Meet the researcher (student)!

   Hello everyone! My name is Michelle Gillenwaters and I am a third year International Relations and Global Studies and Japanese major. With my IRG degree, I am concentrating on the science, technology, and environment track of the major. After graduating UT, my immediate goal is to participate in the organization of the 2020 summer Olympics in Tokyo as a volunteer. Eventually, I am currently hoping to work with the International Olympic Committee to sponsor more sustainable methods of hosting the Games. During my study abroad experience in Botswana, I hope to gain a richer insight on enviro-cultural dynamics and the effects of sustainability practices on indigenous peoples. I have been privileged enough to take part of this study abroad experience because of the Rapoport Foundations scholarship and my parents, both of which I owe this very self fulfilling opportunity to.

Michelle in front of a baobab (Adansonia digitata) tree.