Rebecca Mueller

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Hi, I'm Rebecca Mueller, and I'm seeking a 2014 professional internship in global health programs and policy.

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Rebecca Mueller's Experience:

• Steering Committee Member at Many Faces of Human Trafficking Working Group

  January 2012 - Present | Bloomington, Indiana

  Our core committee members and myself are working to engage students and scholars at Indiana University and beyond in human trafficking-related research. Better research can lead to improved policy, programming, and prevention strategies around the world!

• Dual M.P.H./M.A. Graduate Student at Indiana University

  June 2011 - Present | Bloomington, Indiana

  I started out as an M.A. student in the Russian and East European Institute before adding a second or "dual" degree in Behavioral, Social and Community Health through the Indiana University School of Public Health. My coursework at Indiana is interdisciplinary by design, and geographically, my research has focused on Southeast Europe and Turkey. Much of my graduate-level research has focused on the challenges of economic transition and social inclusion in post-communist, post-conflict societies.

• Community Needs Assessment Specialist at Centerstone, the nation's largest not-for-profit provider of community-based behavioral healthcare

  October 2012 - May 2013 | Bloomington, Indiana

  I interned during the academic year as a specialist in qualitative, community-based research and evaluation. Most of my work supported the expansion of the Recovery Engagement Center service-delivery model in rural southern Indiana.

• Grant Writer at ADIRE, Alternative Development Initiative with Rural Engagement

  January 2011 - December 2012

  I assisted this Wisconsin- and Odisha, India- based sustainable development organization with grant-writing, program and website development, and thoroughly enjoyed my "glimpse" of what community empowerment looks like in rural India.

• Grant Writer at La Asociacion Nuestros Ahijados

  September 2010 - March 2011 | Antigua, Guatemala

  I headed the ANA grants office, working both with staff and partners on the ground in Guatemala and with our Bismarck, North Dakota-based 501c3 partner organization, The GOD'S CHILD Project. I supported reporting and re-application for a concurrent U.S. State Department G-TIP grant and wrote over twenty funding proposals for projects as varied as domestic violence victims' advocacy, a "pay-it-forward" solar lamp microloan program, and a local middle school for disadvantaged youth.

• Executive Director at Urban Anthropology, Inc.

  December 2009 - 2010

  I was hired as Executive Director of a neighborhood and cultural organization in Milwaukee at the age of 23. I directed multiple programs and headed a staff of two paid employees and a handful of volunteers. Our main services were funded as part of the Milwaukee Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative and focused on strengthening housing markets and supporting urban residents. This position was truly my "crash course" in non-profit management. I resigned after just six months, but I've been building on what I learned in Milwaukee ever since.

• Community Health Educator at Peace Corps

  September 2008 - November 2009 | Divjake, Albania

  I spent fifteen months concentrating on public health education with a special focus on HIV/AIDS prevention in a small seaside farming community and surrounding villages. My official community partners were nurse-midwives, though I also worked closely with local teachers. In addition to health-related work, I tutored advanced English students and served on the steering committee Outdoor Ambassadors, a country-wide environmental education initiative spearheaded by Peace Corps volunteers.

• Project Assistant and Tutor at Center for New Americans

  January 2007 - May 2008 | Northampton, Masschusetts

  As a college junior, I studied the Center for New Americans' impact on their immigrant clients as part of an anthropological methods course. I also became a volunteer tutor, meeting weekly with my student for English conversation and cross-cultural exchange. As a college senior, I continued my work as a tutor and was also invited to assist the Center with a qualitative needs assessment of immigrants' use and understandings of American healthcare services provision.

Rebecca Mueller's Education:

• Smith College

  2004 – 2008
  BA, magna cum laude
  Concentration: Cultural Anthropology

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