Connect with Alumni Abroad

Many Elon alumni are currently abroad (or have recently been abroad) doing exciting things.  Below are a few alumni for you to contact to hear more about their experiences.

Are you or do you know an alumni that should be added to this page?  Contact us to let us know!
Also consider joining the facebook group "Elon Students and Alumni with Abroad Ambitions"

Peace Corps

• Brett Brawerman (’12)   is Peace Corp volunteer in Moldova.
• Hayley Knicely (’12) is Peace Corp volunteer in Cambodia.
• Kathleen Filkins (’08) was a Peace Corp Member, in Samokovo, Bulgaria.
• Bonnie Harvey ('09) studied abroad in South Africa for a semester and Ghana for a winter term.  She now writes about her experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi.
• Beth Roberts ('08) studied abroad in Italy for a semester and now writes about her experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali.
• Amanda Stamplis ('10) studied abroad in Costa Rica for a semester and completed language study in Guatemala.  She now writes about her experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer in Western China.

Teaching Abroad

• Kristen Allen ('11) taught abroad in South Korea after her Indepedent Elon Program Abroad in Jordan.
• Gayla Carr (’12) works in Taiwan at a company called LanguageCorps as an ESP Teacher at Perimeter International School. 
• Kaela Conroy ('10) taught abroad in Spain after her study abroad experiences in Spain and Costa Rica.
• Shannon Gillen ('11) is teaching English as a Foreign Language in Rome at Hours in Motion.
• Kara Newell ('12) is teaching at the Shutz American School in Alexandra, Egypt.  
• Sara Riek ('10) studied abroad in London for a semester and cataloged her experiences as an English teacher at a university in Ecuador.
• Kaylyn J. Smialek ('12) works at the Chelsea Group of Children as a Literacy teacher to upper grades, Wandsworth, United Kingdom.
• Renee Zale ('11) studied abroad in Chile for two semesters and now teaches with Fundacion Juventas, an NGO based in Tunja, Colombia.

Working & Volunteering Abroad

• Kelli Accardi ('11) worked as the Housing and Student Affairs Intern at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad in Copenhagen.
• Laura Brentrup (’12) is working as an au pair in Italy near Milan, Italy.
• Olivia Feldman ('12) is doing a year-long volunteer year with Action Reconciliation Service for Peace in Berlin, Germany.
• Reem K. Hindieh (’12) works as an External Relations Officer at the Amman Baccalaureate School in Amman, Jordan.
•  Maria Victoria Langman (’12) works at Morgan & Morgan as a Corporate Communications Assistant within the Marketing and Communication Department.  
• Tara McFadden (’11) works at YMCA in Membership Sales in Canada.

Research/Fellowship Abroad

• Christopher Jarrett ('11) who studied and researched in Ecuador while at Elon, was awarded a Fulbright award to continue research in Ecuador.  Read about his experience through his blog and website.

Graduate School Abroad

• Lauren Limerick (‘09) studied at  The American University of Paris, Paris, France and received a Master of Arts in Global Communications.
• Cedric Pulliam (’11) is currently a Graduate Research Fellow at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.
• Lauren Taylor (’10) who studied abroad in the UK and conducted research in Costa Rica, South Africa, and Honduras, recently completed her Masters in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.  After her masters she completed a one year internship/work placement in the UK.