Kira Espiritu

Kira Espiritu is the Dean of Academic & Strategic Initiatives at IAU Study Abroad. She has over 20 years’ experience in international education and has been a longtime NAFSA member. Kira oversees the development of all study abroad programs at the University of San Diego, develops campus-wide international affairs policies, serves as the primary on-call contact for all international health and safety issues and trains faculty and staff to set them up for success while abroad. In addition, Kira serves on a variety of campus committees and is an adjunct professor in the School of Business as well as the School of Leadership and Education Sciences where she teaches courses on Higher Education Policy and Higher Education Administration. Kira has a BA in Psychology from Creighton University, which is where her study abroad adventure began, an MA in Counseling with an emphasis in College Student Services and she has a PhD in Leadership Studies with an emphasis in Higher Education Administration from the University of San Diego.