Alaniz
First Name:
Ryan
Jacobson Scholar:
Not
Bio:
Ryan Alaniz, 31, Minneapolis, is pursuing a doctorate in sociology at the University of Minnesota. He has volunteered on community-based projects in Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua, co-directed a project for underprivileged children to visit their incarcerated fathers, and founded a non-profit organization (The Futbol Project) to obtain donations of sports equipment for orphanages in Central America and Africa. His dissertation research focuses on two communities devastated by a 1998 hurricane and the divergent outcomes of post-disaster resettlement initiatives.
School:
University of Minnesota
Year:
2009
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