Meet the FIE Staff.
Joan Gore
Senior Academic Development Director
Leadership
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Joining the U.S.-based FIE Development Team in mid-April, 2010, Dr. Gore is tasked with the creation and oversight of a new Academic Advisory Board. Working closely with the entire FIE team, she will also provide support to current FIE partners and assistance with the development and implementation of new academic initiatives and partnerships.
Under Joan’s guidance, the new Academic Advisory Board will further strengthen FIE’s commitment to progressive, innovative curriculum development. The board will be comprised of individuals from across the spectrum of FIE partners, as well as non-partner U.S. and British representatives who will make unique contributions to FIE programs.
Joan brings a wealth of experience and talent to her role with FIE, and we are pleased to count her as a colleague. Joan earned her Ph.D. in Communication, Culture and Policy from the Institute of Education, University of London, and holds both an M.A. in Modern European History and an M.A. in Rhetoric and Communications Studies from the University of Virginia, with a B.A. in History and Political Science earned at the University of Toledo. From 1987-2006 she worked with U.S., British, and European international education agencies on education abroad development.
Her research and publications in the field of international education include the books Dominant Beliefs and Alternative Voices: Discourse, Belief, and Gender in American Study Abroad and Cost-Effective Techniques for Internationalizing the Campus and Curriculum, with book chapters in international education publications including The Handbook of Practice and Research in Study Abroad: Higher Education and the Quest for Global Citizenship and NAFSA: Guide to Education Abroad. Her current projects include the development of a graduate course in International Education Policy and Practice for U.Va. and an online publication on Cost Effective Best Practices in International Education at AASCU institutions. She holds a faculty appointment at the University of Virginia as Director of Adult Education Travel Programs in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, has appointments to university-wide international education committees and projects and holds adjunct teaching appointments in the Curry School of Education.