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On January 3, the WH announced the President’s intent to nominate a former Deputy and Acting Director of the Peace Corps Josephine Olsen to be the next Peace Corps Director. The WH released the following brief bio:
Josephine Olsen of Maryland, to be Director of the Peace Corps. Ms. Olsen, Ph.D., is senior lecturer at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and has served for the past eight years as a visiting professor at the School of Social Work and Director, Center for Global Education Initiatives. She has taught on issues of international health and social services, and has authored numerous articles and spoken frequently at academic conferences on teaching and studying abroad. Before joining the faculty, Ms. Olsen was Deputy and Acting Director of the Peace Corps from 2001 – 2009. She was also a Peace Corps volunteer in Tunisia, a country director, a regional director, and agency chief of staff.
She received her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Utah and both her M.S.W. and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.
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Social Worker nominated to head #PeaceCorps; former Deputy Director Josephine Olsen is a visiting professor at @mdsocialwork https://t.co/pwkAbvCjV4 pic.twitter.com/PnDiBwL1BJ
— UB-Social Work (@UBSSW) January 4, 2018
From volunteer in Tunisia to director — Josephine Olsen makes a return to the @PeaceCorps https://t.co/EKGtNWBuH6
— Devex (@devex) January 4, 2018
Josephine Olsen, a visiting professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, will be nominated to lead the Peace Corps. https://t.co/Wgmve7nduf
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) January 3, 2018
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