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Welcome incoming LAS students for ’08-09!! Ramon Antunes Ramon Antunes 1st year student From: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Areas of study & interest: Economic Development and International Relations I graduated with a degree in International Trade in Brazil. I’m very interested in these issues and would like to incorporate these topics in my thesis.
Additionally, I hope to apply the knowledge that I will gain at OU in my future occupation. Email: ra319108@ohio.edu Jeff Bennett 1st year student From: Celina, Ohio Areas of study & interest: Economic relations between the United States and Latin America I'm interested in economic issues such as barriers to trade and development economics. I want to apply those concepts to my degree in journalism. I enjoy playing the guitar, running, biking and anything that keeps me active and outdoors. Email: jb140608@ohio.edu Brian Bush 1st year student From: North Canton, Ohio I enjoy reading, playing guitar and drums, traveling and outdoor activities. I’ve been writing and recording my own music for about 2 years now and last year I made a documentary about a trip I took to Nicaragua.
Email: bb317503@ohio.edu Sarah Faria 1st year student From: Belo Horizonte, Brazil My name is Sarah Faria, and I am a Brazilian student, from Belo Horizonte. I just finished my undergraduate program at UNA and became an International Trade Bachelor. Studying at Ohio University I am seeking a Master Degree, focusing in Latin American Studies. I am looking forward this new experience and learning and absorbing all good things this entity has to offer! Email: sf318808@ohio.edu Kevin Fitzgerald 1st year student From: Columbus, Ohio Areas of study & interest: I am interested in political/social movements, unification processes of Latin America, especially in Central America . I have spent a lot of time in Central America. In 2004 I studied in Nicaragua for 4 months, in 2005 I spent two weeks in Costa Rica buming around, in 2006 and most of 2007 I volunteered in Talanga, Honduras (find that one the map) through Passionist Volunteers International and in 2008 I worked for 2 months in El Salvador through CRISPAZ. I am looking forward to getting back to Nicaragua to work this coming winter and spring quarters. Email: Kevin.E.Fitzgerald.1@ohio.edu Alicia Miklos 1st year student My undergraduate was in Spanish at OU, where I was able to travel to Ecuador
and Puerto Rico. I just finished my first year of my masters in Spanish,
specializing in Latin American literature, and am switching gears to focus on
the Latin American Studies program. I'm going to work on a project about
alternative birthing methods in Latin America, specifically natural birth
centers and midwifery. I hope to travel to Ciudad Vieja, Guatemala in the
winter to work as a Doula in a natural birth center and begin my research.
Email: am579003@ohio.edu Melissia Myers 1st year student From: Columbus, Ohio Areas of study & interest: Women's studies, race relations, environmental issues,
immigration, US/LA relations, political science I lived in Roswell, NM for four months
where I cut down invasive trees by chainsaw at the Bitterlake National Wildlife
Refuge. Email: mm159003@ohio.edu Kevin Santos Flores 1st year student From: I was born in El Salvador but I moved to Southern California with my
family when I was two years old. Areas of study & interest: U.S. Latin American Relations, U.S Foreign Policy in Central America, revolutions,
dictatorships, and human rights violations I graduated from Cal State Fullerton in Political Science & Latin American Studies. I love to travel and I have visited countries in Africa, the
Middle
East and Latin America. I recently went to Brasil this summer and it was amazing!! Email: ks382008@ohio.edu Katie Sheatzley 1st year student From: Columbus, Ohio Areas of study & interest: US-Latin American Relations and Border Studies I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with degrees in Psychology and Spanish, and a certificate in Latin American Studies. During my time at Pitt I was given the opportunity to travel to Ecuador and conduct field research at an alternative medicine clinic in the city of Otavalo. That experience (and living with my amazing Ecuadorian host family) is the origin of my love for Latin America and its people. I intend to earn a PhD after I complete my work at Ohio University and then ultimately hope to obtain a position within the Department of Homeland Security. Email: ks872808@ohio.edu
Leah Vincent 1st year student From: Cleveland, Ohio Areas of study & interest: Indigenous peoples and cultures-specifically of the Andes, learning languages, the
relationship of people with their government, local markets, non-violent political action, water and the
politics of it, hip-hop culture, stories, community, the arts, wendell berry, my family and our history,
oral testimonies, mountains, farming, circles I double-majored in spanish and ancient greek in undergrad, I am learning the
quena. Email: lv333603@ohio.edu
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