Dear IRT Alumni,
On behalf of the Alumni Committee, we extend a warm welcome to our robust alumni network of over 3,000 educators, scholars, and professionals. We are thrilled to have you as part of our passionate community of change-makers!
As alumni, you have a wealth of knowledge, experience, and expertise that can be invaluable to our IRT Scholars. We invite you to get involved in the alumni network and share your insights and perspectives with the next generation of educators and thought-leaders.
One way to get involved is to join the Alumni Committee. The Alumni Committee is a group of dedicated volunteers who work to strengthen the connection between our alumni. Committee members help to plan and organize events, provide mentorship to students, and advocate for the interests of alumni.
We are also looking for suggestions for networking and in-person and virtual socializing opportunities. Your ideas and feedback are essential in helping us create a vibrant and engaged alumni community.
In addition to joining the Alumni Committee and offering suggestions for events, there are many other ways to get involved with the alumni network. You can:
- Mentor a student
- Host an internship or job shadowing opportunity
- Speak at a career panel or workshop
- Make a financial contribution to IRT
- Attend alumni events
- Volunteer your time
- Serve as a Statement of Purpose Advisor (paid positions)
- Serve as a Summer Faculty Member (paid positions)
We hope that you will take advantage of the many opportunities to get involved with IRT’s alumni network. Your participation is essential in helping us to build a strong and supportive community of scholars and professionals. If you would like to be involved, please reach out to Lissette (ldl54@cornell.edu) and Sumit (skk2178@tc.columbia.edu). We can’t wait to hear from you!
Sincerely,
Lissette Lorenz, IRT ‘ 16 & Sumit Karn, IRT ‘ 22
Co-Chairs, IRT Alumni Committee
Lissette Lorenz, IRT ’16
Lissette is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University. Based in participatory action research (PAR), they work in community to explore how the reunification of artistic and scientific praxis can serve as a tool for justice-oriented worlding for humans and their more-than-human kin beyond the Anthropocene. As Co-Chair of the IRT Alumni Committee, they hope to foster a caring and supportive community of active alumni dedicated to IRT’s mission of excellence through diversity in education and beyond.
Sumit Karn, IRT ’22
Sumit is a Ph.D. Student at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he studies educational inequities and public opinion’s impact on education-related policy-making in low- and middle-income countries, primarily in South Asia, discerning the sociopolitical, economic, and religious forces that shape these opinions and, in turn, influence the consequential decision-making processes. As Co-Chair of the IRT Alumni Committee, he intends to find strategic ways to engage and include our 3000+ alums.
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