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Dustyn Winder

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Global Politics and Economy student at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville, with experience in web design/management. Internationally minded with interest and international experience in NGO/aid management, peace building strategies and policy analysis.

Experience

Executive Director at CreatEd:Uganda, Gulu, Uganda — 2010-Present

CreatEd:Uganda is an initiative that sets out to promote cultural reinvigoration for northern Ugandan youth through the melding of Acholi artistic traditions with popular Western culture. CreatEd will run a 9-week pilot project in two Gulu District schools - Gulu High School and Koro Secondary School - as an intensive arts training during the second school term of 2010.

Research Assistant at Center for the Study of Youth & Political Violence, Knoxville, TN — Jan-May 2010

I assisted with evaluation and research of refugee resettlement in the United States: performed literature reviews, documented refugee assignment processes, transcribed and coded interview data.

Core Leader at Jazz for Justice Project, Knoxville, TN — 2008-Present

I organize events, manage te relationship between the organization and my organization -- CreatEd:Uganda, help to maintain a working relationship between Ugandan partners and JfJ, and manage the organization's website.

Volunteer Intern at Educate!, Boulder, CO/Kampala, Uganda — June-July 2009

I researched methods of determining disposable income for the sustainability of the organization's new program, "The Educate! Experience."

Intern at MUMYO, Naggalama, Uganda — Summer 2008 & Summer 2009

I performed intern duties for MUMYO (Mukono Multi-Purpose Youth Organization) -- a grassroots development NGO, based in Naggalama, Uganda -- including analyzing data from HIV/AIDS testing/awareness program, organizing events, clerical work, etc.

Contractor at Scripps Networks, Knoxville, TN — Sept-Dec 2008

I worked as a contractor to clean up the HGTV website for migration. Editing, Tagging, Database. 

Education

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN — Global Studies, Expected Graduation Date: May 2011

Languages

Expert: English

Basic: French, Spanish

Beginning: Luganda, Luo, Kiswahili

Skills

Grant writing, project and budget management, fundraising, qualitative research (Atlas.ti), critical thinking, NGO policy analysis and management, social media, web management, some HTML/CSS, Microsoft Office and Sharepoint, Apple iWork, Google Docs, Aperture 2, Final Cut Pro.

Referrals
Eric Glustrom (Founder/Director, Educate!)
Leslie Weighill (Founder/Director, The Real Uganda)
Clea McNeely, Dr.P.H. (UTK Dept. of Nutrition, Assist. Professor/Center for the Study of Youth and Political Violence)
Rosalind I. J. Hackett, Ph.D. (UTK Religious Studies Dept., Faculty Head/Jazz for Justice Project, Founder
Jon Shefner, Ph.D. (UTK Sociology Dept., Assoc. Professor/Global Studies Program, Director)
CONTACTS FOR AND/OR ADDITIONAL REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST