Registration Details
| Event Date | Event Time | Registration Deadline | Registration |
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| July 29, 2025 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Register Today |
Join this informative session to learn tips and best practices for submitting a strong proposal for the NAFSA 2026 Annual Conference. We'll cover key elements of the submission process, what reviewers look for, and how to align your proposal with conference goals. Whether you're a first-time or returning submitter, this session will help set you up for success.
Whitney Longnecker
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Posters Chair, 2026 Annual Conference Committee, eLearning Dean
Whitney Longnecker is the Director of Study Abroad at Texas Tech University (TTU) where she oversees all aspects of TTU study abroad programming, including traveler advising, training, and support, program development, emergency preparedness and response, and more. Her personal study abroad...
Anna Hayes
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Duke University
Content Chair, 2026 Annual Conference Committee/ Trainer Corps Development Team
As Director of Global Health and Safety at Duke University, Anna provides strategy and vision for risk assessment, mitigation, health and crisis preparedness, faculty leader training, and response plans for undergraduate programs and students undertaking Duke-sponsored travel domestically and abroad...
Jiangyuan (JY) Zhou, EdD
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James Madison University
Chair, 2026 Annual Conference Committee
Jiangyuan (JY) Zhou, EdD, is the executive director, Center for Global Engagement at James Madison University. Her work focuses on internationalization, faculty empowerment, global learning, and assessment. JY keeps an active research agenda on a new theoretical framework to define and assess...
Soledad Zapiola
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Universidad de San Andrés
2026 Annual Conference Committee Member, Global Perspectives
Soledad is currently Executive Director of International Programs Universidad de San Andrés in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She previously served as CIO at Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina and as President of the Argentinean Forum for International Education (FAEI). Her NAFSA Annual Conference...