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John Simpson received his bachelor\u2019s degree in enthnomusicology and then promptly moved abroad.<\/p>\n

His goal wasn\u2019t immediately obvious; he wanted simply to be elsewhere. \u201cI started down a cycle of teaching and traveling that I just loved,\u201d he says. That cycle led him through parts of Europe and South America, into a master\u2019s degree in teaching English as a second language, through a stint with the U.S. Department of State in Africa, in and out of Asia and ultimately back to Seattle where he has settled into the Master of Arts in Applied International Studies (MAAIS) program at the University of Washington.<\/p>\n

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MAAIS student John Simpson taught for a year in Bangladesh between 2013\u201314.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Today as a student in the MAAIS program, John\u2019s interests are a little clearer \u2014 he\u2019s fascinated by the intersection of education and global development \u2014 though his final goals are still a bit hazy. \u201cI\u2019m here because I wanted to step back and look at development issues,\u201d he says. \u201cI want to enhance a skill set that I\u2019d gained previously, and I\u2019m interested in international studies.\u201d<\/p>\n

To that end, John has been exploring aspects of education and service in his courses and extracurricular work at the UW. In an Arctic Studies class, for example, he has focused his studies on analyzing a Frontiers Foundation volunteer program in the Canadian Arctic that places volunteers in northern Canadian schools to teach for a year. \u201cThey pay you $50 a week, they pay for your clothing, they provide insurance, and all transportation,\u201d John explains. \u201cThis is a program I\u2019d heard about and considered volunteering for. And for this Arctic class, I was able to analyze their strategies, procedures, successes, and challenges and look at the program a little more closely from an analytical perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n

John says he discovered that some of the foundation\u2019s organizational challenges are similar to those he experienced in his own teaching career, namely the struggles of cultural adaptation in groups of volunteers brought into new areas with little cultural training. \u201cIt\u2019s interesting to think volunteer programs like that are as far reaching as the northern Canadian Arctic, which isn\u2019t often at the forefront of international education,\u201d he says. \u201cThough I think it will be soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

John is hopeful classes like this, combined with his own experiences in international education, will prepare him for a career in international curriculum building or education administration. Ultimately he\u2019d like to take the U.S. Department of State\u2019s Foreign Service exam and work in U.S. educational outreach. \u201cI think this program is about diversifying your experiences and taking advantage of the different opportunities the program has to offer,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

This post is part of \u00a0a series profiling members of the 2016\u201317 MAAIS cohort. For more information about the MAAIS program, its curriculum and its students, visit the <\/em>MAAIS website<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John Simpson received his bachelor\u2019s degree in enthnomusicology and then promptly moved abroad. His goal wasn\u2019t immediately obvious; he wanted simply to be elsewhere. \u201cI started down a cycle of teaching and traveling that I just loved,\u201d he says. That cycle led him through parts of Europe and South America, into a master\u2019s degree in<\/p>\n

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