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IN THIS ISSUE: Denison University’s International Studies  Faculty Program encourages its students to view the world  2017 Award Recipients from interdisciplinary perspectives and to be  Senior Capstone Seminars broadly concerned with social, political, economic, historical, and cultural processes, and the power  Human Rights Film Festival differentials and links that connect individuals,  Speakers and Events communities, groups, states and regions across  Global Studies Seminars the globe.  Alumni News ______

 Off-Campus Study For more information about our program, visit our  GLCA Senior Conference website at:  GLCA/GLAA Collaboration http://denison.edu/academics/international-

 Welcome to the Major studies

Dear all,

This is both a summary and a goodbye letter as this is my last year as director of the International Studies Program. The past academic year has been busy with our continued activities on campus. We had our 12th Human Rights Film Festival and a series of events and collaborations on crossing borders. We aim to engage students with the world around them, and are proud of the work they do while on campus and after they graduate in making a difference in their communities. During the last three years of directing the Program, we managed to start a number of new initiatives including having tutors and junior and senior fellows. We increased our involvement with the GLCA and started the senior research conference that took place at Denison in 2015 and at Kenyon College and the College of Wooster in subsequent years. We also hosted our first CFD (Consortium for Faculty Diversity) fellow Anna Lim, and created the first E-Journal for International Studies. We updated our Program and Facebook pages to include a list of resources for student’s internships, fellowships and graduate programs. Most of all, we started this newsletter that keeps us connected and inspired. Thanks to all the student workers, academic administrative assistants, and faculty for your hard work. This Program won't be what it is without your continued dedication and support. Isis Nusair

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FACULTY

Top row: Gary Baker, Catherine Stuer, Taku Suzuki, Dane Imerman, Alina Haliliuc Bottom row: Isis Nusair, Katy Crossley-Frolick, Francisco Lopez-Martin

International Studies Committee Members

Isis Nusair, Director (International Studies and Women’s & Gender Studies)

Hanada Al-Masri (Modern Languages), Gary Baker (Modern Languages), Elizabeth Castle (Women’s & Gender Studies), John Cort (Religion), Katy Crossley-Frolick (Political Science), John Davis (Anthropology and Sociology), Sue Davis (Off-Campus Study), Susan Diduk (Anthropology and Sociology), Quentin Duroy (Economics), Joanna Grabski (Art History), Fareeda Griffith (Anthropology and Sociology), Alina Haliliuc (Communication), Dane Imerman (Political Science), Zarrina Juraqulova (Economics), Fadhel Kaboub (Economics), Sangeet Kumar (Communication), Veerendra Lele (Anthropology and Sociology), Anna Lim (International Studies), Jeehyun Lim (English), Francisco Lopez-Martin (Modern Languages), Diana Mafe (English), Regina Martin (English), K. Russell Shekha (Anthropology and Sociology), Catherine Stuer (Art History and Visual Culture), Taku Suzuki (International Studies), Joanna Tague (Art History and Visual Culture).

Special welcome to our new Academic Administrative Assistant Meagan Tehua.

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AWARDS 2017 Distinguished Leadership Awards

2017 Presidential Medal Award

Erin Worden (Pittsburgh, PA) B.A. International Studies and B.A. English Erin, you make things happen with a bright smile and energy that inspires people to connect with one another. You say yourself that leadership is the ability to tie knots. And that is exactly what you have done at Denison. You are a thoughtful team player, you delegate, trust others to provide input, and are committed to incorporating their ideas. Last year, you co-created Refugee Awareness week, and this year you followed up by pouring countless hours into making Granville and Denison home to an Iraqi refugee couple, through the Global Fellows Project. Your leadership in this project, while maintaining your commitments across campus, is truly remarkable. You have also been active off campus with the United States Institutes on Civic Engagement, the Global Peace Foundation, and the Caritas Hellas Refugee Program. You have been relentless in providing opportunities for dialogue on campus. As a leader of Sustained Dialogue and the LEAD program, you embody their mission to “listen deeply enough to be changed.” As the student representative on the International Studies Committee and as the Junior and Senior Fellow, you have shown tremendous commitment to our work and demonstrated what it means to be an engaged citizen of this world. You will go on to do amazing things, we are sure of it. Thank you, Erin.

Student Members of Phi Beta Kappa Class of 2017, inducted as juniors in 2016 Rachael M. Barrett (International Studies and History) Trishna A. Desai (International Studies and Biology) Erin D. Worden (International Studies and English)

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2017 Distinguished Leadership Awards Hieu Tran (Hanoi, Vietnam) B.A. International Studies and B.A. Economics

June Orientation staff member, International Student Orientation mentor, and resident assistant are just a few ways in which you’ve been involved on campus.

However, the place where you have made the most profound and lasting impression is through your leadership of the Denison Community Association, as a cabinet member for two years and president this year. You organized weekly meetings, facilitated team mindfulness reflections, managed countless details, and established personal relationships with other student groups.

Your leadership approach is built on the foundation of collaborative inclusion, and because of that you have built the strongest sense of community within any DCA cabinet in 14 years, with peers and staff alike expressing gratitude for being part of your team.

You are known for many strengths, but what sets you apart is your ability to motivate and lead people in a clear direction while encouraging and coaching them along the way. We thank you for your dedication to actively helping those around you strengthen their own leadership skills and confidence. We’re a better community because of it. Thank you, Hieu. Benjamin Gilman Scholarship Halimatou Bah During the summer of 2016 Halimatou spent time in Guinea researching French colonization and its ramifications. Her interest in the role colonization continues to play in the disintegration of native languages of its former colonies motivated her to study in Aix-en-Provence, France this spring. Lelah McCarthy Teaching English in Patzún, Guatemala for six weeks the summer before her first year at Denison ultimately motivated Lelah to pursue a double major in International Studies and Spanish. Last summer, she studied Justice & Human Rights in Copenhagen, Denmark and then travelled to Valparaíso, Chile for the fall semester, where she studied Identity and Migration at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Lelah received funding to research the lasting effects of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, which ended in 1990. Ly Kieu Hanh Pham Coursework, internships and experiences at Denison helped Hanh realize that her passion lies in the health field. An International Studies Major with a pre-med track focus, she focused on the mental health of Syrian refugees for her Sophomore Proposal. She wanted to expand her knowledge on mental health and explore this important topic in light of the current Syrian refugee crisis. This spring she took part in a global health program in Switzerland, where she carried out an independent research project on the mental health services and psychosocial support for Syrian refugees in Switzerland.

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International Studies Senior Fellows

My name is Rachael Barrett. I am an International Studies and History double major with a French minor, from Downers Grove, Illinois. I studied abroad in Aix-en-Provence, France during the spring of 2016. My International Studies interests include collective memory and national identity. For my senior project, I researched how former French colonists in Algeria have articulated their own memories and been remembered by French historians and politicians since the 1960s. I am

involved in Concert Choir and the Alliance for Disability Awareness and Activism on campus. Outside of school, I enjoy reading, traveling, speaking French, and exploring historic sites. This fall, I will be attending Tufts University to get my master's degree in History and Museum Studies.

My name is Trishna Desai and I am from Mentor, Ohio. Within the International Studies program, I studied abroad in London, England where I took a course in Development and Politics at the University College, London and conducted research looking at HIV care to elderly populations. For my capstone project, I focused on the role of collective traumas in shaping and preventing encounters with mental health

services within London’s vibrant Gujarati migrant community. I look forward to continuing to pursue graduate studies in London within the field of Epidemiology and Global Health. I hope to make use of both my Biology and International Studies degrees in shaping equitable and responsible health policies in middle and low income nations. Feel free to ask me questions regarding studying global or public health issues at Denison and abroad!

My name is Erin Worden. I am a native of Pittsburgh, PA. As an International Studies major, my senior research focused on forced migration as a gendered process by examining the sexual violence experienced by Syrian refugee women living in Greece. My research is shaped by my studies in Athens, Greece in the spring of 2016. While

abroad, I volunteered at a humanitarian aid distribution center and spent time in refugee spaces in Jordan and Germany. Outside of the classroom, I directed the Global Fellows Project (a resettlement initiative currently hosting two Iraqi refugees at Denison and Granville) and co-lead Refugee Awareness Week. I am eager to build a career as a humanitarian aid worker and plan to relocate to the Middle East to learn Arabic and work in this field.

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International Studies Junior Fellows

My name is Bronwen Espen and I am from Bowling Green, Ohio. In addition to International Studies, I study Spanish as my second major. I spent the spring semester studying abroad in Cuernavaca, Mexico researching the relationship between migration and the economy. Other than those interests, I am very passionate about social justice and sexual assault prevention on campus. After I graduate from Denison, I plan on pursing a Master’s degree in social work and hope to practice in urban areas with high migrant populations.

My name is Gabriele Bieliauskaite. I am a junior from Lithuania, who has been living in Chicago for the past 10 years. I am double majoring in International Studies and Computer Science. My love for languages, culture, history, traveling, and problem solving inspired the major combination. To further connect my

two different majors, I chose to focus my research on the different approaches to individual privacy rights on the internet in the U.S. and the European Union. The internet has become a major component of our everyday lives. The difference in individual privacy views in the two areas will shape the future of the web. I spent the spring semester studying abroad in Bremen, Germany exploring new cultures, languages, songs and

travel.

My name is Tyler Law. I am an International Studies and Communication double major with a focus in Chinese linguistics and listening through communication. I held leadership positions in the Global China Connection, the Center for Cross

Cultural Engagement, and as a Senior Interviewer on campus. I participated in the 2016 Critical Language Scholarship Program in Xi’an, China. I spent a semester abroad last spring at East China Normal University in Shanghai in order to continue research in differing Chinese vernaculars and communicative listening. I hope to attend graduate school after Denison and gain my PhD in Linguistics or Communication.

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FALL 2016 SENIOR CAPSTONE SEMINAR

(First row left to right): Trishna Desai, Maggie Magrini, Rachel Barrett, Devin O’Brien, Erin Worden, (Second row): Sophia Higginbottom, Francesco Hernandez, Emma Gamble, Mackenzie Ritter, (Third row): Olivia Jones, Alex Malchow, Hieu Tran, Kevin Herman.

Rachel Barrett Maggie Magrini Repatriation and Collective Memory in France: European Politics and the Rise of Extremist Parties: The Case of the Piedsnoirs and Harkis The Case of Podemos in Spain

Trishna Desai Devin O’Brien Mental Health Among the Gujarati Immigrants in the United Kingdom Slum Tourism and Ethics: Favela Tourism in Rio De Janeiro

Emma Gamble Mackenzie Ritter Is it Religious?: The Meaning of the Hijab for Women of the Levant Intersection of Global Film Production and Local Identity Formation: A Case Study of Ourzazate, Morocco Kevin Herman Understanding Contemporary French Media Pluralism Through Analysis of Hieu Tran Le Monde, Le Parisien, And L’Express’ Coverage of the November 13th Society, Politics, and Culture Explained Through Food: Case Study on the Paris Terrorist Attack Termination of the European Milk Quota in 2015

Francesco Hernandez Erin Worden Spain’s Fluctuating Immigration Patterns and Their Effects On the The Borders of Women’s Bodies: Mapping the Meanings of Refugee Economy and Society: Identifying the Importance of Immigration in Women’s Bodies and Their Encounters with Sexual Violence in Greek Spain’s Future Migratory Routes

Sophia Higginbottom The Exploitation of Indigenous Cultures: The Significance of Samoan Tattooing

Olivia Jones French Museums as a Cultural Space For Creating French National Identity: Looking at Present-Day Art Museums in Paris

Alex Malchow American Football in Europe: The Establishing of a Subculture

Senior Dinner at Prof Nusair’s house in Columbus

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2017 TWELFTH HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL

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INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SPEAKERS & EVENTS

GLCA Collaboration: Challenging Borders

GLCA’s Global Crossroads Grand Challenge Grant supported collaboration between Denison University and Allegheny

College.

Dr. Taku Suzuki’s INTL250 "Migration and Citizenship" course connected with HIST390 "History and 'New Europe'" by Dr. Brian Miller of Allegheny College. They created a shared course

website for students to collaborate. Student works are available at www.ChallengingBorders.wordpress.com

As part of the collaboration, the Crossing Borders Public Forum was held in November 2016. Panelists included leaders from

Somali and Bhutanese-Nepali refugee community organizations, in addition to African, Asian-American, and Bhutanese student organization presidents from Denison and Ohio State University. Dr. Miller's students from Allegheny joined the forum as well as students and faculty from Kenyon College.

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GLOBAL STUDIES SEMINARS

FALL 2016 SPRING 2017

September 12th January 23rd “Understanding Citizenship in a Global Society”, by JoEllen “Martin Luther King, the Chicago Freedom Pederson from Longwood University, Denison graduate Movement and Lessons for Today”, by Michael Mayne, Alana Murray ’16 and Denison professor K. Russell Shekha visiting assistant professor of English at Denison

September 19th January 30th

“An Alternative Characterization of the World Economy”, “Toward An Ethnography of Soccer”, by Veerendra Lele, by Luis Villanueva, assistant professor of economics at associate professor of anthropology and sociology at Denison Denison

September 26th February 6th “Five Notes on Traditional Chinese Music”, by “Where No Black Woman Has Gone Before”, by Diana Shao-yun Yang, assistant professor of history at Denison Mafe, associate professor of English at Denison

October 3rd February 13th “Language Attitudes Toward Arabic Code Switching”, by “Clinton, Bush, and Hussein in the Court of Kings: Tromba Hanada Al-Masri, assistant professor of modern languages Spirit Possession in Madagascar”, Ron Emoff, professor of at Denison music and anthropology at Ohio State University

October 10th February 20th “The Construction of a Poverty Impact Index”, by Gary “Education as Part of Wealthfare Policy in Finland”, by Baker, professor of modern languages, and Cheryl Johnson, Taina Wewer, a Fulbright Visiting Scholar in Residence at instructional technologist in modern languages, Rachel Denison’s department of educational studies Elfman ’18 and Corbin Smith ’17 March 6th October 17th “Arabic Gospels”, by Jason Busic, professor of modern “The Risk of Nuclear War:The United States and China”, by languages at Denison Gregory Kulacki, China project manager with the Union of Concerned Scientists March 27th “Sustainable Energy for Rural and Developing October 31st Communities”, by Ahmed Soliman, visiting assistant “Facilitating the Transformation of Developing Countries: professor of environmental studies at Denison Ghana, by Stephen Armah, senior lecturer of business administration at Ashesi University College April 3rd “From Archive to Stage: William Jordan Currin ‘1913 and November 7th the Great War”, by Denison faculty members Cathy Learning About Globalization in Sri Lanka”, by Hannah Dollard and Mark Bryan Zwemer ’17, Meg Odell ’19, and Mailys Dagan ’19

All seminars are free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Dr. Fadhel Kaboub: [email protected]; 740-587-6315.

Thank you Dr. Kaboub for your dedication in organizing the Global Studies Seminars for the last eight years!

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Co-Sponsored SPEAKERS & EVENTS

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Educational Travel Spring 2017

Aftermath: The Fallout of War America and the Middle East Aftermath: The Fallout of War addresses the physical and emotional conditions of civilian populations caught in war’s wake, and the impact of war on cities, homes, and the environment. It includes images from Iraq and Afghanistan, the Arab Uprisings, Syria’s Civil War, and the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian regions. Aftermath expands new territories largely unexamined in

traditional war coverage through more than 90 photographs and videos by twelve artists, who combine a rigorous journalism with fine art sensibilities. Each photographer claims an oblique, moral imperative that cautions viewers against binary thinking (us/them; good/bad), urging instead a wider consciousness and Dr. Nusair, Mallika Kapur, Lexie Seward, Taylor Shook, Hollie Davis compassion toward the repercussions of war at the Gund Gallery at Kenyon College. for all involved. Artists: Lynsey Addario, Jananne Al-Ani, Stephen Dupont, Jennifer Karady, Gloriann Liu, Ben Lowry, Rania Matar, Eman Mohammed, Simon Norfolk, Fara Nosh, Suzanne Opton, Michal Rovnar. Aftermath is organized by the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and made possible by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Harn 25th Anniversary Fund, the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, the Joanne L. and Edward R. Block Charitable Trust, with additional support from the Harn Curator of Photography Endowment. The Gund Gallery exhibitions and programs are made possible, in part, by the Gund Gallery Board of Directors and the Ohio Arts Council.

April trip to the Arab American National Museum Dearborn, Michigan

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Sasha Chetrykina (Miller) ’03 founded the Purplebrown Gabrielle Garner Hanson ‘04 went on after Denison to Farmstead in 2016. The farm joined ten other small, get an M.A. in Spanish, and a Ph.D. in Learning, Design, sustainable farms in the Countryside Initiative Program in the and Technology. She now lives in Atlanta with her Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The mission of Purplebrown husband of one year. A month after her marriage, she Farmstead is to demonstrate the ecological, social, and made a professional leap from the Home Depot economic productivity of permaculture. It will produce a learning team to Delta Airlines, where she works in the diverse variety of apples, fruit, mushrooms, perennial Pilot Learning and Development Division as a Sr. vegetables, herbs, flowers, and honey. Get to know us Learning Designer. She says, “International Studies at https://www.facebook.com/purplebrownfarmstead. has resurfaced as a big theme in my life since then!”

Lara Aziz (Bushon) ’04 lives in San Francisco, where she opened her own immigration law firm as of Sara Cahill ’06 is currently a helicopter pilot in the U. S. Coast October 2016: http://www.larabushonlaw.com/. Guard, stationed in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Previously she worked for six years at non-profit organizations as an immigration attorney. Hadley Foss ’06 has been living in New York City for the past eight years, working as a Wine Consultant at David Bowler Wine, Lakshika Senarath Gamage '06 is currently a Ph.D. a fine wine and spirits distributor and importer that focuses on candidate in South Asian art history at the naturally made, small batch producers from around the world. University of California, Los Angeles. She has completed her fieldwork, and is now working on her dissertation, while also working as a Teaching Sibylle Freiermuth '11 says, “while my time at Denison is still Fellow for the department. close to my heart and often on my mind, it also feels like a life time ago. Since then I've spent time in India with the Davis Marisa Lopes (Meldonian) ’07 recently began a new Project, taught English and managed a school in China, got my position as Director of Operations at the Lewis Family Masters in Spain, and am currently working back in Foundation-Boston. She is a strategic thought partner Switzerland.” on how to increase the bachelor degree college rate for young people from Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mary Ann Miller (Bates) ’06 recently relocated to Northern Mattapan, near Boston. She is working to create California. She still works with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty employment pathways between nonprofit Action Lab (J-PAL) in the Department of Economics at MIT, organizations serving young people to well-paying, which she joined after graduate school at the University of career path jobs. Previously the Assistant Director of California-Berkeley. She helped J-PAL launch a new regional Evaluation for Roca, Inc., she worked with immigrants office for the North America region three years ago, and has and young mothers on health issues, as well as focused on domestic social policy. She is currently focused on reducing recidivism for young men who are heavily co-chairing J-PAL’s State and Local Innovation Initiative, which court and gang involved. Marisa received her Master’s provides resources to U.S. state and local governments in Public Health from Boston University. She is also a interested in testing policy questions with randomized Returned Peace Corps Volunteer having worked in evaluations. Mozambique on HIV prevention and treatment.

Courtney Baxter ’11 is wrapping up her 5+ years as Chief of Staff at The OpEd Project, a social venture working to get more diverse voices and ideas into the public sphere. Her work there has focused on growing and developing the organization’s partnerships with universities, organizations and corporations out of the New York office. In June, Courtney is leaving her role at the organization to join the board and will spend the summer applying to business school.

Evan Woodnorth ’16 will begin a traineeship this fall with Deutsche Welle Academy in television, radio and online broadcasting in Bonn, Germany.

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Rachel Mattingly ’11 is still in Indianapolis, working for Austin Bailey ’14 is working for Verisk Analytics in New Prosperity Indiana (formerly the Indiana Association for Jersey. It is a big data firm that specializes in data Community Economic Development). She provides training analytics and risk management. He is a national affairs and consulting for members (mostly nonprofits) around the analyst in the Government Relations Department. He state on a variety of topics, including organizational reports that his main tasks are monitoring legislation development and comprehensive community development. and regulation for defined regions of the country, as She also serves as president of a neighborhood charter well as coordinating with state and national trade school board and will be getting married in October. associations in the property and casualty industry. He also conducts research on legislative and regulatory

Colleen Kauth '12 After two years with Teach for America in trends in the insurance industry. Detroit, I realized my interest in public policy. I decided to pursue a law degree, and I am finishing my second year at Caitlynn Biro ’14 currently works for the Federal Loyola University in Chicago, where I plan on completing Reserve Bank of Chicago in Hospitality Services. She is certificates in Child and Public Interest Law. I interned with responsible for planning and executing economic

the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, conferences and forums hosted in the 7th District. where I worked to enforce civil rights legislation at Recently, she joined and now chairs the Bank's educational institutions that receive federal funding. I also Women's Impact Network created to empower women

interned with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern in the workplace as leaders through connections, life District of Illinois. This summer I will be a law clerk at the balances and individual well-being. Through WIN, she Cook Co. State's Attorney in the Domestic Violence Division. has met and collaborated with many amazing, strong women. This summer, she plans to join the Bank's Sara Forbes ’13 is finishing her fourth and final year as a volunteer group serving at the Chicago Food Bank, and Spanish teacher at Christchurch School in Virginia, where to explore great camping spots. she has been coaching girls lacrosse. In July, she will join the Intl School of Panama as an EAL and SAL teacher. Michaela Grenier ’14 After graduating, I spent the Jordan Berger ’15 plans to attend Smith College in the 2014-15 academic year working in the Division of clinical Master’s in Social Work program. She hopes to Student Development at Denison. After moving to pursue a Ph.D. program after. She will move to D.C. to Boston in fall 2015, I began working at Campus complete her field internship, which she is thrilled about. Compact, a national nonprofit organization focused on the public purposes of higher education. I manage a Anna Teye ’16 plans to pursue her Master’s degree in national fellowship for community-committed college Public Administration at George Washington University. students and provide support to our 30+ state and regional offices. I also work part-time as an Associate Lauren Nguyen ’16 recently completed an internship at for the Sustained Dialogue Institute, through which I NPR headquarters in D.C., doing potential donor lead trainings for colleges and universities across the research and writing impact reports for their country on dialogue facilitation skills. Development (fundraising) team. She accepted a position as the Development and Communications Erin Worden ’17 was selected as a 2017-18 assistant with the Texas affiliate of the ACLU. Presidential Intern at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. Erin will support the gender Yusuf Ahmed ’16 works for the USAID project "The scholarship hub and the Hillary Clinton Center for Sustainable Cultural Heritage Through Engagement of Local Women's Empowerment by researching women's Communities Project (SCHEP)" in Amman, Jordan. SCHEP uses rights in the MENA region and performing outreach a community oriented approach to preserve and promote efforts for women in rural Morocco. cultural heritage sites such as Petra all across Jordan.

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Hi there! I am currently studying abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark, and pursuing the Justice & Human Rights program under DIS. This program is perfectly tuned to my personal, academic and career interests and goals. I’m taking five classes namely: Gender Perspectives on Human Rights, Humanitarian Law and Armed Conflict, Law Practice from a European Perspective and Women & Leadership. These courses have broadened my knowledge and skills while honing my existent ones. I’ve had the amazing opportunity to go on study tours to different countries like Bosnia and Herzegovina and learned about the history, culture and conflict in those countries. During this time abroad, I’ve also learned new approaches that have contributed to the way I analyze texts and write papers. ‘Traveling is the antidote to ignorance’. If you’ve been looking for a sign to push you to apply for an off-campus study program, here it is! - Imaa Nicco-Annan ’18

I am currently studying in Shanghai, China at ECNU! Living in China has been eye opening for me because the East and the West are so different. I have made amazing friends from all over the world and gotten to experience one of the world’s fastest developing cities. Nowhere in the United States can compare to Shanghai, where you can eat authentic Chinese food, experience incredible nightlife, and be exposed to different opinions. I had the opportunity to travel within China and to neighboring countries. I was able to solo backpack in Indonesia, Vietnam, and Cambodia for 6 weeks before my program. It's been an amazing journey that opened my eyes to the struggles of others. I'll miss my Chinese roommate the most when returning home, but I hope to be back in China after graduation to see my new friends again. –Yana Holden ’18

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My decision to study in Aix-en-Provence, France, was one of the best decisions I made during my time at Denison. As an International Studies and French double major, I felt that it was a critical step in exploring the world and seeing firsthand how others live their daily lives and practice their culture. My time in Aix has allowed me to experience ways of life that were completely foreign to me. From traveling to countries such as Spain, Morocco, and the Netherlands, I have learned a great deal about being open-minded and appreciating aspects of life that are foreign to us. So to my fellow and perspective International Studies Majors, I push you to take the opportunity to study abroad. Go in with a completely open mind, because you might just surprise yourself by having the most wonderful time of your life.

- Halimatou Bah ’18

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GLCA UNDERGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CONFERENCE SATURDAY 22 APRIL 2017 2nd Floor Kauke Hall College of Wooster

Session 1: International Organizations 9:30 am, moderator: Kent Kille Cara Peterson (Wooster),"Culture for Culture's Sake." Roman Broszkowski (Oberlin),"The EU as a Stabilizing Force." Rachel Wilson (Wooster),"Politics of the Apolitical." Session 2: National and Regional Issues in Context 10:30 am, moderator: Midori Yoshii Michaela McNaughton (Wooster),"To Protect and Serve." Grant Marthinsen (Allegheny), "De-Ba'athification, Sectionarianism, and the rise of Daesh." 11:15 am Moderator: Seiko Matsuzawa Sydney Roeder (Albion), “Waste and Water Jordan.” Sam Waters (Wooster), “Economics Under Fire.” 12:00 pm Remarks by President Sarah Bolton Faculty Panel: Contemporary Issues in Migration Studies 1:00 pm, moderator: Amyaz Moledina (Wooster) Panelists: Isis Nusair (Denison), Brian Miller (Allegheny) Session 3: Identity, Social Justice and Gender Issues 2:00 pm, moderator: Beth Muellner Megan Koeneman (Wooster),"Germany and the Syrian Refugee Crisis." Erin Worden (Denison), "The Borders of Refugee Women's Bodies." Sarah Strum (Wooster), "Where do you come from and why are you here?” 3:00 pm, moderator: Katie Holt Haley Davis (Wooster), "The Femme Fatal.” Lisa Taapken (Allegheny),“The Future of the Moroccan Women’s Rights Movement.”

Sarah Kirchner (Albion), “Overlooking Gender.

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GLCA/ GLAA Collaboration

In the fall of 2016, Denison Students participated Kenyon, Wabash, and Denison German in a GLCA/GLAA Global Course Connection professors collaborated on a parallel

where students in the Intermediate Arabic class course about borders and migration. taught by Dr. Hanada Al-Masri were connected The 300 level course had a special focus with students from both Earlham College-IN and on the current refugee situation in

the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Germany and post-war history of Students connected asynchronously and did four migration to Germany. Dr. Baker from major projects to develop their linguistic Denison, Dr. Riegert from Kenyon, and competencies. The course helped improve Dr. Tucker from Wabash all taught students' linguistic skills through digital tools “Challenging Borders” in German. and was valuable in forming a community of

Arabic learners across states and continents. It informed students’ knowledge about Arabic culture through partner discussions.

Students in Dr. Nusair’s Gender, War and Conflict course wrote four children’s stories about refugees. These stories will be translated next year by Dr. Hanada Al-Masri’s class into Arabic. Both versions will be shared online.

Welcome to Dr. Taku Suzuki, new Director of International Studies! WELCOME TO THE MAJOR

Lizbeth Bautista, Emily Bennett, Alexander Chin, Samantha Cortez, Ian Decker, Jillian Fox, Michael Hernandez, Minchen Hu, Madina Khudaynazar, Eizo Lang-Ezekiel, Aminata Lhom, Rebecca Lind, Mackenzie Mason, Jenna Mayzouni, Ashley Mei, Megan Odell, Catherine Oxholm, Guadalupe Romero, Grace Rooney, Bridget Ryan, Alexandria Seward, Justine Silverstein, Meaghan Wells. Thank you Annie Fletcher, Autumn Goodrum-Davis, Ciara Harriague, Mallika Kapur, and Tung Nguyen for your help managing the office and especially for designing the fabulous posters.