In memory of Scott Kloeck-Jenson, a Global Studies Scholar dedicated to global peace and justice, Global Studies awards two grants annually: the SKJ International Internship Fellowships to support graduate students interested in undertaking practitioner internships on social justice issues and the International Pre-Dissertation Travel Fellowships to support overseas travel to potential field research sites for doctoral students whose dissertations include social justice elements.

Give back to your community and support the SKJ Fellowships by joining friends
and colleagues around the world for the first ever SKJ Day of Service.

These fellowships are awarded in fond memory of Scott Kloeck-Jenson (1965-1999). Scott was born in Minnesota in 1965 and received his B.A. from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota in 1987. After two years with the Peace Corps in Lesotho where he met his wife Barbara, Scott began studying his Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He completed his M.A. in 1993 and then embarked on his doctoral research with the prestigious Fulbright and MacArthur Fellowships. Scott and his family traveled to Mozambique so that he could undertake fieldwork on rural poverty in Zambezia province for his dissertation. While conducting his dissertation research, Scott was appointed the Project Director in Mozambique for the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Land Tenure Center. He was due to return to the United States in January 2000 to complete his dissertation in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but on June 23, 1999, Scott, his wife Barbara and their two children Zoe and Noah were killed in a car accident in South Africa. These grants are named after Scott because of his firm commitment to international understanding and research that serves social justice concerns around the globe.

We have begun to map & put online the reflections, pictures, and other digital
materials brought back by SKJ Fellows in what we are calling, SKJ Stories.

Global Studies is honored to host In memoriam, the Kloeck-Jenson Family, a tribute maintained by the Land Tenure Center.

Further testament to Scott's work and impact can be found on the webpages of the Center for Experiential Learning at St Olaf College (Scott Kloeck-Jenson's alma mater), which has established the Kloeck-Jenson Scholarship for Peace and Justice Internshipsin his honor.

In 2008 he was also the posthumous recipient of the Wayzata High School Distinguished Alumni Award.

Contact Steve Smith, Associate Director, Global Studies, by email or at 608.262.0646.