SSU Global & International Education

Global Scholarship

Ron Bartholomew
January 2006
Travel to Vietnam
Junk in Halong Bay, Vietnam

The research and scholarship of Sonoma State University faculty literally spans the globe. One finds at SSU experts on regions of Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Latin and South America, and the Pacific Rim, not to mention the North American continent itself. This expertise translates directly into the students' classroom experience, enriching students' education with a global perspective born of close investigation into, observation of, and participation in cultures and physical spaces world-wide.

To discover the international expertise of SSU faculty, search for faculty names via the alphabet below:

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ABBOTT, JUDY (History)

Early Medieval, Anglo-Saxon, and Roman history. Archive research in British, French, Spanish, and Roman sites for papers and teaching

ADLER, LES (Hutchins School of Liberal Studies)

Has developed a model for short-term international study abroad programs for SSU faculty and students

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BABULA, WILLIAM (English)

Research on the Early Modern Period in England
Presented papers at International Conferences in Auckland, New Zealand and Waterloo, Canada and participated in the World Mystery Convention, London, England
Taught literature at the College of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas

BEARD, PHILIP (Modern Languages & Literatures)

Taught German language, culture and literature
Has worked extensively with the Centro des mujeres in Nicaragua, with Dorothy Granada
Has worked extensively in the international currency movement, a collaboration with scholars and activists from seven countries in an effort to develop local currency systems

BITTNER, STEPHEN (History)

Lived and researched for lengthy periods in Moscow, and published two books on Soviet history
Current book project takes him farther south—to Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova, where he'll be investigating the history of viticulture and winemaking along the Black Sea

BLACKSHIRE-BELAY, CAROL (Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Modern Languages & Literatures)

Spearheaded the Global & International Education Initiative at SSU
Has published extensively on German linguistics

D

DE MIGUEL MAGRO, TANIA (Modern Languages & Literatures)

Originally from Madrid, Spain
Teaches the Spanish language
Teaches Cultures of Spain, Peninsular Literature, and other Spain-related courses

DODGEN, RANDALL (History)

China Since 1600; Chinese Technology and Science; Pacific Rim Issues; Modern Japan Chinese Folk Religion. Has published extensively on the history of Asia and the Pacific Rim

DREISBACH, MELANIE (Education)

Has led the BCLAD Program in Mexico

E

ENSTAM, KAREN (Anthropology)

Conducts research on African primates

F

FREIDEL, DOROTHY (Geography & Global Studies)

Has conducted paleoenvironmental and geoarchaeological research in Guatemala and Ecuador
Has facilitated student research in Guatemala
Has led a two-week field experience course in physical and cultural geography in Ecuador for the past four years

G

GALLOWAY, STEPHEN (Art & Art History)

As Chair of the Art & Art History Department, is responsible for innovative study abroad programs for art students and should be contacted for information about scholarships to facilitate such study.

GIRLING, ROBERT (Business & Economics)

Previous professional experience includes consulting with the World Bank, USAID, the United Nations, and the International Center for Research on Women
Served as Director of Regional Development for the Government of Jamaica, president of the faculty union, as an elected representative to the California State University Senate, and on the boards of non-governmental organizations
Taught and consulted in 20 different countries and recently served as a consultant to the Caribbean Development Bank on development strategies for Dominica
International project director at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, and faculty member on the University at Sea
Author of Multinational Institutions and the Third World (1985); and co-author of Structures of Dependency (1973) Education; Management and Participation(1990); A Escola Participativa [in Portugueses] (1998) as well as over 50 articles and monographs. Currently writing a book Good Companies: Recipes for Rating and Making Virtuous Companies
Co-founded and organized the 2006, 2007, and 2008 Sustainable Enterprise Conferences on Tools for Sustainable Businesses and Communities
Received awards for his teaching and research and is currently a Fulbright Senior Scholar for the period 2005-2010
Ph.D. from Stanford University, MA from the University of Essex, and a BA from The University of California, Berkeley

GROBBEL, MICHAELA (Modern Languages & Literatures)

Originally from Germany
Teaches courses in German language, literature and culture
Administers the Goethe Institute's Zertifikats-Prüfung exam
Is advisor to the German Club and regular leader of the German Kaffeestunde
Has participated in an NEH seminar in Austria and other summer seminars in Germany and elsewhere
Is a scholar of modern German and comparative literature
Has taught the Global Freshman Interest Group (FIG)

GUYNN, WILLIAM (Art & Art History)

Established an exhange program for Art students in Provence, France
Regularly taught courses in international cinema

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HALAVAIS, MARY (History)

Studies Spain and colonial Spanish America and is particularly interested in how minorities are treated
Research has taken her to Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Tetuan, Fez, and Rabat-Salé
In the summer of 1973, she was at Oxford University’s Center for Jewish and Hebrew Studies, investigating Jewish-Christian interaction in medieval Europe.
During the summer of 2008, on another grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, she’ll be in Barcelona, part of a group studying the western Mediterranean.

HESS, MARIA (Psychology)

Advising and consulting with Tibetan nuns

HUTCHINS, MIRIAM

Has led a Fulbright study group of K-12 teachers to the Philippines. California International Studies Project, including world history in an international relations context, cultures, world religions & contemporary international problems with interdisciplinary emphasis. Professional development on Africa, India, Latin America, China, Central America and Philippines, the latter including teacher exchanges via Fulbright grants. California Foreign Language Project-Redwood area, including a 5-week summer program for Spanish teachers.

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JAMES, MATTHEW J.

Research on the marine invertebrate paleontology of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Has worked extensively in the Archives of the California Academy of Sciences for analysis of and writing about the Academy’s 1905-06 Galapagos Expedition
Conducted conservation research in the Galapagos Islands
Recognized by the Consul General of Ecuador in San Francisco for contributions to the Galapagos Islands
Teaches a field course on the paleontology of the Burgess Shale fossil deposits in British Columbia, Canada
Has conducted paleontology research in the Dominican Republic

K

KIRALY, MICHAEL (Library)

Serves as President of Zeta Tau Chapter of Phi Beta Delta at SSU, the Honor Society for International Scholars

KROLL, CATHERINE (English)

Scholarly expertise in modern Anglophone African literature

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LANEY, RHEYNA (Geography & Global Studies)

Is coordinator of the Global Studies Program
Has worked extensively in Madagascar

LEEDER, ELAINE (Sociology)

Written a book on The Family in Global Perspective: A Gendered Journey doing a cross cultural comparison of families in Africa, Asia, and Latin America using the U.S. as the comparison point
Have done comparisons of domestic violence intervention in the U.S., Brazil, Malaysia, and the Philippines
Traveled to 43 countries around the world
Lectured in the Philippines, India, South Africa, and Zimbabwe
Circumnavigated the globe twice on Semester at Sea having taught the Global Studies course to the shipboard community: two study tours to Vietnam and Cambodia; one study tour to the Dominican Republic

LESCH MCCAFRY, BARBARA (Hutchins School of Liberal Studies)

Has taught courses on the Middle East and Middle Eastern Literature, on third world writers, in the Holocaust Lecture Series: Perspectives on the Holocaust and Genocide, and in the Global Studies Program
Current scholarly work on the memoirs of children who were hidden in Europe and Eastern Europe during the Holocaust. Has also presented on issues related to Holocaust literature in the United States and Krakow, Poland
Scholarship on the work of Lebanese-American writer and visual artist, Etel Adnan
Is currently the President of the Alliance for the Study of the Holocaust
Was a member of the Centre D'Art Dramatique, a theatre company that performed in French in New York

M

MOULTON, SUSAN (Art & Art History)

Has led students to international conferences in Serbia, Bosnia, and Bulgaria
Spearheaded the effort to add an Asian strand to the Global Studies major.

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NOONAN, KATHLEEN (History)

Is a scholar of the history of the British Isles

NUNN, JANN (Art Studio)

Has exhibited her artwork in England, Ireland, Germany, South Korea, Australia, Cuba, Mexico, and Canada.
Has held residencies and is represented in collections in England and Germany.
Has lectured on her work in England, Wales, and South Korea.

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OWEN, BRUCE (Anthropology)

Has conducted research in Peru

P

POE, WILLIAM (History)

Mediterranean Studies specializing in the languages and archaeology of the East Mediterranean and Southwest Asia, particularly Classical Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, and hieroglyphic and hieratic Egyptian
Mesoamerican archaeology
Conducted archaeological research in Palestine, Jordan, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Peru, supervising graduate and undergraduate students and directing field schools in each of these locations except Mexico and Peru
Project mapping consultant and archaeologist, Archaeological Development Strategy Plan, Institute of Archaeology, Government of Belize

PORRAS, JORGE (Modern Languages & Literatures)

Spanish native speaker
Latin American Language issues and policies
Study abroad (The Hispanic World)
Writes poetry in Spanish

PURSER, MARGIE (Anthropology)

Has conducted research in Fiji.

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REEDER, JEFFREY (Modern Languages & Literatures)

Teaches the Spanish language
Specializes in linguistics and Spanish pedagogy
Currently a member of the CSU Foreign Language Council

RENAUDIN, CHRISTINE (Modern Languages & Literatures)

Born in the Vendée region of France
Teaches the French language, culture, and literature
Teaches courses on the modern French and francophone world, including Africa and the Caribbean
Facilitates student participation in the French government's assistantship program for American students who would like to teach English in France
Has done extensive research on topics such as the author Marguerite Duras and the poet Paul Verlaine
Has participated in international conferences, including Martinique, Tunisia, and Belgieum
Has served as ACIP SSU representative
Will serve as Resident Director Abroad in France, 2008-2009
Has participated in the Educational Mentoring Team for international students
Has been a member of the CSU Foreign Language Council

ROBERSON, JENNIFER (Art and Art History)

Teach courses on Islamic, Asian, and Ancient art
Research and publications on Islamic art and architecture primarily of the western Mediterranean (Spain and Morocco), but also have traveled in Turkey and Syria
Archaeological excavations in Greece, Spain, Wales, Belgium, and the USA
Participated in international conferences in Portugal and Canada

ROHWEDDER, ROCKY (Environmental Studies and Planning)

Professor, Semester at Sea, round the world voyage (Spring 2007)
Keynote speeches in Japan and Canada (2007)
Visiting Scholar, Lincoln University, New Zealand (Spring 2006)
Consultant, Association of Southeast Asian Nations and USAID (2005)
Editorial Board, International Journal of Applied Environmental Education and Communication (current)
International Commission, North American Association for Environmental Education (current)

Other experience includes:

Lead Consultant, Peace Corps. First volunteers to serve in former Soviet Union (Baltic nations)
Lead Consultant, Middle East Peace Process. Amman, Jordan
Consultant, China International Science Center
Solar Box Cookers in Tibetan Highlands (Solar Cooker Review, April 2001)
EcoCultural Tourism in Lombok, Indonesia (What Works: A Guide to Environmental Education and Communication Projects for Practitioners and Donors. Education for Sustainability Series, 1999)

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SAARNI, CAROLYN (Counseling)

Presentations on the development of emotional competence in children and youth in Japan, China, and Europe.
Forthcoming: invited speaker for Emotion Education conference for First Nation educators in British Columbia (Fall 2008) and Visiting Scholar (Spring 2009) at the Free University of Berlin in the Language of Emotion Research Group (http://www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/en/languagesofemotion/index.html)

SENGHAS, RICHARD (Anthropology)

Has conducted research in Sweden

STROBEL, LENY (American Multicultural Studies)

Has led a Fulbright study group of K-12 teachers to the Philippines

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TOCZYSKI, SUZANNE (Modern Languages & Literatures)

Teaches the French language
Teaches courses on the modern French and francophone world, including Africa and the Caribbean
Facilitates student participation in the French government's assistantship program for American students who would like to teach English in France.
Has published extensively on 17th- and 18th-century French literature as well as on the literature of the French Caribbean
Publishes French 17: An Annual Descriptive Bibliography of French 17th-Century Studies
Has participated in international conferences in France and Martinique
Is advisor to the French Club
Was an exchange student to Belgium (1982) and to France (1986)
Has taught the Global Freshman Interest Group (FIG)
Serves as Secretary-Treasurer to the CSU Foreign Language Council

TRAIN, ROBERT (Modern Languages & Literatures)

Teaches the Spanish language
Has published extensively on issues concerning ideologies of language in the United States; learning to be bilingual; and the "native standard language."
Currently serves as ACIP representative

TUNG, CHARLENE (Chair, Women's and Gender Studies)

Research and expertise on gender and globalization
Transnational feminism
Philippine-U.S. migration

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VOLLMER, GRETA (ENGLISH)

Specializing in linguistics, language acquisition, and second language learners
Lived and taught in France, Chile, China, and Turkey
Fulbright Junior Scholar in Italy (1983-84)
Fulbright Senior Specialist in Buenos Aires, Argentina (February 2008); currently on Senior Specialist roster
National Writing Project Institute Director, Hong Kong (2006)
Presented at international conferences in Greece, Switzerland, and Australia
Researched language pedagogy in Australia
Submissions Director for international journal in Teaching English as Second Language

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WILSON, BRIAN (Music)

Established a program of Classic Theatre in Greece, which includes a month-long project involving study, travel and performance.

WINGARD, JOHN (Anthropology)

Ethnographic fieldwork in Belize and Oceania
Archaeological fieldwork in Central America and Oceania