The Alice Rowan Swanson Fellows
Julia Ellis-Kahana
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2012
SIT Study Abroad Netherlands 2011
Collaborated with Women on Waves, an international nonprofit, to develop a new program which expanded their services and education to Moroccan women
Sara Jacobs
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2012
SIT Study Abroad Nicaragua 2011
Collaborated with Servicio Jesuita para Migrantesm, a nonprofit in Chinadega, Nicaragua, to help families locate members lost during migration and document their stories
Judson Peck
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2012
SIT Study Abroad Nepal 2009
Built affordable greenhouses for two families in Khumbu, Nepal, which also served as prototypes for the community
Stephanie Mckee
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2011
SIT Study Abroad South Africa 2010
Led art therapy workshops in low and medium security prisons in South Africa’s KwaZulu Natal Province, and organized public exhibitions of prisoners' artwork
Laura Sprinkle
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2011
SIT Study Abroad Bolivia 2009
Developed after-school literacy and storytelling programs in Cochabamba, in collaboration with the Kids’ Books Bolivia project, a multilingual publishing project founded by SIT students and staff
Dara Carroll
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2010
SIT Study Abroad Uganda 2008
Developed rehabilitation and reintegration programs for mental health patients in Uganda, and supported facility construction
Sonya Shadravan
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2010
SIT Study Abroad Senegal 2009
Implemented a series of neighborhood-based youth empowerment programs for teenagers in Dakar, Senegal using hip-hop to advocate for social change
Salome Vanwoerden
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2010
SIT Study Abroad Nepal 2009
Implemented a photography and art therapy class to help rehabilitate mental health patients in Kathmandu, Nepal
Michelle Eilers
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2009
SIT Study Abroad Chile 2009
Facilitated a program to provide culturally appropriate maternal health care for indigenous Aymaran women in Chile