Career Impact
Where are they now?
Every year, a diversity of students representing different colleges, universities, and majors study abroad with SIT. Many go on to do amazing things. Meet a few of our alumni and learn what they’re now doing.
Assistant Professor and Medical Director
Alumni Name: Louise Elaine Vaz, MD, MPH
SIT Program: Brazil: Social Justice and Sustainable Development
Undergraduate Major: Infectious diseases
Graduated From: Duke University, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (MD), Harvard School of Public Health (MPH)
Current position and Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Medical Director, Outpatient Antibiotic Therapy Program; Oregon Health and Science University
Job Location: Portland, OR
Country Representative to Mongolia
Alumni Name: Jon Lyons
SIT Program: Mongolia: Geopolitics and the Environment
Undergraduate Major: Physics and Anthropology
Graduated From: Wheaton College (BA—summa cum laude); Maastricht University (MBA)
Current position and Affiliation: Country Representative to Mongolia, Global Green Growth Institute
Job Location: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
National Intelligence Officer for Europe and Adjunct Assistant Professor
Alumni Name: Spencer Boyer, JD
SIT Program: Cameroon: Social Pluralism and Development
Undergraduate Major: English
Graduated From: Wesleyan University (BA); New York University – Institute of French Studies (MA); New York University School of Law (JD)
Current position and Affiliation: National Intelligence Officer for Europe, U.S. National Intelligence Council; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
Job Location: Washington, DC
Director of Operations and Engagement
Alumni Name: Deeba Zivari
SIT Program: IHP Health and Community
Undergraduate Major: Comparative Literature
Graduated From: Wellesley College (BA); Columbia University (MS in Narrative Medicine)
Current position and Affiliation: Director of Operations and Engagement, Metro Physical & Aquatic Therapy
Job Location: New York
PhD Student in Evolutionary Biology
Alumni Name: Carrie Malina Tribble
SIT Program: Peru: Indigenous Peoples and Globalization
Undergraduate Major: Biology
Graduated From: Williams College (BA)
Current position and Affiliation: PhD student in evolutionary biology, University of California, Berkeley
Job Location: Berkeley, California
Medical Student
Alumni Name: Lindsay Katona
SIT Program: IHP Health and Community
Undergraduate Major: International Health and Development (self-designed)
Graduated From: New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Current position and Affiliation: Medical student, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Job Location: Biddeford, Maine
Marketing and Communications Manager
Alumni Name: Alyssa Grinberg
SIT Program: IHP Cities in the 21st Century
Undergraduate Major: Art History and the Visual Arts (emphasis in Film Production)
Graduated From: Occidental College (BA); Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management (MA in Sustainable International Development)
Current position and Affiliation: Marketing and Communications Manager, Parenting Journey
Job Location: Somerville, MA
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Alumni Name: Andrew Quintman, PhD
SIT Program: Nepal: Tibetan and Himalayan Peoples
Undergraduate Major: Philosophy and Tibetan Studies
Graduated From: Hampshire College (BA); University of Michigan (MA and PhD)
Current position and Affiliation: Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Yale University Job location: New Haven, CT
Job Location:
Andrew served as the academic director of SIT's Tibetan Studies program from 1993 to 1999.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Alumni Name: Maegan Joy Johnson
SIT Program: Jordan: Refugees, Health, and Humanitarian Action
Undergraduate Major: Anthropology and International Studies
Graduated From: University of Utah (BS)
Current position and Affiliation: Clinical Research Coordinator for Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant, University of Utah School of Medicine
Job Location: Utah
Volunteer and Residence Coordinator
Alumni Name: Carrie Miller
SIT Program: IHP Health and Community
Undergraduate Major: International Studies
Graduated From: Kenyon College
Current position and Affiliation: Volunteer and Residence Coordinator, Midwives for Haiti
Job Location: Hinche, Haiti