Committee: Teaching, Learning and Scholarship Knowledge Community (TLS KC)
Position: Member, Research and Scholarship (RS) Subcommittee
Term Dates: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2027
The TLS Research and Scholarship (RS) Subcommittee is charged with creating and maintaining resources, facilitating discussions, and promoting the TLS KC in coordination with the TLS KC team under the leadership of the RS Subcommittee Chair. This work is on-going as the committee works to prepare and post new materials regularly while existing resources need to be kept up-to-date. The TLS KC is especially focused on facilitating communication between research and practice.
Last Updated: August 2025
NAFSA is not currently accepting applications for this position. Visit NAFSA Volunteer Leadership to learn about available opportunities.
Major Functions and Responsibilities
Within the framework of NAFSA’s Strategic Plan, the subcommittee will:
- Review existing and develop new resources to enhance the offerings of the TLS network.NAFSA community, including providing assistance in drafting text and descriptions of resources.
- Identify and post timely discussion topics on the TLS network forum (including announcements of new resources, documents, events, calls for proposals, etc.), reply to subscribers’ postings, and recruit members to participate in online discussions.
- Promote the TLS community at NAFSA events and other relevant professional meetings and encourage participation.
- Help identify critical trends and issues in current research on internationalization and key people who might serve in an advisory role to NAFSA with regard to research trend and gap analysis and possibly produce new research.
- Assist the RS Subcommittee Chair with assigned Poster Fair organization responsibilities for the NAFSA annual conference.
- Review TLS proposal submissions for the NAFSA Annual Conference & Expo.
- Provide an update for the TLS leadership team meetings regarding resources that need updating, creating, or retiring, as well as discussion topics, and other areas where the team could assist in promoting participation in the TLS community.
Sample Projects
In recent years, the subcommittee has contributed to projects and events such as:
- Virtual and in-person open meetings for graduate students and early career professionals and individuals interested in international education research.
- Interviews with expert scholars and distinguished professionals in the field of international education.
- Seeded discussions and provision of related resources on the TLS network.NAFSA community.
- Workshop and session proposals for the annual conference.
Commitment
- Confirm for a two-year term, renewable once upon agreement with the RS Subcommittee Chair, for a maximum term of four years.
- Dedicate 3-5 hours per month to ongoing e-mail correspondence, projects, subcommittee meetings, etc.
- Participate in RS Subcommittee calls (minimum 4 per year) and e-mail communications.
- Review TLS proposal submissions for the NAFSA Annual Conference & Expo.
- Assist with and/or lead assigned Poster Fair Organizer responsibilities for the NAFSA Annual Conference & Expo.
- Endeavor to attend TLS meetings, events, and activities at the NAFSA Annual Conference & Expo.
- Foster an inclusive environment in alignment with the NAFSA Diversity and Inclusion Statement.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience working with or researching resources in the field of international/global education.
- Demonstrated experience working with or researching emerging scholar-practitioner needs and their impact on the field of international education.
- Ability to work effectively with a team in an outcomes-based environment.
- Willingness to adopt organization-wide perspectives and strategic priorities.
- NAFSA membership through the term of service is appreciated.
Benefits and Appreciation
- Volunteers in this role are recognized in a letter from NAFSA’s CEO.
- Volunteers in this role receive a certificate of appreciation at the conclusion of their volunteer service.
- Volunteers in this role are named on any resources developed by this subcommittee.
