Global and Comparative Education

GCE Alumni Testimonials

Read testimonials from alumni of the GCE/IEPA MA program. Read more testimonials from students and alumni of the GCE PhD program.

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Madelyn Gardner, IEPA MA, 2015

As an undergraduate, I had the opportunity to volunteer as a teacher to incarcerated students, an experience that sparked a strong interest in education and its potential to enrich individuals’ lives. This interest took a global turn during a semester abroad in Senegal, where I interned at a rural

Patrick Curry
Patrick Curry, ICE MA, 2015

Before coming to º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø, I worked as a teacher and curriculum developer in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Czech Republic, and Thailand. Working within these different education systems allowed me to develop an informed and critical perspective on how the interplay of numerous factors

Whitney Hegseth
Whitney Hegseth, IEAPA MA, 2011

I consider an experience to be life altering when it does one of the following things: changes how I perceive the world around me, or changes how I grapple with complex questions and problems that have no predetermined right or wrong answer.

As an Anthropology major at UC Berkeley, I took a class

Jane Leer
Jane Leer, IEPA MA, 2015

I first became interested in the role of education in international development while studying abroad in Santiago, Chile as an undergraduate development studies major. After completing my BA degree I worked for a little over three years on education projects in Latin America, first as an educational

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Amanee Markos, ICE MA, 2011

I moved to Cairo, Egypt in 2006 to work with an international non-governmental organization focused on higher education access and cross-cultural exchange. In this position, I was exposed to the interactions between local NGOs and government and how these entities impact all levels of education from

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DanThanh Nguyen, IEAPA MA, 2011

I just wanted to send you a few lines to thank you the great training I received in our IEAPA program. Every day in my work, I make use the breadth of knowledge and skills I gained in the program, from economics of education, to the political and social considerations for reform, to research methods

Edgar Franco-Vivanco
Edgar Franco-Vivanco, IEAPA MA, 2011

After completing bachelor's degrees in economics and political science, I spent two years working for a think-thank in public policy in Mexico City. There I had the opportunity to work with datasets related to Mexican education, student achievement, and government spending in education. This

Asha
Asha Sitaram, IEAPA MA, 2012

Prior to moving to º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø to pursue my graduate degree at the GSE, I was living and working in Mumbai, India. My work experience in India ranged from conducting community-based health research in rural areas, to teaching elementary school students, to developing and managing a leadership

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