Study Away Peer Leaders
Every semester, the Center for Study Away Peer Leaders offer their perspectives from their study away experience in order to support their peers, through leadership and facilitation of both study away returnee and study away pre-departure events. Learn more about this semester’s Study Away Peer Leaders below, feel free to reach out to them with questions about their experiences, and say hello to them around campus at various Study Away events.
2026-2027 Peer Leaders
Callum Dvorak
Study Away Program: CET Colombia (Cali, Colombia)
Major/Minor/Concentration: Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Ask me about these topics & study away: Cultural and language immersion, balancing major required courses, travel while abroad, queer identity, navigating health complications.
Reach me at:[email protected]
Sam Kennedy
Study Away Program: DIS Copenhagen (Denmark)
Major/Minor/Concentration: Media & Cultural Studies / Computer Science
Ask me about these topics & study away: credit transfers, humanities, multidisciplinary study, physical and mental health, living alone
Reach me at: [email protected]
Sofia Kainz
Study away program: IFSA Mérida Universities Program (México)
Majors/Minors/Concentrations: English Literature / Spanish / Latin American Studies / Art History
Ask me about these topics & study away: host families, language and cultural immersion, studying away as female identifying/presenting, last minute program changes, mental health
Reach me at: [email protected]
Brandon Souverain
Study away program: MSID International Development in in Thailand
Majors/Minors/Concentrations: International Studies, minor in Statistics
Ask me about these topics & study away: being a part of a cohort, language learning, internship experience, culture immersion
Reach me at: [email protected]
Charles Wriedt
Study away program: Direct Enroll: University of Otago Dunedin (New Zealand)
Majors/Minors/Concentrations: Mathematics, Computer Science, Geology
Ask me about these topics & study away: Direct Enroll, Large University, First time traveling internationally alone, Sports while abroad
Reach me at: [email protected]
Natalie Lund
Study away program: SIT Panama: Tropical Ecology, Marine Ecosystems, and Biodiversity Conservation
Majors/Minors/Concentrations: Biology
Ask me about these topics & study away: Host families, travel while abroad, learning at a local university, last minute changes to study abroad location
Reach me at: [email protected]
Erin Singdahlsen
Study away program: SFS Tanzania: Wildlife Management Studies
Majors/Minors/Concentrations: Biology, Environmental Studies
Ask me about these topics & study away: small group cohort, animal sciences, direct research, language barrier, first time traveling alone, played local sports
Reach me at: [email protected]