Global Village: Living-Learning Center

Village Staff | Peer Instructors

Village Staff

Photo of Jeff Holdeman Jeff Holdeman – Faculty Director
Jeff, the Director of the Global Village, has also been the Slavic Language Coordinator and Slavic Department Undergraduate Advisor since coming to IU in 2002. He grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he went on to the University of Tennessee to receive B.A. degrees in Russian Language and Literature and Russian Area Studies, with a minor in French. He spent the next academic year studying in St. Petersburg, and then attended Ohio State, where he received his M.A. in Russian Language and Russian Literature and his Ph.D. in Slavic Linguistics. Jeff is a lover of languages (Lithuanian made number fourteen when he attended IU’s Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages in 2006) and a passionate advocate of study abroad. His sociolinguistic research on contemporary Russian Old Believer communities takes him to conduct fieldwork in areas in the eastern United States, Poland, Lithuania, and Russia. In his free time, he likes performing and adding to his repertoire of vocal and guitar music from Eastern Europe and beyond.

Phone: (812) 855-4251
Email: jeffhold@indiana.edu

Lauren Caldarera – Assistant Director
Lauren grew up in Houston, Texas and attended Trinity University in San Antonio, where she received a B.A. in Social & Cultural Anthropology. Her love for learning about cultures has carried her around the world. Lauren has studied abroad in Israel, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Honduras and has traveled extensively in East Africa and the Middle East. After college, Lauren taught first-grade in East New York, Brooklyn and then moved to Washington State where she served as an AmeriCorps VISTA designing community based programs for rural youth. Committed to engaging young people in social change, Lauren entered graduate school at the University of Oregon and received a Masters in Public Administration focused on service-learning and youth development. Lauren’s most recent adventure is mastering her first instrument, the fiddle.

Phone: (812) 855-4552
Email: lcaldare@indiana.edu

Photo of Shelli Heishman Shelli Heishman – Office Assistant
Shelli grew up in Bloomington, Indiana and received her B.S. from the Kelley School of Business here at IU. After graduation Shelli had the opportunity to apply her business degree working in private industry throughout the U.S. and overseas. Most notably, she has lived and worked in Florida, Hawaii and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. She considers herself fortunate to have experienced the Asian-Pacific cultures of Hawaii, but credits her time in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates for developing a greater understanding and appreciation of other world cultures.

Phone: (812) 855-4552
Email: slpearcy@indiana.edu

Photo of Carmen Cronin Carmen Cronin – Student Office Assistant
My name is Carmen Cronin. This year marks my senior year, as well as my third year in the GV. I've just finished up a year in Aix-en-Provence, France. I'm studying French and Spanish, as well as being a pre-med student. I participate in the IU Timmy Foundation, a non-profit group that goes on medical assistance trips to Central American and Caribbean countries. With the IU Timmy Foundation, I've been to Honduras and the Dominican Republic. I’d like to become a pediatrician and use both languages in some form of humanitarian aid whether it is at a local, national, or global level. Aside, from attempting saving the world, l love to travel, cook, go to markets, do crosswords, watch foreign films, have picnics and just chat.

Office: 012
Email: ccronin@indiana.edu

Photo of Scott Schaffer Scott Schaffer – Student Office Assistant
My name is Scott Schaffer and I’m a senior. I’m double majoring in Spanish and International Studies and getting a certificate in Journalism. After graduation I would like to work for the government doing foreign diplomacy. I studied abroad during Fall 2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I love to travel, explore, and experience different cultures. Over the summer I worked on an internship with a democrat running for congress. That was a great experience. I have lived in the GV for my entire time at IU, except for when I was abroad. I will be the GV Office Assistant this year so I’ll be around to help and answer any questions that you may have. I’m excited for a great year and to be back at IU in the GV!

Office: 012
Email: scschaff@indiana.edu

Peer Instructors

The peer instructors are veteran Villagers who serve as facilitators for Q199, the one-credit course required of all students new to the GV. Besides leading “Q”, they are a great source of information about the GV, campus, and Bloomington.

	Addy Bryan I am Addy Bryan and I will be a sophomore majoring in Anthropology and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. My family currently lives in Hartington, NE. Food, languages, traveling, and music are my passions. Coffee, if truly good, should be in its purest form and strong. My cash flow here at IU mainly goes to the ethnic food restaurants on 4th street. I studied Spanish and currently I am studying Arabic and Farsi. I have traveled to Egypt, Mexico, Italy, and Switzerland. I played viola for about 11 years, and I love a very wide range of musicians and styles of music. I hope to work in the Middle East either through the State Department, United Nations, or with an NGO. Email: adbryan@indiana.edu
	Caleb Kurowski My name is Caleb Kurowski and I'm from Munster, IN. I'm a sophomore majoring in Japanese and Linguistics with minors in German and Finnish. This is my second year living in the Global Village, and I am one of the Q Instructors for the 2009 year. Besides learning new languages and working as a custodian at home, I am also into politics and world culture, as well as just hanging out and listening to music. After college I want to somehow get involved in world politics, using my language skills along the way. Email: cjkurows@indiana.edu
	Owen Mason I’m Owen and this will be my second year in the Global village. I am a business and Chinese major and I’ll be one of the “Q class” facilitators for the first year “GVers”. My interests include keeping up with current world affairs, learning about anything Chinese, listening to any kind of music, and watching hockey! I decided to become a Q class facilitator because I had a very insightful and fun time in my class and I would like to try and give an even better experience to the students in my class. Although the class is only one credit, I believe the Q class is a very important to the students because it will challenge their views and assumptions about the world and even their community. Also, while in the Q class, I believe the students will be able to get to know their peers in a very unique way. Email: obmason@indiana.edu
	Leah Myhre My name is Leah and I am a junior majoring in Political Science and Spanish, with minors in English and West European Studies. I lived in the GV for the past two years and enjoyed it greatly, so I’m excited to return as a Peer Instructor this year. I love traveling and as a result of having lived in various locations across the nation and overseas throughout my life, I call many places my home. During the spring semester of this year I plan to keep the pattern going by studying abroad in Madrid, Spain. After college, I’m considering attending law school and then working closely with social justice issues, perhaps as a human rights lawyer. Apart from academics, I’m involved in a variety of on-campus organizations and my hobbies include anything involving art and playing soccer. Email: baimel@indiana.edu
	Adiranna Pappas Hey everyone! My name is Adrianna Pappas and I am from Zionsville, Indiana. I am a sophomore here at IU pursuing a degree in Non-Profit Management from SPEA. I have a passion for learning new languages so I am also studying Greek and Hindi. I love traveling around the world on humanitarian aid and mission trips. I have spent time in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Panama, Germany, and Uganda. Another one of my favorite things to do is to listen to music from around the world. Addy Bryan and I have a consistent stream of Hindi, Arabic, Greek, Persian, Spanish, and Turkish music coming from our room on a daily basis. Email: aepappas@indiana.edu
	Chris Purvis My name is Christopher and I am a junior majoring in Environmental Management and Spanish. I lived in the Global Village as a freshman and sophomore and will be living there again this year. I studied in Valencia, Spain with the IU Honors Program in 2006. I plan on spending spring semester of junior year in Ghana. I am also a founding member of the Books and Beyond Project as a documenter. I was able to go to Rwanda this past summer as an undergraduate intern. I also went to Boston to become a part of the Oxfam CHANGE Initiative. As for the future, I plan on joining the Peace Corps. I enjoy cycling, running, consuming foods packed with trans-saturated fats, photography, and walking my dogs. Email: chpurvis@indiana.edu
	Rachel Schend My name is Rachel Schend. I am from Clayton, Indiana and I will be a junior majoring in Arts Management through SPEA and minoring in Italian. I hope to someday work in a museum as a curator. I am working with the Books & Beyond project that is affiliated with Global Village and also volunteer at the art museum and will be training to become a tour guide of the museum. I like to read about history and art and am a huge fan of movies. I lived in the Global Village for two years and loved every minute of it and became a Q instructor to stay involved in the GV community. Email: rkschend@indiana.edu
	Chelsea Todd My name is Chelsea and I am a sophomore majoring in International Studies and minors in Spanish and Leadership, Ethics, and Social Action (LESA). I’m from Indiana and have lived all over the state and in Manaus, Brazil for two years as a missionary’s kid. I am fluent in Brazilian Portuguese and frequently return to Manaus to visit. Living abroad taught me to appreciate other languages and cultures and I hope to learn as much about other places in the world as I can. I speak Spanish, and will be learning Mandarin Chinese and Arabic. My junior year I hope to study abroad in Beijing. I work at Starbucks and I volunteer as a tutor for ESL (English as a Second Language) kids here in Bloomington during my free time. I love hanging out and having fun with friends and I can’t wait to get to know the newcomers to the GV! Email: cptodd@indiana.edu