Patricia C. Martin

Patricia C. Martin retired in 2023 as the director of off-campus study at Swarthmore College where she also developed and coordinated international travel risk management for all college international student programs. Prior to that she worked in international education for twenty-two years at the University of Pennsylvania. Over the years she served as dean, chair, and presenter of NAFSA's workshop on health, safety, and security in education abroad, was a national education abroad chair (SECUSSA), received the Education Abroad Leadership Award, and for many years served as chair of the Inter-associational Advisory Committee on Health and Safety. Pat was twice elected to the Forum on Education Abroad's Advisory Council. She presented frequently on education abroad issues at regional and national conferences, and contributed to publications for NAFSA, Forum, and the Academy for Educational Development. She edited NAFSA’s Crisis Management for Education Abroad, and co-edited NAFSA’s Guide to Education Abroad for Advisers and Administrators, 3rd Edition. Pat and her husband live in Downingtown, PA with a second home in northern Vermont. They have three children and a one-year-old grandchild, Zelda. In retirement Pat enjoys spending time with family and friends, helping her daughter with Zelda, gardening, crafts, hiking, travel, and volunteering.

Education Abroad Leadership Awardee 
Patricia Martin received the 2018 Education Abroad Leadership Award.