World Next Door

Barry is the founder and director of World Next Door. A storyteller, traveller and giant nerd, he lives to compel suburban Americans to get engaged with social justice and find their place in God’s kingdom revolution. His ultimate dream is to adopt a pet monkey named Kevin.

Countries Visited: Ecuador, France, Belgium, Holland, Guinea, Kenya, Canada, Mexico, India, Austria, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Haiti, Panama, Dominican Republic, Italy, Germany, Malaysia, Cambodia, Israel, West Bank, South Africa, Rwanda, South Sudan

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Brad Miller is a year-long fellow with WND. A student of Psychology, Biology, and Theatre, he’s worked as an actor, teacher, balloon artist and last-minute fill-in guy for any number of projects. He loves camping and tinkering with broken and discarded things. Brad’s passion in life is to unleash the potential in others.

Countries Visited: Canada, Mexico, Kenya, South Africa, India

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Jeff Hartman is a year-long fellow with WND. Jeff has degrees in physical therapy and public health and has worked in numerous countries around the world. Jeff has an eye for photography and is willing to do almost anything to get “the shot.”

Countries Visited: Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, England, Holland, Spain, Nepal, Thailand, Ecuador, Honduras, Italy, Sierra Leone, Belize, Barbados, Guatemala, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Rwanda

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Brooke Hartman is a year-long journalism fellow with World Next Door. In her other life, she was a clinical social worker, counselor, and disaster mental health graduate from Tulane University in New Orleans. Her favorites are: creative writing, travel, photography, weather patterns, and eating dessert. Any cupcake, any time.

Countries Visited: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Bahamas, France, Holland, Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium, Italy, Cuba, Rwanda

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Laura was a journalism fellow with World Next Door in 2011-2012. She graduated from the University of Arizona, Tucson with a degree in Animal Sciences and a minor in Spanish. She is constantly learning, making friends, dancing, and trying to understand her role in alleviating the suffering of others. Laura also attracts a lot of awkward situations.

Countries Visited: Mexico, Nicaragua, India, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Zambia, Kenya, Jordan, Senegal, Guatemala, South Africa

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Jen Gunnels was a 2012 summer intern. She graduated in 2005 from Indiana University, where she studied journalism, political science and IU basketball. She loves sports, country music and the state fair and after feeling a stirring in her heart to leave her cubicle and go write, she is doing just that!

Countries Visited: England, France, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Nicaragua, South Africa

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Tyler was a 2012 summer intern with World Next Door. He is currently studying Social Work at IUPUI. He has a hope to see social justice take place in this world through the transforming love of Christ. He loves working out, playing sports, and sometimes thinks he is still going to be a professional athlete. He also listens to Taylor Swift more than he cares to admit.

Countries Visited: Mexico, Costa Rica, South Africa

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Kelly Voight was World Next Door’s Communications Coordinator in 2012. Experienced in journalism and in love with travel, she desires to shed light on social injustices around the world. Kelly has never met a pizza she didn’t like, loves camping and has never told a short story in her life. She also plays a mean washboard.

Countries Visited: Canada, England, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Austria, France, Germany, Belgium, Dominican Republic, The Bahamas, Peru, India

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Stephen Crane was a journalism fellow with World Next Door in 2011. He has a bachelor’s degree in theology from Calvin College and a master’s degree in journalism from Indiana University. He has a passion for overlooked places and people and would snowboard at all times if it were possible!

Countries Visited: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Saipan, Korea, China, Japan, Vietnam, Kenya, India

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Jocelyn is a freelance photojournalist with World Next Door. She studied Creative Writing and Missions at Concordia University Irvine. She enjoys reading, writing and traveling. She also likes butterflies.

Countries Visited: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, India, Nepal, Singapore, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, England, The Bahamas, Mexico, Canada, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia

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Jessica Shewan is a journalist with World Next Door. She graduated in 2009 from The University of Evansville with a bachelor’s degree in History. She loves making new international friends and is passionate about seeing the global church pursue justice and peace.

Countries Visited: Mexico, Senegal, Mali, England, France, The Bahamas, Kenya, China

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Bridgette was a summer intern with World Next Door in 2011. She graduated from Indiana University in 2004 with degrees in Journalism and Italian. She loves live music, good books, daylight savings time, and eating local wherever she is.

Countries Visited: England, France, Italy, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Dominican Republic, Kenya

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Molly Meyer was a summer intern with World Next Door in 2011. She currently attends Indiana Wesleyan University where she’s studying Journalism and International Relations. She loves discovering how God can work his grace through every story, no matter the circumstances.

Countries Visited: England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Malta, Monaco, Mexico, Kenya

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Christopher N. Cambell was a summer intern with World Next Door in 2010. He is a graduate of the Moody Bible Institute and an avid reader. He has an endless appetite for stories both true and otherwise and loves using those to better know and understand people. Shoot him an email sometime, you won’t regret it.

Countries Visited: The Bahamas, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Italy, Germany

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Lauren Schneider was a summer intern with World Next Door in 2010. She is a Journalism/Mass Communications major at Samford University in Birmingham, AL. Lauren loves writing and photography and could eat Chick-fil-A every day for the rest of her life.

Countries Visited: Mexico, Ukraine, Italy, Germany

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Krystallin was a summer intern with World Next Door in 2010. She graduated from Moody Bible Institute with a major in Communication Studies. After graduation, she hopes to spend her life pursuing justice for the oppressed. She loves adventure and chases tornadoes on her time off.

Countries Visited: Mexico, Ukraine, Italy, Germany

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Maeven Mendoza is a freelance journalist with World Next Door. She graduated in 2009 from Indiana Wesleyan University with a bachelor’s degree in International and Community Development, and is now pursuing a master’s in Social Work from Indiana University

Countries Visited: Mexico, Costa Rica, Malawi, Zambia

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Calah Schlabach is a freelance journalist with World Next Door. She graduated from Calvin College in 2009 with a degree in English and a concentration in long-distance running, then spent a year volunteering in Hanoi, Vietnam. She doesn’t know what turn her life will take next, but is planning to make sure it includes sampling plenty of strange/delicious food!

Countries Visited: Haiti, Mexico, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Vietnam, Cambodia, India

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Curtis is a journalist and board member with World Next Door. He graduated in 2003 with a bachelors in religious studies from the University of Oklahoma. He has a strong desire to see the local church engage in issues of social justice.

Countries Visited: Mexico, Canada, Ireland, Haiti

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Scott Quigley was a summer intern with World Next Door in 2009. He is a Junior at American University majoring in Anthropology. Scott love studying international cultures and has a mortal fear of vending machines.

Countries Visited: Japan, England, Kenya, Turkey, Israel, Canada, Egypt

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Christine Ruby was a summer intern with World Next Door in 2009. She graduated in 2009 from Taylor University with a bachelor’s degree in Studio Arts. She loves finding beauty in the unseen and overlooked and is passionate about bringing stories of injustice to light.

Countries Visited: Mexico, Ireland, England, India, Italy, Austria, Kenya

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