College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

• African and Middle Eastern Studies
  
  
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  Conversations in a food science laboratory made up Karin Brandt's mind. At the time Brandt was a nutritional science major and in between conducting experiments, her discussions with graduate students and post-docs from Ghana, China and India cemented her academic goals.
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  "I was working in the lab with all these test tubes and I realized through conversations with my co-workers that malnutrition could be better explained by political reasons than simply scientific issues," she said. "My passion lies more with the policies that are instituted for food distribution. I promptly switched majors."
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  Brandt switched to dual majors in political science and international studies. And for the past two years she has served as an undergraduate research assistant for the Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods, under the direction of Robert Mazur, associate professor of sociology.
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  In her role with that Center, Brandt has learned about partnerships with an NGO (non-governmental organization) which is assisting rural farmers in Uganda to improve agricultural livelihoods. She has also researched refugee and forced migration issues in northern Uganda and Burma.
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