1996 Weissman International Interns |
Melissa Clapp, '97, (Social Studies) worked with the Austrian Chamber of Commerce in Vienna, Austria. She assisted them with the planning of trade missions and import-export counseling. Elisabetta Coletti, '97, (Romance Languages and Literature) was an intern with the Associated Press office in Rome, Italy. Maame Ewusi-Mensah, '97, (History and Science) worked with the Health Research Unit in Accra, Ghana. She performed various administrative tasks and participated in research projects. Melissa Fuchs, '97, (History and Science) taught math at the Sirigoi Secondary School in Kenya. She also volunteered in the local health clinic and ran workshops on preventive medicine and AIDS. Kate Galbraith, '97, (English) traveled to Sarajevo, Bosnia, to work with ONASA, a local news service. Her responsibilities included attending daily press briefings and editing and writing news items. Susannah Hills, '98, (Anthropology) worked with Amigos de las Americas in Ecuador. She focused on familial organic gardening, and taught classes on nutrition and composting. Jooe Kim, '97, (East Asian Studies) worked in Thailand with the Centre for the Protection of Children's Rights. Jooe's work focused on the problem of child prostitution in Thailand. Jesse Lichtenstein, '98, (History and Science) was an intern with Arbofilia, an organization engaged in community outreach and education in the field of conservation, reforestation, and biodiversity in Costa Rica. Jesse taught English and worked on Arbofilia's farms. Suzanne Lye, '98, (History and Science) spent the summer working with the Tawahka Amerindians in Honduras in a project funded by the National Science Foundation. Her work focused on folk knowledge in the village communities as it relates to the forest flora and fauna. Jerome McCluskey, '97, (Government) worked as a State Department Intern at the U.S. Embassy in Paramaribo, Surinam. Katherine Mossman, '97, (Government) traveled to London, England to work as an intern with David Alton, Labour Member of Parliament. She performed various administrative, research, and writing duties while learning about the British political system. Sam Nortey, '97, (Biochemistry) traveled to Accra, Ghana to assist the Ministry of Health with its work on AIDS diagnosis, policy, and prevention. Joshua Oppenheimer, '97, (Film, Performance, and Cultural Theory) went to London, England to work with the Terrence Higgins Trust, Britain's largest AIDS Service Organization, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, sponsor of the recent Acting on AIDS conference. Joshua worked on the implementation and publication of the conference's recommendations and helped facilitate safer sex outreach workshops. Jennifer Oser, '97, (Social Studies) spent the academic year in Israel, working on a kibbutz, and then worked as a street outreach volunteer with disenfranchised populations through the Sherut La'am program. Adam Palermo, '98, (Biochemical Sciences) did fieldwork with the Tawahka people in Honduras under the supervision of the Harvard Institute for International Development. He focused on the role of medicine man healers in the local community. Andrew Pitcher, '97, (East Asian Studies) traveled to Mexico to work with CASA, an organization that provides health support and education for women. Irit Tau, '97, (Government) worked in Jerusalem, Israel as an intern for the Israel Women's Network, a women's advocacy group. Irit also worked part-time as a researcher for a political science professor at Tel Aviv University. Mark Tran, '97, (Social Studies) worked as a field assistant, supervisor, and lab assistant on the Thanh Den Archeological Project dig in Vietnam. Miranda Yousef, '98, (Literature) was an intern with BBC Radio 3, the classical music subdivision of the BBC, in London, England. She assisted with research, editing, program scheduling and selection in a variety of departments including Chamber Music, New Music, and Opera. |