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2023 Virtual Global Learning Fellows

Sydney W. Craig Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Coordinator of Foundation Studies Program Herron School of Art + Design Sydney W. Craig is an educator and artist and considers her students as a medium she continually explores in her creative practice. As Coordinator of Foundation Studies at Herron School of Art + Design, Craig oversees the First-Year Experience programming and curriculum development, allowing her to share her passion for experimentation, playful discovery, and problem-solving. Through this Fellowship, Craig's virtual exchange will allow students to experience the value of connecting and learning alongside similarly aged students at universities in other countries. Herron Foundation students in the Studio Art and Technology course will explore connections through memory as they collaborate with students from the Technical University of Applied Sciences, Würzburg-Schweinfurt in Germany. Students will critically examine storytelling through a digital exchange of communication and information as they work together to fabricate memories, and the culmination of this exchange will be shared through a virtual exhibition of the artifacts. Craig holds a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. from Herron School of Art + Design in Printmaking and a B.A. in the History of Art from Indiana University.
Michin Hong Associate Professor School of Social Work Michin Hong is a social work researcher and educator with expertise in racial/ethnic health disparities. Her research is focused on examining modifiable factors affecting health and access to health care among ethnoracial minority groups. She has led/co-led multiple international research projects and is dedicated to promoting cultural humility and understanding among students. She co-developed and co-leads a study abroad course in South Korea. Her virtual global learning program with Ewha Womans University will precede the study abroad course in the summer of 2023. Students will collaborate on a cross-cultural project focusing on health/behavioral health. This program will offer a meaningful global learning experience, facilitate the sharing of perspectives related to the students' academic discipline, and enhance students' personal growth as they reflect on their values, thoughts, and appreciation of cultural diversity before traveling to South Korea. Hong received her doctorate in Social Work from University Maryland.
Douglas Jerolimov Instructional Consultant IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning Douglas Jerolimov is a historian of technology by training, but the topics he's explored have been about highly industrialized and technologized intercultural settings of travel and communication, so Jerolimov considers himself a cultural geographer. He focuses on learning environments and thinks about settings as elements of the learning process. He is planning to contribute to the development of resources or tools to improve the effectiveness of instructors who teach in virtual exchange settings. The resources might be used to scaffold the development of instructional materials for instructors to use, to assess the effectiveness of teaching and learning in virtual settings (for feedback), or to improve the virtual exchange settings themselves where cross-cultural and global learning happens. Jerolimov holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, an M.A. from California State University, Hayward, and a Ph.D. in the history of technology from the University of Delaware, and a Ph.D. in instructional design and technology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Kimmaree Murday Principal Digital Learning Consultant IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning Kimmaree Murday has studied the intersection of technology and learning since her days as an undergraduate student. She has worked on IU’s Keep Teaching website, a resource adapted by dozens of other institutions at the height of COVID-19, as well as university-wide training for major technology transitions, including Canvas and Zoom. With graduate degrees in Second Language Acquisition, Murday understands the power of cross-cultural connections. The opportunity to work with the Virtual Global Learning Fellows program is a chance to help create training and resources in a field that is particularly meaningful to her. Murday received her B.A. in Spanish and Mathematics from U.Va. and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University.

• 2022 Virtual Global Learning Fellows

  2022 Virtual Global Learning Fellows

  Amrita Datta Visiting Lecturer, Visual Communication Design Herron School of Art + Design Datta is interested in how diversity, equity, and inclusion impact design education in America. Her research examines strategies to help art and design faculty integrate the principles of DEI into their courses. All of this is done to increase classroom diversity through international learning for undergraduate students. As a Virtual Global Learning Fellow, she will be partnering with faculty from Yonsei University in Incheon, South Korea. Datta will be updating the sophomore-level Typography course to accommodate this collaboration. Datta earned a bachelor’s degree from Kent State University in Visual Communication Design and completed her master’s in Design from IUPUI. She is currently enrolled in the doctoral program at IUPUI in American Studies.
  Carmen Luca Sugawara Associate Professor School of Social Work Luca Sugawara is an international social work educator, researcher and advocate for global community-engagements. At IUSSW, she designed and teaches a graduate-level course in global community practice and a service-learning course that takes students to a post-conflict zone in Croatia. Most recently, she supported the development of a Master of Social Work program in a postwar region of Croatia. For her virtual exchange program, she will work with faculty and community practitioners from Osijek to increase transatlantic virtual global engagements between IU social work students and students from the University of Osijek. Luca Sugawara received her PhD from Catholic University of America in Washington DC.
  Meganne Masko Assistant Professor, Music and Arts Technology Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Masko is a board certified music therapist with clinical specialties in hospice, palliative care, and adult oncology. She is the Director of Music Therapy Programs and teaches courses in both the BS and MS in music therapy at IUPUI. Her teaching focuses on liberatory approaches to clinical practice with an emphasis on anti-carceral approaches to healthcare. She has a special interest in decolonizing STEAM education, interprofessional education, and applications of music technology in therapy. For her virtual exchange program, she will be working with colleagues from the United Kingdom to explore how the common histories of both countries impact the role of anti-Black racism in healthcare planning and delivery. Masko holds a doctorate in music from the University of Iowa.
  Nathan Rousseau Associate Professor of Sociology IUPUC Rousseau’s teaching, research and service focus on education and race and ethnic relations in historical and contemporary global perspective. He is particularly interested in explicating the connections between diversity and stratification to create more inclusive paths to equality of opportunity. For his virtual exchange program, he seeks to work with colleagues from the United Kingdom to promote a dialogue among students about the consequences of colonization and to teach students how to engage in interracial communication to increase an awareness of the value of diversity. Rousseau holds a doctorate in sociology from the University of Oregon.
  Chalmer E. Thompson Associate Professor, Counseling/Counselor Education School of Education As a scholar, Thompson merges tenets of liberation and peace psychologies with her own theoretical developments to determine how best to improve people’s well-being at micro- and macro-levels. She attunes to the change processes that occur as practitioners (and lay people) concretely disrupt the evolution of racism and other intersecting forces of oppression. Building on her 20-year research partnership with the psychology faculty at Kyambogo University in Kampala, Uganda, Thompson intends to offer an opportunity for students from both universities.
  Nucharin (Tanya) Supakul, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology Fellowship Director, Neuroradiology Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) Supakul has a strong interest in medical education. She has been a founder and director of Imaging Academic Outreach (iAOC) with the collaboration with Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Thailand since 2016 with the mission to establish the lifelong learning and affordable education center for radiologists, technologist and medical personal for Southeast Asian region. She is currently a Neuroradiology Fellowship Director for IUSM and has created an online platform for radiology education in response to Covid-19 pandemic not only for the trainees in the USA but also across the continents, broadcasting from the USA via Zoom, Facebook and YouTube live. This is a proof concept not only the virtual platform can supplement medical education during the pandemic, but also lifelong learning. This eliminates boundaries to share knowledge and connect with people during the pandemic and beyond.
  Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow Faculty Chair, Undergraduate Programs and Clinical Assistant Professor of Management and Business Law Kelley School of Business Westerhaus-Renfrow transforms academic, institutional, marketing, and recruitment objectives for the program into operational strategies for Kelley-IUPUI faculty, staff, undergraduate students, and other stakeholders. She teaches team dynamics, leadership, and negotiations courses. In 2019, she was selected as an Indiana University Bicentennial Professor; in 2021, she was a recipient of IU’s Bicentennial Medal; and she is a member of the Indiana University Alliance of Distinguished and Titled Professors. Westerhaus-Renfrow received her J.D. from the IU Maurer School of Law and a B.S. and M.Ed. from Ohio University.

• 2021 Virtual Exchange Fellows

  2021 Virtual Exchange Fellows

  Cynthia M. Adams Vice Dean and Clinical Professor of Law Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Adams directs international programs, leads faculty affairs, and manages curriculum and scheduling for the law school’s J.D., LL.M., M.J. and SJD academic programs. She teaches negotiations courses and has presented on negotiation skills-building at national and international conferences. During the 2021 fall semester, she will lead a virtual international negotiations course with the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University School of Law in Taiwan. This virtual exchange simulates the growing virtual nature of the negotiation process and exposes students to the complexity of negotiating between businesses across borders. Adams received her J.D. from the McKinney School of Law
  Laila Al Dehailan Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor IU School of Dentistry Al Dehailan leads faculty calibration in her discipline, departmentally and school wide. In 2019, she had the opportunity to develop a new partnership with King Khalid University (KKU), Saudi Arabia. This allowed her to host the largest and longest exchange program at IUSD which she is now expanding for this virtual exchange program, comparing and contrasting dental education in Saudi Arabia and the USA and helping students develop a global perspective and approach to dental education and clinical practice. Al Dehailan obtained her dental degree from King Saud University in Saudi Arabia and subsequently pursued a master’s degree, clinical residency, and a doctorate from Indiana University School of Dentistry (IUSD).
  Suzanne Babich Professor, Associate Dean of Global Health and Acting Chair IU School of Public Health Babich works across institutional contexts and international borders to advance teaching, research and service in global health. She has a special interest in international, interdisciplinary education, and applications of technology for innovative approaches to programming. For her virtual exchange program, she will be working with colleagues from Kenya and Norway on a doctoral course in Leadership in Global Health Systems for all three campuses. Babich holds a doctorate in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  Marian Gilhooly Lecturer, Science of Nursing Care IUPUI School of Nursing Gilhooly’s primary nursing experience has been in the medical-surgical and progressive care settings. She teaches in the bachelor’s and RN-to-BSN completion programs. Her virtual exchange program, offered to IUPUI students and Chulalongkorn University students already working as nurses, will offer a chance to share perspectives of nursing across continents. Gilhooly earned a bachelor’s in nursing from University of Virginia, completed a master’s in nursing education from Georgetown University.
  Amy Jackson Visiting Lecturer, Community & Health Systems IUPUI School of Nursing Jackson is in her second year as a Visiting Lecturer and first academic year as a Course Leader. For her virtual exchange program, during the fall 2021 semester, she will partner with Moi University in Kenya to discuss mental health topics related to our cultures and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mental health in our respective countries. ackson holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Indiana University-Kokomo and a Master of Science in Nursing Education from the University of Indianapolis.
  Rebecca Lash Assistant Professor, IU School of Nursing Fort Wayne Lash has worked in nursing professional development, education, and research promoting clinical inquiry and clinical excellence among nurses in both community hospital and academic medical center settings. Her research focuses on health services and particularly ED utilization among oncology patients. Her long-term goals are to foster a passion for global learning and to address the burden of oncologic emergencies nationally and internationally. For her virtual exchange program, nursing students will be able to analyze current trends in global health issues and compare different national health care delivery systems. Lash received her doctorate in nursing science and healthcare leadership from UC Davis.
  Audrey Ricke Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology IUPUI School of Liberal Arts Ricke specializes in ethnicity, race, class, nationalism, transnationalism, and tourism. She is collaborating with anthropology faculty at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom to design two virtual exchange programs. These virtual exchange programs will occur between U.S. undergraduate and graduate anthropology courses on ethnic identity and tourism and U.K. sociology/anthropology courses. Students will analyze identity negotiation in the U.K. and the U.S. and the social dimensions and impacts of tourism in Newcastle upon Tyne and Indianapolis. Ricke received her doctorate in anthropology from Indiana University and master’s in anthropology from Wichita State University
  Frank Wadsworth Professor of Marketing and International Studies; Division Head IUPUC School of Business Wadsworth leads study abroad trips to Hong Kong and has connected IUPUC students with students in Hong Kong and the Philippines using technology. He has taught at the Hanoi School of Business in Vietnam, De La Salle University in the Philippines, and at the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) in Bangkok, Thailand. For his virtual exchange program, he is teaching a course designed to help students gain an understanding of Hong Kong business and culture. Wadsworth earned his doctorate in business from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.