstone: A Lifetime of Climate Changes: Female Farmers' Perceptions of Climate Change Impacts to Well-Being and Livelihood in Antigua and Barbuda
Current Employer
Pursuing a PhD
Jarred Haynes
Program(s)
Fall 2022: Sustainable Development Practice (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Jarred Haynes
Capstone: Social and Cultural Values in Alaskan Subsistence Management: Rurality and the Meaning of “Meaningful” Natural Resource Management
Current Position
Environmental Project Coordinator (Independent Contractor)
Current Employer
Ocean & Earth Environmental Services LLC
Johanna Lee
Program(s)
Fall 2023: Sustainable Development Practice (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Johanna Lee
Capstone: Deconstructing Disability in Malawi: A Multi-Perspective Qualitative Study on Understandings, Policy Development, and Policy Implementation
Current Position
AmeriCorps member
Current Employer
The Ohio State Extension Public Health AmeriCorps
Livia Petzinger
Program(s)
Fall 2023: Sustainable Development Practice (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Livia Petzinger
Capstone: Coffee in Brasil: Sustainability and the Role of Intermediaries
Margarita Sotelo
Program(s)
Fall 2021: Humanitarian Assistance & Crisis Management (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Maya Kozarsky
Program(s)
Fall 2021: International Education (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Maya Kozarsky
Capstone: Australian-American Fulbright Alumni: An Analysis of the Impact of the Australian-American Fulbright Program on American Awardees
Current Position
Advisor, Gilman International Scholarship Program
Current Employer
Institute of International Education
Prentiss Edmond
Program(s)
Fall 2021: Diplomacy & International Relations (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Prentiss Edmond
Current Position
Staffing Coordinator
Current Employer
USAID - Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance
Sahar Sandoval
Program(s)
Global Master of Arts:
Diplomacy & International Relations (Full-Time)
Sahar Sandoval
Capstone: The Undocumented Perspective in California
Current Position
Program Officer
Current Employer
USAID - Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance