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

Program(s)

Summer 2021: Global Education EdD | Online
Doctorate

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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

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Alexia Butler

Program(s)

Fall 2023: Diplomacy & International Relations (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts

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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

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Andy Ndayishima Bukuru

Program(s)

Fall 2023: Diplomacy & International Relations (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts

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Andy Ndayishima Bukuru

Capstone: Enhancing responses to refugee crisis from a mix of stakeholder’s coordination framework approach

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Anna Gail Caunca

Program(s)

Summer 2021: Global Education EdD | Online
Doctorate

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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

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Anna Kelly

Program(s)

Summer 2021: Global Education EdD | Online
Doctorate

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Anna Kelly

Dissertation: Whole Human Pedagogy: A Novel Framework for Education Abroad Praxis

Current Position

Civic Engagement and Partnership Manager

Current Employer

Minerva University

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Cali Trainor

Program(s)

Fall 2023: Climate Change & Global Sustainability (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts

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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

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Emily Rochford

Program(s)

Fall 2023: Climate Change & Global Sustainability (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts

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Emily Rochford

Capstone: Solar Photovoltaics as Climate Change Adaptations for Farmers in West Bengal, India: Barriers Within a Food-Water-Energy Nexus Approach

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Eric Rodriguez

Program(s)

Fall 2021: Diplomacy & International Relations (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts

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Eric Rodriguez

Capstone: The Eastern Atomic Rise: Defining Nuclear Hegemony in a Multi-lateral World

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Forrest Becker

Program(s)

Fall 2023: Climate Change & Global Sustainability (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts

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Forrest Becker

Capstone: Living Dead Forests: Assessing Detrital Services in Puget Sound Pseudotsuga menziesii Ecosystems

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Ricky Bentley

Program(s)

Fall 2022: Sustainable Development Practice (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts

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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

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Jamie Matthews

Program(s)

Fall 2023: Climate Change & Global Sustainability (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts

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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

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Jarred Haynes

Program(s)

Fall 2022: Sustainable Development Practice (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts

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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

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Johanna Lee

Program(s)

Fall 2023: Sustainable Development Practice (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts

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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

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Livia Petzinger

Program(s)

Fall 2023: Sustainable Development Practice (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts

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Livia Petzinger

Capstone: Coffee in Brasil: Sustainability and the Role of Intermediaries

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Margarita Sotelo

Program(s)

Fall 2021: Humanitarian Assistance & Crisis Management (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts

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Margarita Sotelo

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Maya Kozarsky

Program(s)

Fall 2021: International Education (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts

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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

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Prentiss Edmond

Program(s)

Fall 2021: Diplomacy & International Relations (Full-Time)
Global Master of Arts

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Prentiss Edmond

Current Position

Staffing Coordinator

Current Employer

USAID - Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance

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Sahar Sandoval

Program(s)

Global Master of Arts:
Diplomacy & International Relations (Full-Time)

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Sahar Sandoval

Capstone: The Undocumented Perspective in California

Current Position

Program Officer

Current Employer

USAID - Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance

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