Amane Tsuchimoto on Navigating Life as a Full-Time IEDP Graduate Student and Father of a Three-Year-Old Daughter

This month, I am thrilled to introduce you to my friend and fellow IEDP student, Amane Tsuchimoto. At the start of the academic year, I connected with Amane over our shared interest in higher education, and eventually, I had the privilege to get to know him (and his lovely wife, Sayuri and adorable daughter, Waka) even more during our group technical proposal project last semester. … Continue reading Amane Tsuchimoto on Navigating Life as a Full-Time IEDP Graduate Student and Father of a Three-Year-Old Daughter

IEDP Alumni Spotlight: Athena Louise Lao, Senior Program Manager at Ted-Ed

This month, I am excited to kick off the IEDP Alumni Spotlight series. In this series, you will get to hear directly from IEDP alums about their journey at Penn GSE, their adventures since graduating, and a few pieces of advice for current students.  Without further ado, let me introduce you to Athena Louise Lao, who graduated from the IEDP in 2017. Following graduation, she … Continue reading IEDP Alumni Spotlight: Athena Louise Lao, Senior Program Manager at Ted-Ed

Alumni in Focus – IEDP

IEDP alums are out in the world making things happen – shaping policy, leading programs, and driving change. Check out our Alumni in Focus series to see where their journeys have taken them! Micaela Wensjoe (2015) When I finished the program, almost 10 years ago, I went back home to Peru to work in education policy. Right after the program, I joined a team working on … Continue reading Alumni in Focus – IEDP

Spotlight on our Faculty – Dr. Amrit Thapa

In this interview, Dr. Thapa shares his journey to the IEDP, the experiences that shaped his career, and his unique research interests. Read on to learn more! How and why did you join IEDP? After earning my PhD, I became a Research Director at the National School Climate Center in New York. I took leading roles in evaluating school climate projects and developing instruments on … Continue reading Spotlight on our Faculty – Dr. Amrit Thapa

Spotlight on our Faculty – Dr. Tyler Hook

Can you tell us a little about your experience in IEDP and what you did after? Before joining IEDP, I earned a master’s at the University of Edinburgh  in a program focused on Africa and international development. My research there emphasized neoliberalism and education in sub-Saharan Africa. After graduating, I joined the Peace Corps, working as a teacher trainer and high school English teacher in … Continue reading Spotlight on our Faculty – Dr. Tyler Hook

Travailler Dans Le Temps D’une Canicule

Work details: In my last blog I mentioned that my task is to really understand Epistemic Network Analysis and to think about how coding works in quantitative research. I attended a workshop where I learnt more about quantitative ethnography and the use of ENA to study international collaboration in STEM. Then I learnt more about it by reading a book by David Shaffer. It was … Continue reading Travailler Dans Le Temps D’une Canicule

What is better than one supervisor are two supervisors

My work at World Learning continues with more annotated bibliographies. (If you don’t know what they are, read my last post, or in fact, just don’t. Human beings are better off without knowing certain things.) In work related developments, though, I have an additional supervisor. The fantastic Radmila is also a Senior Education Specialist who is working on a donor-funded program that she wants me … Continue reading What is better than one supervisor are two supervisors