Education Abroad Leadership Award

Listed below are the past recipients of the Education Abroad Leadership Award with their professional affiliations at the time of the award presentation.

• 2023 Joanna Holvey Bowles, Colgate University
• 2022 Julie Leitman, Academic Programs International (API Abroad)
• 2021 Yana A. Cornish, EdD
• 2020 Susan Carty, Indiana University
• 2019 Mary Dando, University of Colorado Boulder
• 2018 Patricia C. Martin, Swarthmore College
• 2017 no award
• 2016 Wiliam Nolting, University of Michigan
• 2015 Christopher Bigsby, PhD, East Anglia University
• 2014 Kim Kreutzer, University of Colorado Boulder
• 2013 Margaret Riley, Duke University
• 2012 Michael Steinberg, IES Abroad
• 2011 Carol Fairweather, retired, formerly of the University of Denver
• 2010 Kathleen McDermott, Columbia University
• 2009 Janice M. Kieling, University of California-Berkeley
• 2008 Susan M. Thompson, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
• 2007 Al Balkcum, University of Minnesota
• 2006 Nancy K. Stubbs, University of Colorado-Boulder
• 2005 Bill Cressey, Council on International Educational Exchange
• 2004 Mickey Slind, Butler University
• 2003 David Larsen, Arcadia University
• 2002 Tom Roberts, Butler University
• 2001 Clay Hubbs, Transitions Abroad Magazine
• 2000 George Nolan Boyd, Trinity University
• 1999 Nigel Rogers, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
• 1999 Charles (Chuck) Gliozzo, Michigan State University

Award Recipient Benefits:

1. The recipient of this Award will be announced by the Education Abroad Knowledge Community leadership in conjunction with the NAFSA Annual Conference and Expo. 
2. Commemorative Plaque is given to award recipient
3. An opportunity to write a blog post for NAFSA
4. Invitation to review EA conference proposals for the following year’s Annual Conference

1. The nominee must be a current member of NAFSA.
2. The nominee must have a career in education abroad that exceeds 15 years.
3. The primary nominator must be a current NAFSA member.
4. The nominee must have an exemplary record of publication, teaching, advising, advocacy, leadership, new program development, or general service to the field.
5. The nominee has made and will continue to make a lasting contribution to education abroad.
6. The nomination should be supported by two additional letters of support, each from a NAFSA member, that highlight the nominee’s exemplary record and contributions to the field.  

Disclaimer: Nominees may not hold current elected positions on the Education Abroad Knowledge Community leadership team.
 

Nominations are reviewed by the Education Abroad Awards Task Force and its recommendation is sent to the chair of the Education Abroad Knowledge Community for approval.  

Please contact the EA team if you have any further questions.