WGGP's GRID Graduates

Antwi-Nsiah, Cherub Ghana


Geography, PhD, '91

Program Support Officer for Gender, SNV/Netherlands Development Organization, Ghana
Arrow, Holly USA Psychology,
PhD, '96
Assistant Professor, University of Oregon
Ayieko, Monica Kenya
Education,
PhD, '95

UNDP AIDS Orphans Project, and Head, Department of Family Studies, Maseno University College,  Kenya

Bolina, Pardip India

Educational Policy Studies,

Master's, '02

Coordinator, International Projects, Study Abroad, University of Illinois
Barro, Maimouna Senegal

Curriculum and Instruction,

PhD, '05

Coordinator of Special Projects & Director of Graduate Studies, Center for African Studies, Univ. of Illinois
Cederoth, Margaret USA Urban and Regional Planning, Master's, '98 Urban Environment Prgram Analyst with PADCO, a USAID contractor, Washington, DC
Cotler, Angelina Peru

Anthropology,

PhD, 05

Associate Director, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois
Daniels, Maria Luz Philippinies

Geography,
Master's, '96
Analyst, USDA, Washington, DC
Duesterhoft, Diane USA

Library Science,
Master's, '92
Reference Librarian, Academic Library, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas

Fisher, Donna USA

Agricultural Economics, PhD, '02 Assistant Professor, School of Economic Development, Georgia Southern University, Georgia

 

Gakure, Roselyn Kenya

Vocational & Technical
Education, PhD, '94
Faculty, Egerton University, Kenya
Garrett, Nancy USA Sociology,
Master's, '96
Resource & Policy Analyst, University of Illinois
Gboku, Matthew Sierra Leon Agricultural Education,
Master's, '94
Faculty, University of Botswana
George, Suja USA Human & Community Development, Master’s, '92 Program and Policy Development Specialist, Bureau of Domestic Violence Prevention and Intervention, Illinois Deparment of Human Services, Chicago
Kabonesa, Consolata Uganda Human & Community Development, PhD, '98 Faculty, Dept. of Women & Gender Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Kehinde, Lucy Nigeria Agricultural
Communications,
PhD, '93
Para-Educator, Early Childhood Transition Program, Champaign Schools, Illinois 
Kessy, Flora Tanzania Agricultural & Consumer Economics,
PhD, '01

Research Fellow, Economic & Social Research Foundation, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Kishe, Anne Tanzania Linguistics,
PhD, '95
National Kiswahili Council, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Kolia, Raiza South Africa Social Work,
PhD, '94
Assistant Professor,  New Mexico State University
Licuanan, Maria Niza Philippines Sociology,
Master's, '89
Assistant Professor, Kent State, Ohio
Malik, Khalida Pakistan Rural Sociology,
PhD, '93
Program Officer/Program for Women & Girls, World Food Program, Pakistan
Malindi, Grace Malawi Human & Community
Develoment, PhD, '97
Head/Women's Program, Ministry of Agriculture; Malawi; also Special Assignment, National AIDS Control Program
Msangi, Grace Kenya Human Resource Education,
Master's, '01
Faculty Lecturer, Kenyatta University,   Kenya
McGowan, Jamie USA Geography,
Master's, '94
Associate Director, Center for African Studies, University of  Illinois
Millinga, Altemius Tanzania Policy Economics,
Master's, '94
Director, ILO Program on Credit for Women, Tanzania
Musi, Patricia Swaziland Consumer Economics,
PhD, '93
Faculty, University of Swaziland
Mwalwenje, Dora Malawi Vocational & Technical
Education,
Master's, '97
Director/Girls' Education Programs, Ministry of Education, Malawi
Negrau, Nicki USA Law, Juris
Doctorate, '96
Law Clerk, Macomb,  Illinois
Ngame, Hassana Alidou Niger African Studies/Linguistics, PhD, '95 Consultant for GDZ, Niger, and Faculty, Texas A & M University
Orgocka, Aida Albania Human & Community Development,
PhD, '02
Development Officer, Christian Children's Fund & Consultant, Albania Center for Development & Population, Tirana, Albania
Otieno, Joseph Kenya Geography,
PhD, '97
Rockefeller Research Fellowship, Uganda
Padilla, Beatriz Argentina Sociology, PhD, '01 Postdoc Fellow, Social Sciences Univ. & Visiting Professor, Superior Institute of Management, Lisbon, Portugal
Panjaitan, Rosintan Indonesia Agricultural Communications, PhD, '97 Consultant on Gender Training, AUSAID, Cambodia
Quiroga, Celma Bolivia Policy Economics,
Master's, '94
University faculty, Bolivia
Ripani, Laura Argentina Economics,
PhD, '04
Economist, Sustainable Development Pgm, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC
Roth, Katherine USA Journalism/African Studies, Master’s, '89 Associated Press Reporter, New York City Bureau, and member of Council on Foreign Relations
Salime, Zakia Morocco Sociology,
PhD, '02
Assistant Professor, Sociology, Michigan State University
Semu, Linda Malawi Agricultural Economics/
Rural Sociology,
Master's, '91
Director, Women and Development Master's Program, Chancellor University, Malawi
Sima, Sheriff Gambia Agricultural
Communications,
Master's, '92
Ministry of Agriculture, Gambia
Soumare, Aminata Mali Educational
Policy Studies,
PhD, '95
Consultant with the World Bank, Mali, and Assistant Professor, UCLA, Calif.
Venugopal, Varsha India

Urban and Regional Planning,

Masters, '02

Associate, Association for the Study and Development of Community, Maryland
Vergara, Maria del Carmen Mexico Human and Community Development, PhD, '99

Consultant, SEMARNAP (Secretaria de Manejo de Recursos Naturales & Pesca – Natural Resources Management and Fisheries Service), Mexico

Yazedjian, Ani Armenia Human and Community Development, PhD, '04

Assistant Professor, Family and Consumer Science, Texas State University

COMPLETE LIST OF GRID GRADUATES

GRID GRADS           
Student Name,  Country of OriginDepartment, and  GRID Certification

2008
Marizel Dávila, Puerto Rico , Recreation, Sport & Tourism,  Masters
Tarnjeet Kang, Korea, Educational Policy Studies, Masters
Coryn Shiflet, USA, Geography, Masters

2007
Aidé Acosta, USA, Anthropology, Masters
Karin Berkhoudt, Netherlands, Anthropology, Masters
Ana Claudia Polata e Fava, Brazil, Ag & Consumer Economics, Masters
Christina Jalasi, Zambia, Natural Resources & Environmental Science, Masters
Rashelle Roos, USA, Art and Design/Studio Art, Masters
Bala Saho, The Gambia, African Studies, Masters
Batamaka Somé, Burkina Faso, Anthropology, Masters
Wen-Yam Esther Somé-Guiebre, Burkino Faso, African Studies, Masters
Meltem Yilmaz-Sener, Turkey, Sociology, Masters

2006
Christobel Asiedu, Ghana, Sociology, Doctorate
Jessica Horn,
USA, African Studies, Masters
Abdulai Iddrisu,
Ghana, Sociology, Masters
Rose Korang-Okrah,
Ghana, Social Work, Masters
Suzana Palaska-Nicholson,
Bosnia, African Studies, Masters
Mansi Sachdev,
India, Urban and Regional Planning, Masters
Isabel Scarborough
, Bolivia, Anthropology, Masters

2005
Maimouna Barro, Senegal, Curriculum & Instruction, Doctorate
Angelina Cotler,
Peru, Anthropology, Doctorate
Ethel Hazard,  
USA, Anthropology, Masters

2004
Mary Jo Holbrock, USA , Curriculum & Instruction, Doctorate
Kristy Shih,
Taiwan, Human & Community Development, Masters

2003
Vrinda Devi, India, Labor & Industrial Relations, Doctorate
Parul Choudhary
, India, Urban & Regional Planning, Masters
Fatumata Coulibaly,
Ivory Coast, African Studies/Ag & Cons. Economics , Masters
Janna Crawford,
USA, Urban & Regional Planning, Masters              
Marcia Phillips,
Honduras, Ag & Consumer Economics, Masters
Laura Ripani,
Argentina, Economics, Masters
Saket Sarraf
, India, Urban & Regional Planning, Masters

2002
Aida Orgocka, Albania, Human & Community Development, Doctorate
Pardip Bolina,
India, Educational Policy Studies, Masters
Debra Fisher,
USA, Human Resource Education, Masters
Rakhmatou Kane
, Senegal, Educational Policy Studies, Masters
Zakia Salime,
Morocco, Sociology, Masters
Lauren Tobey
, USA , Food Science & Human Nutrition, Masters
Varsha Venugopal,
India, Urban & Regional Planning, Masters
Suzanne Wilson, 
USA, Human & Community Development , Masters
Phoebe Wolfskill
, USA, Art History,Masters

2001
Flora Kessy, Tanzania, Ag. & Consumer Economics, Doctorate
Beatriz Padilla,
Argentina, Sociology, Doctorate
Kelly Czarnecki,
USA, Educational Policy Studies, Masters
Mary Jo Holbrock,
USA, Curriculum & Instruction, Masters
Myriam Ikuku,
Congo, African Studies, Masters
Grace Msangi ,
Kenya, Human Resource Education, Masters
Natalie Yates,
USA , Russian & East European Studies, Masters
Ani Yazedjian,
Armenia, Human & Community Developmen , Masters

2000
Koudedji Koita, Senegal, African Studies, Masters
Flora Kessy Makundi,
Tanzania, Ag. & Consumer Economics, Masters
Joy Patton
, USA, History, Masters

1999
Goretty Awuor Ofafa, Kenya, Human Resource Education, Doctorate
Carmen Vergara,
Mexico, Human & Community Development, Doctorate
Vrinda Deva
, India, Labor & Industrial Relations, Masters
Beatriz Padilla
, Argentina, Sociology, Masters

1998
Consolata Kabonesa, Uganda, Human & Community Development, Doctorate
Margaret Cederoth,
USA, Urban & Regional Planning, Masters
   
1997
Grace Malindi, Malawi, Human & Community Development,  Doctorate
Joseph Otieno,
Kenya, Geography, Doctorate
Rosintan Panjaitan,
Indonesia, Agricultural Communications, Doctorate
Judith Atala,
Kenya, African Studies, Masters
Donna Fisher,  
USA, Agricultural Economics, Masters
Dora Mwalwenje
, Malawi, Vocational & Technical Education, Masters
Aida Orgocka,
Albania, Human & Community Development , Masters

1996
Eleanor Allman, Jamaica, Vocational & Technical Education, Doctorate
Holly Arrow,
USA, Psychology, Doctorate
Nicki Negrau,
USA, Law, Juris Doctorate
Eric Marshall Custar,
USA, African Studies, Masters
Maria Luz Daniels,
Philippines, Geography,  Masters
Nancy Garrett,
USA, Sociology, Masters
Veronica Ouma,
Kenya, Geography, Masters

1995
Monica Ayieko, Kenya, Education, Doctorate
Anne Kishe,
Tanzania, Linguistics, Doctorate
Hassana Alidou Ngame,
Niger, African Studies/Linguistics, Doctorate
Aminata Soumare,
Mali, Educational Policy Studies, Doctorate

1994
Roselyn Gakure, Kenya, Vocational & Technical Education, Doctorate
Raiza Kolia,
South Africa, Social Work, Doctorate
Norah Chemengen,
Kenya, Vocational & Technical Education, Masters
Mathew Gboku,
Sierra Leon, Agricultural Education, Masters
Niranjan Karnik,
USA, Sociology/Medical Scholar, Masters
Jamie McGowan,
USA, Geography, Masters
Altemius Millinga,
Tanzania, Policy Economics, Masters
Rie Nishemura,
Japan, Sociology, Masters
Celma Quiroga,
Bolivia, Policy Economics, Masters
Birgit Latein
, Germany, Psychology, Exchange

1993
Lucy Kehinde, Nigeria, Agricultural Communications, Doctorate
Khalida Malik,
Pakistan, Rural Sociology, Doctorate
Patricia Musi,
Swaziland, Consumer Economics, Masters
Virginia Harris,
USA, Agricultural Economics, Masters
Kimberly Jones,
USA, Economics, Masters
Consolata Kabonesa,
Uganda, Human Dev. & Family Studies,  Masters

1992
Diane Duesterhoeft, USA, Library Science, Masters
Suja George,
USA, Human Dev. & Family Studies, Masters
Toni Kovach,
USA, Social Work, Masters
Sheriff Sima,
Gambia, Agricultural Communications, Masters
Shanthi Subramanian
, India, East Asian Studies, Masters

1991
Cherub Antwi-Nsiah, Ghana, Geography, Doctorate
Julia Greider,
USA, Political Science, Masters
Linda Semu
, Malawi, Agricultural Economics/Sociology, Masters

1990
Amy Felty, USA, Human Resources & Family Studies, Masters

Before 1990
Monica Ayieko, Kenya, Human Resources & Family Studies, Masters
Susanne Belovari ,
Austria, Sociology, Masters
Diane Goldberg,
France, Agricultural Economics, Masters
Marci Lang,
USA, Agricultural Economics, Masters
Maria Niza Licuanan,
Philippines, Sociology, Masters
Nachiappan Narayanan,
India,  Agricultural Economics, Masters
Susheela Pandian,
India, History, Masters
Katherine Roth,
USA, African Studies/Journalism, Masters
Angharad Valdivia
, Chile, Communications Research, Masters

 

 

 

 

 

 


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