David L. Boren Awards for International Study

The Institute of International Education has announced the winners of their first annual photo contest.  Donna Tonini, a 2008 Boren Fellow, received Honorable Mention.  While earning her Doctor of Education degree from Columbia University, Donna received a Boren Fellowship to study Swahili and conduct dissertation research.  Her research involved examining factors related to the decline in enrollment between primary and secondary school in Tanzania.   

According to Donna, "While scouting out various areas for possible research in Monduli, Tanzania, we were approached by a few Maasai lads who decided that we were more interesting than the animals they were grazing. They allowed us to take their photos, and in turn, I shared my photographs with them.  Seeing their self-images for perhaps the first time on camera, they were quite fascinated by both the pictures, and the camera that took them."

View the complete list of IIE Photo Contest winners.