Dr. Nicole DeClouette

Dr. Nicole DeClouette (nicole.declouette@gcsu.edu) is a special education professor at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Georgia. She has worked in Tanzania for the last four years (since 2016) establishing partnerships with schools and community centers in Lushoto and Arusha to establish a Tanzania study abroad program for her university students. Dr. DeClouette works with Sebastian Kolowa University that is known for training special education teachers. In July, 2020 she will be taking a 4th group of students: 1) to study East African geography, culture and language (Swahili), 2) to observe and volunteer at local schools and community centers serving individuals with disabilities and 3) to explore Masai culture and their cultural understanding of disability translated into teaching practices and community inclusion/exclusion.