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thunderbird class notes bo Behind the barbwire Adventures in Thai-Burma refugee camp inspire book BY T.F. RHODEN ’09 Iheard the good news only days before our class graduation: There was an opportunity for me to return to Southeast Asia and work with refugee populations along the Thai- Burma border. This was in spring 2009; when the financial recession was at its nastiest and consequently not the best time to be a newly minted MBA looking for work. I recall there being more than a few lackadaisical Thunderbirds at the graduation reception party that evening. That night I had felt myself lucky to have had found a gig that synced perfectly with my experiences before Thunderbird. Living in a remote refugee camp does not normally register on an MBA’s list of optimal places to work after graduation. If not for a slightly bizarre desire on my own part to keep chasing one adventure after the next, I too might have found myself filed away into a more traditional post-MBA existence. Surprisingly, I found our MBA tool chest of skills to be extremely useful when I arrived in the refugee camp. After learning about the sordid processes whereby people flee their homeland to subsist on the handouts of the international community in a barren, barbwire-enclosed refugee camp, I saw an opportunity to assist in a few areas. Many of the Burmese who have to escape their country apply for resettlement in the West. In order to avoid having to live off the dole indefinitely when they come to a country like the United States, I set up workshops to help them become more employable. This included everything from how to put together an American-style resume, to how to prepare for an interview, to how SUBMITTED PHOTO Rhoden works at a refugee camp near the Thai-Burma border. The Village Author: T.F. Rhoden ’09 Publisher: Digital Lycanthrope (Nov. 10, 2010) Description: Paperback, 324 pages ISBN: 978-0615415345 to shake hands. These courses proved popular in the main camp where I worked. Later I heard success stories of newly resettled refugees in the United States who had won interviews and employment after completing my classes. I felt this to be an awesomely rewarding experience. Drawing on these and other experiences of being a Peace Corps volunteer and a graduate of Webster University Thailand, I have been able to publish my first piece of literary fiction, “The Village.” This has fit nicely with my previous books on the Thai and Burmese languages. Most recently, I have accepted an offer to pursue a Ph.D. at Northern Illinois University starting in the fall. Working closely with their federally funded Center for Southeast Asian Studies, I plan to do research that utilizes my past work in this region. I am looking forward to seeing how my degree from Thunderbird will enrich my studies there as well! 70 spring 2011
okshelf class notes Books on the Web Thunderbird Bookshelf, a blog on the Thunderbird Knowledge Network, catalogues books by Thunderbird authors at knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/bookshelf. Here is a sampling of recent titles. If you know of other books from any year that we missed, please send a note to knowledgenetwork@thunderbird.edu. Amazing Arizona! Author: Boyé Layfayette De Mente ’53 Publisher: Phoenix Books (Jan. 2, 2010) Darkling Plain Author: Gary Tillery ’73 Publisher: iUniverse (Feb. 3, 2010) Forcing Amaryllis Author: Louise Ure ’76 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (May 1, 2006) International Business Co-author: Thunderbird Professor Michael Moffett, Ph.D. Publisher: Wiley; 8th edition (Aug. 23, 2010) The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget Author: Josh Dorfman ’00 Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang (April 1, 2009) Making Out in Burmese Author: T.F. Rhoden ’09 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing (March 10, 2011) Murder on Everest Co-author: Charles G. Irion ’75 Publisher: Irion Books LLC (2010) Murder on Mt. McKinley Co-author: Charles G. Irion ’75 Publisher: Irion Books LLC (Dec. 8, 2010) My Bad Tequila Author: Rico Austin ’98 Publisher: PowWow Publishing (Sept. 30, 2010) Resurrection Garden Author: Frank Scully ’77 Publisher: MuseItUp Publishing (Jan. 1, 2011) Somerset: A Novel Author: James P. Cunningham ’82 Publisher: CreateSpace (Dec. 8, 2010) Ten Ways to Your Cat’s Happiness Author: Stanley Ely ’57 Publisher: iUniverse.com (July 26, 2010) Book features Project Artemis graduate Anew book by foreign policy analyst Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells the story of 2005 Project Artemis graduate Kamela Sediqi, an Afghan businesswoman who struggled to support her six brothers and sisters during the rise of the Taliban. “The Dressmaker of Khair Khana” grew out of the author’s trip to Kabul in December 2005, shortly after Sediqi returned from Thunderbird’s inaugural two-week course for Afghan women entrepreneurs. The book describes Sediqi’s launch of a home-based dressmaking business that eventually offered work to about 100 neighborhood women. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana Author: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Publisher: Harper Collins, March 15, 2011 Description: Hardcover, 288 pages ISBN: 978-0061732370 thunderbird magazine 71
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