1976: Roy Cole served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali in Segou, Douentza beginning in 1976



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Roy Cole can be contacted at roycoleacomcastdnet

Country of Service: Mali

Cities you served in: Segou, Douentza

Arrival Year: 1976

Departure Year: 1979

Work Description:

Rural development

Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year, Work Description:

Senegal, 1975, 1976

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:

Graduate school at Michigan State University, Geography. Specializing in development and Africa. FLAS fellow. Conducted research in Sudan on drought recovery, 1987-1990. Doctoral research and dissertation was focused on villages in one of my Peace Corps areas in Mali. Professor of Geography and Planning at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, since 1992.

Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:

Best experience of my life.



Originally posted: 6/9/2010

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