Alumni Update
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Alumni Update: Megan Tibbs Americorp's National Civilian Community Corps
April 30, 2013After graduating from Wheaton, I was accepted to the Southwest campus for Americorp’s National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC). I flew out to Denver, Colorado, where I had a month of training then got placed in a team. My team’s first SPIKE (what we call projects) was in Crown King, Arizona, which is a tiny gold [...] More » -
Alumni Connections: Moving Beyond Wheaton
September 9, 2012In the Spring 2012 Binh Nguyen ’99 came to visit campus as part of the Health Care Without Borders Alumni Connections panel sponsored by the Filene Center, the Office of the Provost and the Anthropology Department. Bihh Nguyen graduated with an anthropology major in '99 and now works as the Director of Global Operations at [...] More » -
Alumni Update: A Taste For Maine
March 10, 2012What’s the recipe for a life that combines fine food, a passion for the study of cultural identity, and a love for the landscape of Northern Maine? Donna Kerner catches up with Marie Curcio Yarborough ’93. What made you decide to pursue and Master’s degree in Cultural Studies at the University of Southern Maine? The [...] More » -
Alumni Update: Selam Alemayo '04
December 14, 2011Dr. Selam Alemayo '04, is working as a Socio-Cultural Adviser at the Combined Joint Task Force -Horn of Africa. As a senior at Wheaton College she focused her thesis work on gender and HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia. After graduating from Wheaton College, Selam Alemayo completed a Ph.D. Cultural Studies in Education at Ohio University with a [...] More » -
Alumni Update: Rob Rubinoff ’94, Interactive Director at Mad Genius
September 2, 2011Rob Rubinoff ’94, Interactive Director at Mad Genius (Jackson, MS) talks about how Anthropology influenced his life and work in the field of advertising, media, and technology, and why he has a commitment to bridging the digital divide. Why do you think you majored in anthropology at Wheaton? At first it was the subject matter. [...] More » -
Alumni Update: Michelle Seidman '10 with Americorps and Super Star Literacy
April 29, 2011Michelle Seidman '10 has taken her degree in Anthropology to shape the early literacy experiences of kindergarteners in Oakland California. Reflecting on her experience working with Americorps and Super Star Literacy in 2010-11,Michelle writes: "For the past year I have been working as an AmeriCorps member with a program called Super Stars Literacy, an early [...] More » -
Alumni Update: Ashley Smith ‘08 Tracking a PhD
April 25, 2011TRACKING A PHD Ashley Smith 2008 is studying toward her Ph.D. in Anthropology at Cornell University. After completing her BA in Anthropology at Wheaton, Ashley spent a year in Quebec, Canada on a Fulbright conducing research on Abenaki identity in preparation for her doctoral fieldwork. She talked to Donna Kerner at the American Anthropological Association [...] More » -
Congratulations Merretta! Our Newest Davis Projects for Peace Winner!
March 27, 2011Building on her work as a 2010 Davis International Fellow, Merretta Dickinson is set to return to Namibia to change lives through education as a 2011 Davis Projects for Peace Winner. "I discovered that I have a passion for helping others, one stronger than I had thought," she says, recalling her work in an after-school [...] More » -
A Passion for International Health Care
January 10, 2011A Passion for International Health Care Sarah Hudson (2006) discovered her passion for work in the field of international health during her undergraduate career as a dual major in Anthropology and French at Wheaton. During her junior year abroad (and the summer thereafter, funded by a Davis grant for overseas research) Sarah studied indigenous social [...] More » -
Anne Galvin studies the relationship between development, violence, and popular culture in Jamaica
December 7, 2010Anne Galvin ’93 spent a year and a half in Jamaica conducting fieldwork for her Ph.D. in Anthropology at the New School for Social Research (2006). She recently published an article in Anthropology News based on her research into the relationship between community development, organized crime and popular culture More »
