Knowledge Communities
Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community
The Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship knowledge community (TLS) fosters connections among scholarship, policy, and practice in international education.
View the TLS vision and mission as well as a list of NAFSA members leading this community.
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Three networks support TLS activities:
View the TLS vision and mission as well as a list of NAFSA members leading this community.
Learn more about Professional Networks and the benefits of subscribing.
Three networks support TLS activities:
Research/Scholarship Network
This network serves those interested in current research in international education, emerging research trends, graduate-level research opportunities, and applying research as an international education professional.
Intercultural Communication & Training Network
This network serves those interested in intercultural learning theory, cross-cultural counseling/advising theory, and intercultural training techniques.
Internationalizing the Curriculum & Campus Network
This network serves professionals interested in best practices for implementing internationalization initiatives across the campus and curriculum, internationalizing faculty development, and translating related research into practice.
Teaching, Learning and Scholarship Knowledge Community (TLS-KC) Vision
The TLS-KC is a cross-cutting knowledge community in NAFSA and serves the entire spectrum of international educators and their institutions and organizations around the globe by providing information about, access to, and frameworks for linking relevant theory and research to their various practice areas.TLS Mission Statement
The TLS-KC is a group of NAFSA members working globally to connect international educators with resources that will broaden and deepen their knowledge base and assist them in their daily work. The TLS-KC serves international educators by:- Promoting theory-to-practice by identifying and making accessible in a user-friendly manner new and existing theoretical and empirical knowledge that constructively impacts practice
- Identifying and promoting cutting-edge theory and research in conference sessions, workshops and on the Web
- Providing leadership for promoting the development of knowledge needed by international education leaders
- Facilitating active dialogue between scholars and administrators by engaging NAFSA members in the cross-fertilization between theory, research, and practice
- Understanding member needs related to TLS
- Promoting internationalization and intercultural learning as an essential component of higher education
TLS Leadership Team
NAFSA members may contact leaders through the online membership directory.
Nonmembers can contact leaders by submitting a request form to one of the network leaders listed below.
- Inge E. Steglitz, Chair
Michigan State University Office of Study Abroad - Martha A. Denney, Chair-elect
Colorado State University Office of International Programs - Linda Drake-Gobbo, Past-chair
School for International Training/World Learning - David Comp, Network Leader and Member of Subcommittee on Information Management
University of Chicago - Joann Halpern, Conference Coordinator
Long Island University - Joseph G. Hoff, Network Leader
Oregon State University International Degree and Education Abroad - Barbara Kappler, Member of Subcommittee on Training Coordination
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities - Bruce LaBrack, Member
University of the Pacific School of International Studies - Gayle Woodruff, Network Leader
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
