What I Did in Oxford…
Current Student Advisors
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Woubzena Jifar — Spring 2008-09 | |
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| MAJOR: Anthropology |
Tutorial: Immigration Policies | |
| ACADEMIC INTERESTS/RESEARCH: How do different cultures approach philanthropy? More specifically I am interested in exploring the development and expansion of NGOs in Ethiopia. | ||
| The first time I knew I wanted to travel abroad was during my Admit Weekend visit. I walked into the big auditorium in Hewlett (where Chem 31A/B lectures take place for those science majors) and found myself surrounded by potential Stanford students and parents looking down onto a group of panelists. I was overwhelmed by the number of overseas centers Stanford had and ecstatic to have such an opportunity to embark on one of them. As my Stanford career formed over the years and I became aware of my interests I never lost site of my goal to go abroad. Read full profile » | ||
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Anne Stake — Autumn 2008-09 | |
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| MAJORS: Human Biology | Tutorial: Healthcare in the Developing World | |
| ACADEMIC INTERESTS/RESEARCH: Health Policy, International Health | ||
| Whether I was sipping on afternoon tea, “punting” on the Thames, or eating feasts in formal halls lined with portraits of alumni like JRR Tolkein, Lewis Carol, Stephen Hawking or even Hugh Grant, my time studying abroad in Oxford was without compare. Read full profile » | ||
Past Student Advisors
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Georgina Blackett — Autumn 2007-08 | |
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| MAJOR: History (Concentration: Modern Middle East) MINOR: Middle Eastern Languages, Literatures and Cultures |
ADVISOR: Priya Satia | |
| ACADEMIC INTERESTS/RESEARCH: Third World Nationalism, International Development, Colonial and Postcolonial Lit, Ambiguous Adventures | ||
| My tutorial on the history of Arab nationalism in the twentieth century was at once the most challenging and fulfilling experience of my academic career. It allowed me to delve into my major (History) and concentration (Middle Eastern History) to a degree that just wasn’t possible on campus.Read full profile » | ||
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Diana Peng — Autumn 2007-08 | |
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| MAJORS: Human Biology and Sociology | ADVISOR: Jay Bhattacharya | |
| ACADEMIC INTERESTS/RESEARCH: Health Care Economics, International Health Policy, Economic and Organizational Sociology | ||
| In 8 weeks of my one-on-one tutorial, “The Economics of the Health Care and the UK National Health System (NHS)”, I knew more intricacies about the UK and American health care systems I could have learned in any amount of time at the Stanford campus. The opportunity to study with an expert in this specialized field was the greatest coup of all. Read full profile » | ||
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Francie Neukom — Winter and Spring 2006-2007 | |
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| MAJOR: English MINOR: History |
ADVISOR: Nicholas Jenkins | |
| ACADEMIC INTERESTS/RESEARCH: Creative Writing – Poetry, American Literature, British History | ||
The tutorial system was also a completely new experience for me. Often my friends on other study-abroad programs would gape in disbelief when I told them one of my classes required a 10- to 12-page paper every week, followed by an hour of reading aloud said paper to a professor one-on-one and having to defend every point in the essay the professor found weak. I think most outsiders saw it as an extended, eight-week argument, when really it was more like an intellectual meeting-of-the-minds. My tutor lived a half-hour walk away, but he would always greet me with a cup of hot tea and a smile. If I came early, we would pass the time discussing the novels on his bookshelf or playing with his cat. He became more of a friend than a dreaded academic superior. Read full profile » |
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Joey Operskalski — Spring 2006-07 | |
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| MAJOR: Human Biology | ||
| ACADEMIC INTERESTS/RESEARCH: Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind | ||
| As a Human Biology major, my previous experience in philosophy was not extensive, and the individual guidance of the post-doctoral fellow with whom I worked was an incredible opportunity to dive into the subject and move beyond simple analysis. I was expected to become a philosopher...Read full profile » | ||