Interview with Judith Parke Schiffbauer, December 7, 2011
Project: Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Judith Parke Schiffbauer talks about her Peace Corps service in Afghanistan. Schiffbauer describes her site assignment, her work as an English teacher, and relationships with Afghans. Schiffbauer talks about her two subsequent returns to Afghanistan and the cultural and societal shifts she observed. Schiffbauer considers the impacts of her Peace Corps service and other work in Afghanistan on the country, Afghans, and on her own life over the years.Interview Accession
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Peace Corps (U.S.) Peace Corps (U.S.)--Afghanistan Afghanistan Careers Teaching Teachers Education Kabul (Afghanistan) Baghlān (Afghanistan) Interpersonal relations English teachers Language arts teachers Kandahār (Afghanistan) Families Career moves Careers & opportunities Women Afghans Muslims IslamInterview Rights
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Schiffbauer, Judith Parke Interview by Angene H. Wilson. 07 Dec. 2011. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Schiffbauer, J.P. (2011, December 07). Interview by A. H. Wilson. Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Schiffbauer, Judith Parke, interview by Angene H. Wilson. December 07, 2011, Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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