| Johnathan Bascom |
Geology, Geography and Environmental Studies
CONTACT:
jbascom@calvin.edu
phone: 526-7053
office: NH 081
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COURSES: IDS 201, GEOG 230, 242
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. University of Iowa, 1989 |
Prof. Bascom's work experience includes an internship with the Africa Bureau of the US Agency for International Development.
Much of his research and writing focuses on refugees and the issues that surround their migration, protection, and assistance. He has also written on a pedagogical approach to teaching Third World geography.
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| Roland Hoksbergen |
IDS Program Director Economics
CONTACT:
hoksro@calvin.edu
phone:
526-6369
office: NH 181 |
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COURSES: IDS 201, 351, 395
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Notre Dame, 1986 |
Before coming to Calvin College , Prof. Hoksbergen worked for the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) in Latin America . He has led off-campus semesters in both Ghana and Honduras . His research includes the role of civil society in developing countries and the strengthening of partnership networks among non-government organizations.
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| Tracy Kuperus |
Interdisciplinary
CONTACT:
tlk5@calvin.edu
phone:
526-6534
office: NH 170
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COURSES: IDS 201, 395
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995 |
Before coming to Calvin, Professor Kuperus taught in the political science departments at Westmont College (1995-96) and Gordon College (1997-2002). She has co-led Calvin's off-campus interim to South Africa. Her research has focused on church-state relations in South Africa and the interaction between civil society and democratization in southern Africa.
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| Daniel Miller |
History
CONTACT:
mill@calvin.edu
phone:
526-6196
office: HH 474
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.COURSES: IDS 201, 395
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. North Carolina, 1987 |
| Prof. Miller offers courses on the history of Latin America and he has taken
student groups to Central America and Argentina. His current research interests include the Mexican Revolution and the growth of Protestantism in Latin America.
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| Mwenda Ntarangwi |
Anthropology
CONTACT:
mgn2@calvin.edu
phone: (616) 526-7658
office:SC 227
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COURSES: IDS 355
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Prof. Mwenda Ntarangwi joined the Calvin faculty in January 2008. Ntarangwi's scholarship and teaching hinge on the intersection between culture and performance as analyzed through the lens of symbolic interpretivism.
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| Amy Patterson |
Political Science
CONTACT:
apatters@calvin.edu
phone: 526-7028
office: DC 261L
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COURSES: IDS 201, 395
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Indiana University, 1996 |
Prof. Patterson served in the Peace Corps in Senegal, working with rural farmers on agro-forestry and environmental education programs. She has conducted research on the role of women in local Senegalese politics, and the politics of AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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| Todd Vanden Berg |
Sociology
CONTACT:
tvdberg@calvin.edu
phone:
526-6705
office: SC 235
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COURSES: SOC 253
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. New York-Buffalo, 1996 |
Prof. Vanden Berg's fieldwork in Cultural Anthropology is with the Longuda of Adamawa State Nigeria. His research includes the topics of involuntary resettlement and religious integration, specifically on the witchcraft beliefs of Longuda Lutheran Christians. He has also led the interim to Jamaica.
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| Kurt Ver Beek |
Sociology
CONTACT:
kverbeek@calvin.edu
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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COURSES: STHO 210, 211, 212
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Cornell, 1996 |
| Prof. Ver Beek has worked with the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee in Central America for six years and now leads the semester and interim programs in Honduras. He has worked with many grass-roots organizations in Honduras and is a founder of the Association for a more Just Society (AJS). He is currently studying the long-term effects of short-term missions. |
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Other Calvin faculty with development expertise:
Adel
Abadeer, Economics and Business, expertise in Egypt
and the Middle East, currently researching modern-day slavery.
Johnathan
Bascom, Geography, has expertise in Ethiopia and Eritrea, with a special interest in the situation of refugees.
Mark Fackler, Communication Arts and Sciences, has led many interim classes in Kenya.
Kathryn Jacobsen, Biology, is an international health epidemiologist."
George
Monsma, Economics and Business, has conducted several interim classes
to Kenya and is campus coordinator for the Daystar University, Kenya,
semester program.
Ev
Van Der Heide, Economics and Business, has studied economic development in Indonesia, focusing especially on labor and employment issues.
Uko
Zylstra , Biology, has taught many classes on the world hunger situation. |
