Graduate Institute Ambassadors
SIT Graduate Institute has a network of current student and alumni ambassadors who love talking about their experiences. Click on the photo of a program ambassador to read about their degree project and employment, post-graduation. 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
Andy Ndayishima Bukuru
Program(s)
Fall 2023: Diplomacy & International Relations (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
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
Brittany Brianne Hammett Hammett
Program(s)
Summer 2025: Sustainability - PhD (Online)
Doctorate
Brittany Brianne Hammett Hammett
Current PhD student, Anticipated graduation: 2029
Current Position
System Analyst
Current Employer
Scientific Research Corporation
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
Environmental Scientist
Current Employer
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Emily Herriott
Program(s)
Fall 2024: Sustainable Development Practice (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Emily Herriott
Capstone: From Larvae to Livelihoods: Examining the Realities of Black Soldier Fly Farming in Malawi
Current Position
Sustainability Coordinator
Current Employer
Office of Sustainability: University of San Diego
Eric Rodriguez
Program(s)
Fall 2021: Diplomacy & International Relations (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Esmeralda Torres Martinez
Program(s)
Fall 2024: Climate Change & Global Sustainability (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Esmeralda Torres Martinez
Capstone: Textile Work and Its Interface with Climate Change for Quechua Communities in Peru
Current Position
Environmental Researcher
Current Employer
Asociación ANDES
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
Current Position
Administrative and Grant Assistant
Current Employer
SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve
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
Program Manger
Current Employer
Connecticut Land Conservation Council
Isabel Langlois-Romero
Program(s)
Fall 2025: Sustainable Development Practice (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Isabel Langlois-Romero
Capstone: Developing Participatory Monitoring Frameworks for Solar Rivers in Sarayaku, an Original Territory of the Ecuadorian Amazon
Current Position
Researcher; Principal Investigator
Current Employer
National Laboratory of the Rockies
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
Medical Student
Current Employer
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Jona Block
Program(s)
Fall 2022: Humanitarian Assistance & Crisis Management (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Kristi Wamstad
Current PhD student, Anticipated graduation: 2029
Current Position
Founding Principal
Current Employer
PraxisPro.eco
Kylie Parks
Dissertation: Liminal Identities: A Phenomenological Study of Identity, Belonging, and Education in Repatriated Third Culture Kids
Current Position
Research Scientist | Institutional Assessment and Evaluation
Current Employer
The University of Washington
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
Current Position
Sustainability Coordinator
Current Employer
University of Washington Tacoma
Lucas Reynolds
Current Position
Director, Sustainability & Impact
Current Employer
The Cleveland Climate Institute
Margarita Sotelo
Program(s)
Fall 2021: Humanitarian Assistance & Crisis Management (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Meghan Parker
Program(s)
Fall 2024: Climate Change & Global Sustainability (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Meghan Parker
Capstone: How Effective is Hawaiʻi's Sunscreen Ban? Tourism Impact on the Health of Kauaʻi's Coral Reefs
Current Position
Farm Production Supervisor
Current Employer
Kaua’i Shrimp, Inc
Prentiss Edmond
Program(s)
Fall 2021: Diplomacy & International Relations (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts
Rayanna Townsend
Program(s)
Fall 2025: International Education (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts