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Collegial Conversations
Collegial Conversations aim to present fresh perspectives from experts across the field. Read the conversations and take the opportunity to ask questions of the interviewees. You can even start your own discussion topic. The following are links to all the current and past Collegial Conversations.
Ron Roberson - July 2008 (IELD)
Ron Roberson has served as a professor of art, chair of the division of humanities, and, currently, vice president of academic affairs at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland.
A. Douglas Kincaid - June 2008 (IELD)
A. Douglas Kincaid is Vice Provost for International Studies and Associate Professor of Sociology at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, where he has worked since 1985.
Bill Barnhart - January 2008 (IELD)
Bill Barnhart is Director at the International Centerat the University of Utah. Bill has been engaged in international education for over 25 years.
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Yenbo Wu has been Associate Vice President for International Education at San Francisco State University (SF State) since January 2007.
Norm Peterson - December 2007 (SIO)
Norm Peterson is the Vice Provost for International Programs at Montana State University-Bozeman. In this capacity he is Montana State University’s chief international officer, and is responsible for all aspects of international programs.
Connie Perdreau - November 2007 (SIO)
Connie Perdreau recently joined the Center for International Programs Office at the State University of New York (SUNY) in New Paltz. Connie is coordinating special international projects at New Paltz, including risk management and study abroad policies.
Susan Buck Sutton - October 2007 (SIO)
Susan Buck Sutton is Associate Vice President for International Affairs for Indiana University (system-wide) and Associate Vice Chancellor for International Affairs for IU's Indianapolis campus (Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis).
Riall Nolan - September 2007 (SIO)
Riall Nolan is Associate Provost and Dean of International Programs at Purdue University. Nolan's research and writing interests include international development, cross-cultural learning and adaptation, and the application of social science to real-world problems.
John Greisberger - September 2007 (IELD)
John Greisberger has recently become director of the International Center (IC) at the University of Michigan. Prior to working at the University of Michigan, Greisberger served as director of the Office of International Education at Ohio State University for 21 years.
John Hayden - July 2007 (MR)
In 2000, John Hayden cofounded Versation under the name English, baby!, with an original mission of teaching ESL online to international students.
Collegial Conversation - Poster Session Proposals (CCP)
We have asked experienced NAFSAns to share their thoughts on the elements of a successful proposal. Poster Proposals are due by November 15.
Charles E. Rickard - June 2007 (MR)
Charles E. Rickard, Emeritus Associate Vice President of Kent State University (Ohio), lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and is an independent consultant in higher education..
Daniela Locreille - June 2007 (MR)
Daniela Locreille is the marketing manager for international and graduate markets for Hobsons, a provider of educational and recruitment information worldwide.
Jack & D'Ann Burke - May 2007 (CCP)
Jack and D’Ann have been exemplary role models; Jack as the former director of the Office of International Student & Scholar Services, and D’Ann as the volunteer director of the Host Family Program.
Joseph Brockington - May 2007 (IELD)
Joseph L. Brockington is Associate Provost for International Programs and Professor of German language and literature at Kalamazoo College and is former Chair of the Section on US Students Abroad (SECUSSA) of NAFSA. .
Markus Badde - May 2007 (MR)
Markus Badde is the director of ICEF GmbH based in Bonn, Germany. Since 1991, ICEF has organized student recruitment workshops, bringing together quality education providers with selected study abroad agents.
Peggy Printz - May 2007 (MR)
Peggy J. Printz is publisher of Study in the U.S.A. magazines and a Web site for students, their parents, and advisers seeking information about U.S. education. The magazine was the first of its kind when it debuted in 1978.
Viktar Khotsim - May 2007 (MR)
Khotsim is the senior adviser at the American Center for Education and Research, Inc. in Minsk, Belarus. One of his pet projects is the Virtual Consulting Office, a global, multi-lingual, online network of educationUSA advisers.
Ambassador Tibor Nagy, Jr. - April 2007 (SIO)
Nagy has been Vice Provost for International Affairs at Texas Tech University since 2003. Previously he was "Diplomat in Residence" at the University of Oklahoma, after postings as Ambassador to Ethiopia and Guinea. He also served as Deputy Ambassador in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Togo after assignments in Zambia, Seychelles, and Washington DC. Nagy arrived in the US as a political refugee from Hungary.
David Larsen, Ph.D. - March and April 2007 (IELD)
Dr. Larsen is a veteran international educator. A former faculty member (American literature), he served as executive director of the Fulbright Foundation in Greece in the 1970's. In the 1980's he directed an administrative division of IIE in New York, and was director of the Center for International Education at the University of Tennessee.
Joanne McCarthy - February 2007 (SIO)
JoAnn McCarthy was appointed Assistant Provost for International Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania in March of 2005. She is responsible for articulating and providing focus for the university's international agenda and leading the development and implementation of the university's global strategy.
Mary Dwyer - February 2007 (IELD)
Mary M. Dwyer, Ph.D., is president and CEO of IES, the Institute for the International Education of Students, one of the nation’s oldest, largest and most reputable not-for-profit organizations providing study abroad programs to U.S. college and university students. IES has educated more than 40,000 students since its founding in 1950.
Gary Althen - January 2007 (IELD)
Althen served for 30 years as a foreign student adviser at the University of Iowa, many of them as director of the Office of International Students and Scholars. He was NAFSA's president in its 50th-anniversary year, and has received its Marita Houlihan Award for his contributions to the field of international educational exchange.
William I. Brustein - January 2007 (SIO)
Dr. William I. Brustein is associate provost for international affairs and professor of sociology, political science, and history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before coming to Illinois, he was director of the University Center for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.
Current Collegial Conversations
Ron Roberson - July 2008 (IELD)Ron Roberson has served as a professor of art, chair of the division of humanities, and, currently, vice president of academic affairs at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland.
A. Douglas Kincaid - June 2008 (IELD) A. Douglas Kincaid is Vice Provost for International Studies and Associate Professor of Sociology at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, where he has worked since 1985.
Bill Barnhart - January 2008 (IELD) Bill Barnhart is Director at the International Centerat the University of Utah. Bill has been engaged in international education for over 25 years.
Read the Conversation
Past Collegial Conversations
Yenbo Wu - December 2007 (IELD)Yenbo Wu has been Associate Vice President for International Education at San Francisco State University (SF State) since January 2007.
Norm Peterson - December 2007 (SIO)
Norm Peterson is the Vice Provost for International Programs at Montana State University-Bozeman. In this capacity he is Montana State University’s chief international officer, and is responsible for all aspects of international programs.
Connie Perdreau - November 2007 (SIO)
Connie Perdreau recently joined the Center for International Programs Office at the State University of New York (SUNY) in New Paltz. Connie is coordinating special international projects at New Paltz, including risk management and study abroad policies.
Susan Buck Sutton - October 2007 (SIO)
Susan Buck Sutton is Associate Vice President for International Affairs for Indiana University (system-wide) and Associate Vice Chancellor for International Affairs for IU's Indianapolis campus (Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis).
Riall Nolan - September 2007 (SIO)
Riall Nolan is Associate Provost and Dean of International Programs at Purdue University. Nolan's research and writing interests include international development, cross-cultural learning and adaptation, and the application of social science to real-world problems.
John Greisberger - September 2007 (IELD)
John Greisberger has recently become director of the International Center (IC) at the University of Michigan. Prior to working at the University of Michigan, Greisberger served as director of the Office of International Education at Ohio State University for 21 years.
John Hayden - July 2007 (MR)
In 2000, John Hayden cofounded Versation under the name English, baby!, with an original mission of teaching ESL online to international students.
Collegial Conversation - Poster Session Proposals (CCP)
We have asked experienced NAFSAns to share their thoughts on the elements of a successful proposal. Poster Proposals are due by November 15.
Charles E. Rickard - June 2007 (MR)
Charles E. Rickard, Emeritus Associate Vice President of Kent State University (Ohio), lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and is an independent consultant in higher education..
Daniela Locreille - June 2007 (MR)
Daniela Locreille is the marketing manager for international and graduate markets for Hobsons, a provider of educational and recruitment information worldwide.
Jack & D'Ann Burke - May 2007 (CCP)
Jack and D’Ann have been exemplary role models; Jack as the former director of the Office of International Student & Scholar Services, and D’Ann as the volunteer director of the Host Family Program.
Joseph Brockington - May 2007 (IELD)
Joseph L. Brockington is Associate Provost for International Programs and Professor of German language and literature at Kalamazoo College and is former Chair of the Section on US Students Abroad (SECUSSA) of NAFSA. .
Markus Badde - May 2007 (MR)
Markus Badde is the director of ICEF GmbH based in Bonn, Germany. Since 1991, ICEF has organized student recruitment workshops, bringing together quality education providers with selected study abroad agents.
Peggy Printz - May 2007 (MR)
Peggy J. Printz is publisher of Study in the U.S.A. magazines and a Web site for students, their parents, and advisers seeking information about U.S. education. The magazine was the first of its kind when it debuted in 1978.
Viktar Khotsim - May 2007 (MR)
Khotsim is the senior adviser at the American Center for Education and Research, Inc. in Minsk, Belarus. One of his pet projects is the Virtual Consulting Office, a global, multi-lingual, online network of educationUSA advisers.
Ambassador Tibor Nagy, Jr. - April 2007 (SIO)
Nagy has been Vice Provost for International Affairs at Texas Tech University since 2003. Previously he was "Diplomat in Residence" at the University of Oklahoma, after postings as Ambassador to Ethiopia and Guinea. He also served as Deputy Ambassador in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Togo after assignments in Zambia, Seychelles, and Washington DC. Nagy arrived in the US as a political refugee from Hungary.
David Larsen, Ph.D. - March and April 2007 (IELD)
Dr. Larsen is a veteran international educator. A former faculty member (American literature), he served as executive director of the Fulbright Foundation in Greece in the 1970's. In the 1980's he directed an administrative division of IIE in New York, and was director of the Center for International Education at the University of Tennessee.
Joanne McCarthy - February 2007 (SIO)
JoAnn McCarthy was appointed Assistant Provost for International Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania in March of 2005. She is responsible for articulating and providing focus for the university's international agenda and leading the development and implementation of the university's global strategy.
Mary Dwyer - February 2007 (IELD)
Mary M. Dwyer, Ph.D., is president and CEO of IES, the Institute for the International Education of Students, one of the nation’s oldest, largest and most reputable not-for-profit organizations providing study abroad programs to U.S. college and university students. IES has educated more than 40,000 students since its founding in 1950.
Gary Althen - January 2007 (IELD)
Althen served for 30 years as a foreign student adviser at the University of Iowa, many of them as director of the Office of International Students and Scholars. He was NAFSA's president in its 50th-anniversary year, and has received its Marita Houlihan Award for his contributions to the field of international educational exchange.
William I. Brustein - January 2007 (SIO)
Dr. William I. Brustein is associate provost for international affairs and professor of sociology, political science, and history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before coming to Illinois, he was director of the University Center for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.
