Podcast appearances and mentions of james heflin

James Heflin interviews SIT Graduate Institute Sustainable Development MA student Bahati Kanyamanza about the difficulties children in refugee camps face in getting an education. Bahati was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 1996, when violence came to his community, Bahati and his family fled to Uganda, where he lived in refugee camps for 18 years. When he was 22, Bahati and two friends established the COBURWAS International Youth Organization to Transform Africa (CIYOTA), which provides primary and secondary schooling in refugee camps, and connects students with organizations to support their university education. Bahati moved to the US with his wife and daughter in 2016, and became one of SIT’s Global Scholars. The Global Scholars program provides the opportunity for individuals forced to flee their home countries due to political unrest and violence to study at SIT, all expenses paid.

James Heflin interviews SIT President Sophie Howlett about international education and her vision of a truly globe-spanning SIT. Dr. Howlett comes to SIT from Kean University in New Jersey, where she was Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. She holds a PhD in European Renaissance Philosophy and Literature from University of York, UK, and a BA in English Literature from Cambridge University. She has international experience in more than 40 countries. During the past two decades, she has taught, researched and written in philosophy, literature, and comparative and international higher education policy. Her most recent work, Marsilio Ficino and His World, was published in 2016.

James Heflin interviews SIT Nicaragua Academic Director Ben Waddell about his use of podcasting and other media in education and research. Ben holds a PhD in sociology and an MA in Latin American studies from the University of New Mexico, and a BA in international affairs from University of Colorado, Boulder. Ben researches the impact of international migration on human well-being. He has published papers in Sociology of Development, Latin American Research Review, and The Social Science Journal. From 2011-16 Ben was a professor of sociology at a liberal arts college in southern Colorado. He has led students abroad each summer to Nicaragua and Cuba.

FROM THE EDITOR Host Oliver Broudy reintroduces us to the New England town that we call home. ARCHITECTURE Brutalism apologist Max Page makes the case for ugly buildings. SEX Local sex therapist Margery Noel answers the questions you’ve been carrying around for way, way too long. HORROR Seng Ty survived the Khmer Rouge. Then he arrived in Amherst. AND YOU THOUGHT CSAS COULD SAVE US Pete McLean explains what comes next in the food revolution. MUSIC Local chanteuse Carrie Ferguson with Emily Donahue. HOW TO WEAR PINK WHEN YOU’RE SHORT Kathy Aidala is a female in physics. Which is bad enough. She’s also 5’ tall—which might actually be worse. THE ANNUAL AMHERST LIVE POETRY PRIZE “All West” by James Heflin, read by Matthew Duncan vs “One of the Monuments Leans North” by Gerald Yelle, read by Jenny Yelle.