My family and I are spending a second semester in Bangalore, India, one of my favorite places in the entire world. Robert and I are collaborating on our current research, which involves social media, sarees, community, and Indian identity, and we’re meeting and interviewing some absolutely fascinating people doing incredible work. It’ll be a book […]
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Stephen Huyler ’69
Stephen has co-curated an exhibition at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art entitled “Puja and Piety: Hindu, Buddhist and Jain Art from the Indian Subcontinent” that is open from April 17 to August 29, 2016. The 160 pieces of sacred art are drawn from museum and private collections and enhanced by Huyler’s photographs and videos. […]
Stephen Huyler ’69
Stephen Huyler is co-curating an exhibition on Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist Art entitled “Puja and Piety” at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art scheduled to open in late March, 2016. He has written a substantial portion of the catalog to be published by UC Press. Stephen continues to lead one tour of India each year […]
Steve Huyler ’69
Steve Huyler (CdeP 1969) has departed from his usual focus on the arts and cultures of India to curate an exhibition at Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park, San Diego, entitled: “A Golden Age of Marketing: Huyler’s Pure Delicious Chocolate, 1874-1925.” Huyler’s Candy, founded by Steve’s paternal great-grandfather in New York City, rose to be […]
Julia Romano ’00
Just returned from a second extended retreat in India where I completed my 500 hour training in yoga teaching. I’m a full time yoga and meditation teacher in Washington, DC. I lead retreats for mind/body and soul around the world and would love it if some Thacher folks joined me some time! (note, the attached […]
Peter Frykman ’01
I’m living full-time in Pune, India, leading Driptech, the social enterprise I started 5 years ago. We’ve had an impact on over 50,000 lives with affordable irrigation for small-plot farmers. Recently I celebrated the Ganesh festival and was covered by locals in colored powder. Check out my talk at INK conference in association with TED. […]
Clem Work ’61
Just retired after 23 years of professional journalism and 23 years of teaching journalism at University of Montana in Missoula. Now I’m taking a couple dozen undergrads and grad students on a three-week environmental reporting study trip to western and central India in January. Should be fun! Clem Work CdeP 1961
Alexandria Dotson ’07
Hi fellow Toads! I hope you are all doing well, especially CdeP 2007! I was so sad to miss our 5 year reunion, but I was out of the country on a year long Bristol Fellowship. I traveled to India, South Africa, Ghana, Brazil, and Dominican Republic researching the import and export of Indian hair […]
Jovi Young Geraci ’94
I finished my PhD in religious studies from UCSB a year ago. I continue to teach religious studies at Manhattan College, and homeschool my kids: Zion, 9 and Liel, 7. My husband, Robert, was the recipient of a Fulbright-Nehru senior researcher award last year and our family spent five months living in Bangalore, India. It […]
Cameron M. Boswell ’97
Along with fellow alumnus Robert Grether (CdeP 1999), I recently traveled through northern India and Nepal for 15 days. The international experience was part of the two-year long California Agricultural Leadership Program we started in the fall of 2011. After I graduate in June, I will be moving to Sydney, Australia, to work as Marketing […]