People
Kristen Vogel
Contact
Student email: kvogel1@usf.edu
Peace Corps email: peacecorps@usf.edu
Office: PCGS 211
Links
USF Peace Corps Recruiting
Peace Corps Recruiting Social Media
Non-Profit Work Social Media (VP of Operations)
Previous UVM Costa Rica Program Support Assistant Social Media
Personal Blog, during Peace Corps
Personal Media Project during Peace Corps
Fundraising Video for Youth Leadership Conference in Ghana
Education
2019- Present: MA Applied Anthropology Student, University of South Florida, Paul D. Coverdell Fellow; Pursuing USF Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies
Internship, Yoga4Change
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Ghana 2014-2016
200 hrs Yoga Teacher Training, Rishikesh, India, 2016
300 hrs Yoga Teacher Training, Dharamshala, India, 2016
2009-2013: BA Mathematics, Minor: Green Building and Community Design, University of Vermont
Advisor
Tara Deubel
Research Interests
Akan matriarchy, transnational feminisms, women in development and politics, indigenous governance, and women's empowerment
Publications
Research paper presentation, entitled "An Afrocentric Women's Empowerment: Listening to Ghana's Matriarchs," delivered virtually at the Society for Applied Anthropology 2020 Conference.