Conference Committee

Shaik Ismail, Linfield College, Chair

Susan Brick, Whitman College

Robin Craggs, Seattle University

Christina Grasset, Spain Education Programs

Sue Jackson, Whitworth University

Kris Lou, Willamette University

Jannie Meisberger, University of Puget Sound

Natalie Mello, WPI

Larry Meyers, Lewis and Clark College

Vanessa Paulman

Heidi Piper, Griffith International

Paul Primak, Oregon State University

Neal Sobania, Pacific Lutheran University

 

2009 Conference

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Friday, February 20

7am - 3pm                  Registration & Information

8-9:45am                     Breakfast

                                      Forum Annual Business Meeting

                                      Featuring plenary speaker, Mike Reddin

                                     "Existential Reflections on Education Abroad:  Some Things      

                                        to Do Before You Get Fired,  Resign, Retire or Die"

10-10:45am              Coffee Break

9:45am - 12pm         Roundtable Sessions (Extended Sessions)

Intervening in Student Learning Abroad:  Three Concrete Examples 

Michael Vande Berg, Gabriele Bosley, Truett Cates, Meg Quinn

 

The Forum BEVI Project:  Implications of the Beliefs, Events and Values Inventory for International Teaching, Learning and Research 

Craig Shealy, Mell Bolen, Dawn Pysarchik, Brian Whalen

 

The Writer as Witness

Kim Stafford, Ben Moorad, Joanne Mulcahy, Karen Rodriquez, Michael Woolf

 

10:45am - 12pm        Roundtable Sessions

 

Being Proactive in and Economically Reactive Time

Stevan Trooboff, Adrian Beaulieu, Stephen  DePaul, Martha Johnson

Being There, Being Here:  How Do We Connect Them?"

Uliana F. Gabara, Mitch Leventhal, H. Stephen Straight

 

Voices from the Field:  Perspectives and Roles of European-Based Associations in Teaching and Learning Abroad

Monique Fecteau, Portia Prebys, Bill Sheasgreen

 

Many Expectations in Study Abroad:  The German Host University Perspective

Peter Kerrigan, Holger Impekoven, Wedigo de Vivanco    

 

Diversity and Underrepresentation in Education Abroad

Rosalind Latiner Raby, Cerise Roth Vinson, Gary Rhodes, Jennifer Strauss

 

Film Screening:  Haba na Step by Step, We Reach the Goal

Reynolds Whalen          

 

Visibility Matters II:  Expanding Collaboration on Your Campus

Heidi Soneson, Diane Elton, Jason Fenner, Mark Ferguson,

 

12 - 1:30pm                Lunch

                                      Undergraduate Research Award Presentations

                                     

1:45 - 3pm                  Roundtable Sessions

There's No Such Thing as Instant Karma:  Framing a Culture of Analytical Engagement in Education Abroad Programs

Andrew Law, Dennis Dutschke, Tina Roccio, Lorna Stern Laniak

Being Here, Being there: Assessment and Program Improvement at Home and On-Site

Jane Kucko, Judith Ortiz, Michelle Duran-Ruiz, Tracy Rundstom Williams, Rosemary Sands

 

Underrepresented Students Before, During and After Study Abroad

Leo VanCleve, Antonio Jiminez, My Yarabinec     

 

Institutionalizing Solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean

Edna Wilson, Dina Franceschi, Carlos Rezende, William Vasquez-Mazariegos, Brian Walker, Marcos A. Pedlowski      

 

Academics vs. Culture?  Effectively Integrating Excursions and Language into Short Programs Abroad

Megan Brenn-White, Erika Mueller-Blass, Yew-Thong Leong, Laura Montgomery

 

Professionalizing Our Field:  A Report on the Forum Data Committee's Pathways Project

 Sarah Spencer, Kim Kreutzer, David Shallenberger          

 

Student Centered Learning:  Engaging with Local Community

Sandy Soohoo-Refaei, Sandra Lee and students

 

Program Review and Critical Language in Study Abroad

Violeta Ramsay, Sharon Rhode, Christopher T. Keavney, Gudron Hommel-Ingram, Cheikh Thiam, Sonia Ticas

             

Meeting the Mental Health Needs for U.S. Students in Study Abroad Programs

John Kerrigan, Michael Brody, Patricia Maarhuis

 

The Space Between Us All:  The Nexus of International and Multicultural Learning

Jeremy Geller, Manisha Desai

Partnerships for Education Abroad:  Creating and Sustaining Capacity

Mary Anne Grant, Harlan Henson

 


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