Eboni Goar graduated with an M.S. in Global Media and Cultures in 2022. Her final project was titled Heroes and Villians in Japanese Manga: A Dissection of Role Language and her advisors were Kyoko Masuda and Ida Yoshinaga. Now, Goar lives in Tokyo, where she helps Japanese students study abroad.

Meg Carver graduated with an M.S. in Global Media and Cultures in 2022. Her final project was titled A Multidimensional Expansion of Intercultural and Creative Competencies. 

"It consisted of a bilingual, visually robust blog and a three-month internship at the Consulate General of Belgium in Atlanta," Carver said. "Its purpose was to prepare me for a career in cultural media and design by the end of the summer."

1. What does a typical day at your job look like?

I am on a small team focused on the prevention of identity-based mass violence, so I am usually working on various projects at once.

Some days, I coordinate with partner organizations to plan events or edit commissioned papers. Other days are filled with convening virtual or in-person discussions with civil society leaders, academics, and policymakers from around the world.

Daniela Galvez Sghiatti is the 2023 School of Modern Languages Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Learn more about the annual Ivan Allen College award ceremony.