International Education Policy
Alumni & Careers
Alumni Employment
The
International Education Policy program trains education policy and evaluation
specialists who can initiate and support reform efforts to improve equality
of educational opportunity.
The following list of positions assumed by recent IEP graduates highlights the roles and organizations for which the IEP program prepares its graduates.
- Program Associate Basic Education Division, USAID-Washington D.C.
- Education Sector Officer World Bank, Colombia
- Senior Project Officer UNESCO-Chile
- Education Specialist World Bank Research Division
- Education Program Officer USAID-India
- Assistant Director World Education
- Basic Education Specialist Education Development Center
- Program Associate Academy for Educational Development
- Associate Professor Comparative & International Education Dept., Michigan State University.
- Education Specialist Ford Foundation
IEP Alumni News
The Global Identity (37KB pdf), by IEP'09 Graduate Kristin Macapagal
IEP
graduate, Joseph Lekuton, is profiled in the Harvard
University Gazette (June 5, 2003) about merging lessons from his Maasai
background with his HGSE degree in International Education Policy.
Joseph Lekuton also speaks of his experience in Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna
IEP graduate, Kristin Rosekrans, analyzes the different levels of educational opportunity attained in El Salvador, barriers to improving equity, and the potential effects on equity of current policies and programs in In Focus (Fall 2002).
The HGSE News (March 27, 2006) profiles the International Education Policy program, including news about some IEP alumni.
Profile of a new alum: Interesting alum doing interesting things
IEP Career Resources
IEP graduats can join the IEP listserv, which includes job postings.
HGSE's Career Services Office offers some worthwhile resources:
- The Alumni Advisting Network is a useful database of HGSE graduates
- The Career Services Office provides free access to fee-charging websites including: Art-Jobs, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The International Educator, Educational Directions, Inc., Project Connect. Call 617 495-3427 for log-in information.
- The CSO Job Listings offers a few international posts, primarily teaching positions.
- The Career Services staff also provides IEP alumni job search assistance, such as guides for writing cover letters and resumes.
What They Say
Nour Ibrahim Abu-Ragheb
IEP Graduate, 2005
Education Specialist, United Stated Agency for International Development (USAID)
Amman, Jordan
"I cannot think of any other experience that had that strong and long-lasting of an impact on me and in that many areas of my life... Take advantage of all of what the life on Appain Way and the program offer!"
Jennifer Anastasoff
IEP Graduate, 2000
Founder and President, BuildingBlocks International
"The opportunity to work closely with outstanding professors and a cohort of phenomenal students was an incredible feature of the IEP program. My work as a consultant in both the domestic and international education arenas is incredibly rewarding. I am very grateful to IEP for the impact it has had on my career."
Mariana Clucellas
IEP Graduate, 2000
Training Unit Consultant, Unesco-IIPE
Buenos Aires, Argentina
"The International Education Policy Pogram provided an extraordinarily enriching and stimulating environment to promote academic knowledge and to encourage personal commitment towards education of quality and with equity around the world."
Rachel Fix
Education Consultant
Berkeley, California
"The energy and experience of those in the IEP program - and the great support of our professors - made it possible for BuildingBlocks International to get started. The rigor of the curriculum, the support of staff, and the amazing students involved added a depth to my professional knowledge that just wouldn't have been available anywhere else."
Saima Gowani
IEP Graduate, 2005
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Aga Khan Foundation
Geneva
"The IEP program gave a great overview into the world of international education with a lot of focus on both the qualitative and quantitative policy analysis. The statistics and economics courses, though difficult, are the reason I have been successful in my present job. Make sure you take the time to network and meet the practitioners from the field that Harvard brings to its doors. They are an education on their own."
Jacob Korenblum
IEP Graduate, 2006
Co-Founder and President
Souktel Inc. - Mobile Phone Education
"IEP gave me the tools to start my own organization--a cell phone service that helps students in developing countries find study and work opportunities. I use my IEP statistics training daily, to monitor our impact on the ground. I use my IEP policy analysis training constantly, when I promote our technology to ministries of Education and Youth. Whether you're aiming to become a policy advisor or a practitioner, IEP gives you unparalleled training and preparation"
Michael C. Lisman
IEP Graduate, 2005
Education Associate
Inter-American Dialogue, Washington, DC
"IEP was an invaluable start to my career in international educational development, as much in helping me establish a network of worldwide contacts as in helping me build a set of analytical tools for looking at education policy"
Rafael G. Martinez
IEP Graduate, 2005
Former Undersecretary of Basic Education, Rio de Janeiro
Partner at BR Educacional, Brazil
"IEP is a mind expanding experience; opened up many different doors in my professional life and boosted my career."
Jomphong Mongkhonvanit, Ph.D.
IEP Graduate, 2004
Rector of Siam Institute of Technology, Bangkok Thailand
Assistant President of Siam University, Bangkok Thailand
"The International Education Policy Program at Harvard provided me an excellent foundation and doors of opportunity to work in the field of international education. It is a great preparation for the new generation of leaders to be equipped with necessary instruments to become change agents in the real world"
Juan de Dios Simon
International Education Project Officer. UNICEF Peru
"Harvard opened a diverse world of opportunities, networks, intellectual tools, professional habits and skills for research and innovation. This learning experience developed my leadership skills to have impact in the real world."
Leslie M. Tam
IEP Graduate, 2005
Executive Officer, Academic Liaison Section International Initiatives
Program Director for the Crimson Summer Exchange (CSE)
and Learn, Live and Intern in China (LLIC) program
The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China
"IEP was a great experience and provided the necessary foundation from which to think about educational issues in an international setting. While my focus continues to be on educational policy in Asia, I have realized through my academic studies and work experience in international schools in China and in a university in Hong Kong now, that curriculum, teaching, administration and policy are all inter-related in the international education realm. The challenging and interesting part for me is how to combine the skills I learned from IEP with the knowledge from my work experience to craft a professional niche in which I can contribute to making education more equitable and relevant for communities around the world."
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