Mar 30
Alumni Panel: Global Engagement after Carleton
Thu, March 30, 2017
• 4:45pm
- 6:00pm (1h 15m) • Gould Library Athenaeum
Panelists
| Elisa Morrison Koshkina '97 (Russian) is an award-winning translator of Russian, Spanish, French, Ukrainian, Portuguese, Moldovan, and Bulgarian to English. A current resident of Boulder, CO, she has also lived in Russia, Latvia, and Turkey, where she taught English as a Foreign Language, edited copy for a manicure product manufacturer, and/or subsisted on chickpeas, shawarma, and the kindness of hostel owners while bootstrapping her translation business. |
| Ian Merkel '10 (French & Francophone Studies) served as an English Teaching Assistant in France for a year after his Carleton graduation, having already studied abroad in France and francophone West Africa while at Carleton. He then began a Master's in French Studies at NYU, where he is currently a PhD candidate in History and French Studies. Having recently completed a Fulbright-Hays grant in Brazil (as his research is between France and Brazil), Ian is now back in the US - this time, with his Brazilian wife and baby - while he finishes writing his dissertation. |
| Peter Olds, MD '08 (Biology) has been committed to the care of underserved populations since his first trip to Madagascar while at Carleton. After Carleton, he attended Harvard Medical School and has worked in Uganda, Rwanda, and Mexico. Peter is now a resident in Internal Medicine and Global Health Equity in Boston, MA and splits his time as a medical resident in Boston and working with the international organization PIVOT to improve healthcare delivery in rural Madagascar. |
Moderated by Scott Carpenter, Professor of French, Director of Cross Cultural Studies, Co-Director of the Global Engagement Initiative.
Event Contact: Mikaela Auerbach