Mansour Fakih (M.Ed. 1990; Ed.D. 1995)

Mansour Fakih passed away in February 2004.
His obituary can be found Here.

 

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Kay Pfeiffer (Ed.D. 1995)

Kay Pfeiffer passed away in May 2008
Her obituary can be found Here.

 

Before coming to CIE, Kay was a PCV in Botswana. She then worked with a youth program in Boston.

 

While a student at CIE, she also worked for the Workplace Education program at the University of Massachusetts and the National Priorities Project in Northampton.

 

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David J. Styles (Ed.D. 1995)

David Styles passed away in October 2010. 
His obituary can be found Here.

 

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Adama Konate (M.Ed. 1990)

After finishing his degree, Adama returned to the National Education Ministry in Cote d’Ivoire where he held the position of Inspector of Secondary Education. He retired from the Ministry in 2003 after 19 years of service.  He then began writing English textbooks and teaching English with various business organizations.   In his words:

 

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Malena de Montis (Ed.D. 1994)

After finishing her doctorate with CIE, Malena returned to Nicaragua where she founded two sister NGO's centered on women's economic and political empowerment: The Center for Economic and Democratic Development, CENZONTLE focusing on education, technical assistance, organization and advocacy; and FODEM-CENZONTLE, a micro-finance organization that facilitates credit. She left the executive director position at Cenzontle in 2001 having received a prize for best practice in the Latin American region.

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Badziliyi Baathuli Nfila (Ed.D. 1993)

After leaving CIE, Badziliyi returned to Botswana.  He wrote then:

 

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Maria Diarra Keita (M.Ed. 1997)

Maria Diarra Keita is the Director and co-founder, with Cheick Oumar Coulibaly and  Debbie Fredo, of the Institute for Popular Education (IEP) in Mali, West Africa.

 

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Barbara J. Huff (Ed.D. 1996)

After graduating, Barbara worked in Washington, D.C. for six years. She then took a position as the Caribbean Regional Trainer with Habitat for Humanity.  The position was based in Guyana and involved travel throughout the Caribbean training National Directors and local staff. 

 

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Hollyn Green (Ed.D. 1995)

Following an unexpected return to the Pioneer Valley after 14 years, I revived connections with long lost friends/colleagues.  With a bit of friendly pressure (read DRE), I’m taking a moment to sashay down memory lane and reconnect with the CIE community.

 

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Homa Sabri (1994-1995)

After leaving CIE Homa returned to Afghanistan.  From 2001 until 2017 Homa worked as a Technical Advisor with UNIFEM/UNWOMEN.  In that role she collaborated with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs on identifying policies and projects to empower women and promote gender equality.  She commented at one point during her work there that “The men think that shelters are a concept from the West that encourages women to run from their homes. A lot of men are trying to damage the reputation of shelters because they are fearful of their girls and women actually defending their rights.

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