ICE Alumni Testimonials

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... Read more

Before attending the International and Comparative Education (ICE) program at Stanford, I worked for a study abroad program in South India. After studying abroad in India, Italy, Jamaica and Thailand myself, this position afforded me the opportunity to help American students navigate their own... Read more

I am the Associate Director of Experiential Education at American Jewish World Service (AJWS)--an international development human rights organization. I manage a team of talented educators, support curriculum development and shape/lead global justice programs to developing countries; through... Read more

After graduating from college, I spent the next three years of my life in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, a small Pacific Islands nation of roughly 55,000 people. I taught English and government, and was the college counselor at a local high school. Upon returning to the United States, I... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

Stanford opened a world of opportunities for me. I have always been interested in how education problems are addressed by different nations, and have had the chance to participate in many education projects in the past, but none have been as challenging and rigorous as the IEAPA MA program at... Read more

I entered SUSE's International Comparative Education motivated to discover what my pertinent role would be in championing global citizenship and broadening the perspectives of youth in the United States. SUSE's International Comparative Education program was a springboard for me professionally.... Read more

Before coming to Stanford, I attended and/or taught within schools in the United States, Mexico, and Germany. Within the U.S., I had classroom experiences as a student or teacher in eight different schools in five states. These disparate experiences revealed how differently, with the same... Read more