International development expert and SIA alumna to speak
Date & Time: March 25, 2015 | 08:00 PM – 08:00 PM
Location: Lewis Katz Building 116
Rachel Sayre is Senior Advisor to the Administrator at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), where she manages the Agency's West Africa Ebola Response portfolio on behalf of the Administrator. A graduate of Penn State's graduate program in International Affairs, Sayre has taught sociology in Bhutan, cybersecurity in Kenya, and computer classes in the jungle of Ecuador. Sayre will present on international development as part of the Penn State School of International Affairs' spring colloquium (INTAF 590).
Retired U.S. Ambassador and SIA professor Dennis Jett organizes the semester-long event to bring thought leaders on topics from food security to terrorism. The program features 14 speakers and the topics vary depending on the current issues of the day. The lectures are open to the public and made available via webcast.
The course surveys some major transnational social problems confronting the world, such as: climate change; communicable diseases; conflict and arms proliferation; access to education; financial instability; governance and corruption; malnutrition and hunger; migration; sanitation and access to clean water; and subsidies and trade barriers.