People Development

Members of the Leadership Development Committee (LDC) participate in a committee that is responsible for encouraging volunteer leadership and supporting systems to cultivate, recruit, and orient volunteer leaders for the association.

The Member Engagement Committee represents NAFSA’s diverse membership and oversees the Awards Subcommittee per the Standing Rules. The subcommittee maintains an overview of the three national awards (Homer Higbee, Rising Star Young Leader, and Life Membership), reviews nominations, and proposes the

The Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community (TLS KC) focuses on curriculum internationalization, research that informs practice, and intercultural communication, and serves faculty, administrators, graduate students/post-docs, researchers, intercultural trainers, cross-cultural

The Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community (TLS KC) focuses on curriculum internationalization, research that informs practice, and intercultural communication and serves faculty, administrators, graduate students/post-docs, researchers, intercultural trainers, cross-cultural

The Education Abroad Knowledge Community (EAKC) supports the efforts of professionals in direct service, management, and strategy positions who create and support education abroad programs and develops resources, tools, and model practices, using the framework of the NAFSA International Education

The Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community (TLS KC) focuses on curriculum internationalization, research that informs practice, and intercultural communication and serves faculty, administrators, graduate students/post-docs, researchers, intercultural trainers, cross-cultural

The chair of the IEL KC works with NAFSA staff to define programming and opportunities to contribute to NAFSA for those who lead internationalization on their campuses.

The chair leads the Education Abroad Knowledge Community leadership committee (EAKC)

The chair of the TLS KC works to define programming and opportunities to equip international educators with the knowledge, research, and skills needed to support global knowledge.