Gervase Staff: Gervase Programs: Learning to Lead

John Glavin, Professor of English and Director of the Gervase Programs, has been a member of the Georgetown faculty since 1967.  A Victorianist and a playwright, he focuses on issues of adaptation, particularly of earlier work in the nineteenth century and of nineteenth-century texts to the contemporary stage and screen. He teaches courses in writing for the stage and screen.  Within the Gervase Programs he directly oversees the Carroll Fellows Initiative, Georgetown's flagship program for its most academically talented and ambitious undergraduates, and also serves as the University's Fellowhip Secretary.  He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. from Bryn Mawr College, and B.A. from Georgetown University.

Gervase Office Hours (make appointments through Megan Beck):  Monday-Thursday 12:00-1:00pm

Sonia Jacobson has worked on academic matters in the Provost's Office at Georgetown for more than ten years, and she likes to think she has been a positive force in enhancing the intellectual life of Georgetown undergraduates.  Her participation was key to the development and acceptance of the current Undergraduate Honor System in 1996, and has served as its director ever since.  With William Cooper, executive vice president (1996-1998), Sonia helped "invent" the Georgetown Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (GUROP) which matches Georgetown's very intelligent and enterprising undergraduates with its equally talented and expert faculty to pursue original research in the creation of knowledge.  An ardent Midwesterner (raised on a farm in eastern South Dakota and in the Chicago area), Sonia holds degrees in classical languages from Carleton College (A.B. 1975) and the University of Chicago (A.M. 1988) where she also worked for ten years prior to moving to Washington DC.  Her husband Bob is a physician, and they have two teenage children.  Sonia's hobbies include running, needlepoint, baking, photography, reading mystery novels, and learning to sing alto.

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Maryam Mohamed joined the Gervase Programs in July 2006. She is in office from 8am-4.30pm Monday-Friday and should be emailed directly regarding appointments. As the Associate Director of Fellowships, Ms. Mohamed identifies, recruits and mentors highly motivated and accomplished students who are interested in applying to the most competitive national and international fellowships and scholarships, such as the Fulbright, the Marshall, the Rhodes, the Mitchell, the Truman, the Churchill and the Gates. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown, during which time she studied abroad in Turkey , and served as a Resident Assistant for two years. Currently, she is pursuing her J.D. at the Georgetown Law Center . Ms. Mohamed is the reigning National Association of Fellowships Advisers Jeopardy champion. She enjoys receiving post cards from her students studying abroad (hint).

 

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Iliana Estévez joined the Gervase Programs in July 2008. She advises students in the Carroll Fellows Initiative and assists with Fellowships. Iliana holds a dual Bachelors of Arts degree in English Literature and Hispanic Studies from Boston College. She was a Public Policy Fellow with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, and a Ralph J. Bunche Fellow with Amnesty International.

Office Hours (Email for appointment): Monday 10:30-11:30, Wednesday 1:30-2:30, Thursday 3:30-4:30

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Megan Beck joined the Gervase Programs in August 2007.  As Program Administrator, she assists each of the four Gervase Programs with daily operations.  She also coordinates and runs the Preparing to Excel pre-orientation program.  Megan holds a BA in French from The Ohio State University.  During her time at OSU she studied French language and culture at L'Institute Catholique de Paris. 

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Liz Thackeray joined Gervase Programs in August 2009. As the Graduate Student Assistant for the Honor Council she works with Sonia Jacobsen, deans and faculty from each undergraduate school on campus, and student Honor Council members to coordinate Honor Council business and proceedings. Liz holds a BA in English Teaching from Brigham Young University, Utah. During her time at BYU she had the opportunity to live in Thailand for 18 months doing humanitarian service, teaching English, and becoming fluent in Thai. The past year she has taught high school English, but is ready to be back in school herself starting the Master of Arts in English program this fall with hopes of focusing on her love of grammar, rhetoric, and composition.

Office Hours (Email for appointment): Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-2:00 or by appointment

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