Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship

TLS KC Award Selection Committee Member

Position: Member, Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community (TLS KC) Innovative Research and Scholarship Award Selection Committee Term Dates: February 2025 – March 2025 The TLS KC Innovative Research in International Education Award celebrates and recognizes new and innovative

Using Data for Diversity-Focused Change at Community Colleges

By Melissa Whatley NAFSA recently published a revision of its list of professional competencies for international educators— NAFSA International Education Professional Competencies 2.0 (IE Competencies 2.0)—that recognizes that professional proficiency requires individuals to be familiar with key

GSLR Editor

Position: Global Studies Literature Review (GSLR) Editor Term Dates: January 2024 – August 2026 The Global Studies Literature Review (GSLR) is a peer-reviewed publication of thought leadership. Each issue focuses on a timely topic of interest with feature essays and book reviews written by a wide

Recognizing Innovation in IE Research

Connecting research and practice in international education is vital. Each year, NAFSA's Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community (TLS KC) honors an individual's contributions to the knowledge and practice of the field through the Innovative Research in International Education Award

Pedagogy for Short-Term Programming

By Nadia Alvarez Mexia, PhD In recent decades, the design of international academic offerings such as student mobility programs has experienced an interesting transformation. This transformation has involved redesigning mobility programs such as short-term study abroad programs to highlight relevant

Sharing Results for Effective Advocacy

How do we communicate results from data collected through surveys and interviews to improve international education programs and services? How can we best share these results with either scholarly or practitioner/policy-oriented audiences to advocate for implementing necessary change to lead to

Global Studies Literature Review—No. 12, November 2022

November 22, 2022

On behalf of NAFSA’s Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community (TLS KC), we are very pleased to present the 12th issue of the Global Studies Literature Review (GSLR). The issue’s theme, “Moving Beyond the Status Quo: Advancing Inclusive Excellence in International Education,” which

Humanizing our Work with Globally Mobile Students

Download the November 2022 Issue By Christina W. Yao, PhD There is no question that global student exchange is mutually beneficial, with material benefits to the higher education enterprise and students benefiting by gaining increased intercultural learning and global-mindedness. Yet in recent years

Internationalization: Power, Policy, and Potential

Download the September 2022 Issue By Dale LaFleur, PhD Internationalization is a process that offers higher education institutions the ability to recognize and influence the connections between local experiences and global needs. The recent global health pandemic, global social justice movements

International Education Research: Innovation & Inclusion

The connection between research and practice in international education is vital. Each year, NAFSA's Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community (TLS KC) honors an individual's contributions to the knowledge and practice of the field through the Innovative Research in International