Student

Lancel A. Joseph

Current: Hinman Box **** • Dartmouth College • Hanover, NH 03755 • 646-***-**** (cell)

Permanent: 2923 Sampson Avenue • Bronx, NY 10465

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EDUCATION

Dartmouth College, Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies & Spanish, expected June 2013 Hanover, NH

Cumulative G.PA.: 3.48/4.00

WORK EXPERIENCE

Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Intern & Canvasser White Plains, NY

• Visited neighborhoods throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to raise awareness and Summer 2010

advocate support for governmental bans on toxic waste dumping and other environmental hazards

within the Hudson River and Long Island Sound

Unite For Sight Global Impact Fellow, Kalinga Eye Hospital & Research Centre Dhenkanal, Orissa,

• Taught paramedics English, shadowed optometrists & ophthalmologists during surgeries India

• Conducted a research study & data analysis to determine the barriers that prevent parents from Winter 2012

allowing their children to receive pediatric eye care in the State of Orissa

VOLUNTEER WORK & EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITES

New Life Volunteering Society Hanover, NH

• Help develop strategies, formulate plans and make presentations to raise awareness about chronic Spring 2010-Present

illnesses to patients and residents of the Upper Valley, NH community

Generations Project Hanover, NH

•Visit seniors at Outreach House to build intergenerational friendships through board games, Winter 2011-Present

conversations and other entertaining activities

Standpoints Global Health Magazine, Writer Hanover, NH

• Write articles addressing current global health issues in an effort to raise awareness throughout Spring 2010-Present

the Dartmouth College campus and the community at large

Dartmouth Alliance for Colored Children Hanover, NH

• Play games and foster bonds with minority children living within the Upper Valley, NH Fall 2009-Present

community and Dartmouth College students of color

Dartmouth College OUTreach Peer Program, Mentor Hanover, NH

• Establish one-on-one peer mentoring and confidential support for questioning LGBT students Spring 2010-2011

• Provide a support network for students anywhere in the process of dealing with LGBT issues

Project Preservation Hanover, NH

• 10 week Seminar about the Holocaust & 1990s Kosovo conflict culminated with a trip to Oświęcim, Poland

Eastern Europe where the group visited Poland-based Nazi concentration camps Prishtina, Kosovo

• Traveled to Prishtina, Kosovo to repair a dilapidated Jewish cemetery and construct a peace Spring 2011

monument in commemoration of the Holocaust

Luchemos para Infancia Feliz y con Esperanza (L.I.F.E.) Buenos Aires,

• Develop, plan and coordinate activities for children with other volunteers in various communities, Argentina

soup kitchens and community centers of the Buenos Aires suburbs Spring 2012

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

E.E. Just Program Sophomore Science Scholar, Research Assistant in Neurobiology & Physiology Lebanon, NH

Department, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Spring-Fall 2011

• Increase the effectiveness of Bicuculline (sleep-apnea-reducing drug) by pre-injecting Bumetanide

into the brain stem of young rat pups to stimulate the GABA receptor via the production of more Chloride ions

Toxicology Department, Dartmouth Medical School, Research Assistant Hanover, NH

•Examined the effects of alpha-particle radiation, atomic radiation, and uranium mining on the body Winter-Spring 2011

• Presented research at Dartmouth College and at a Toxicology Institute in Thailand

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, fluent in Spanish

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