Associate Provost for International Affairs
Joel F. Harrington is associate provost for global strategy, a responsibility that includes: identifying institutional needs and opportunities in order to fulfill the university's internationalization goals; developing selective international partnerships at the university, school, and departmental level; coordinating international faculty and student exchanges; enhancing international dimensions of the undergraduate learning experience (both on-campus and abroad); and promoting Vanderbilt's academic reputation abroad. He has direct administrative oversight of the Vanderbilt International Office (VIO), the Office of Study Abroad, and the English Learning Center. He also chairs the Advisory Council on International Affairs, a board composed of representatives from Vanderbilt's ten schools, as well as from the Office of International Advancement, the Division of Public Affairs, the Office of Study Abroad, the English Language Center, International Student and Scholar Services, and the Office of International Services (HR).
Harrington is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame (B.A. English & History 1981) and the University of Michigan (M.A. History 1983; Ph.D. History 1989). He has taught at Vanderbilt since 1989 and is currently a professor of history and member of the Graduate Department of Religion. He teaches courses on the history of Christianity, the Renaissance and Reformation, religion and the occult in the early modern era (ca. 1500-1800), and other topics in European history. His research specialty is early modern Germany and he has published widely on various aspects of social history, particularly marriage, children and the family.
Additional Information:
Faculty Page
at the College of Arts & Science
Internationalization:
Vanderbilt International Office
English Language Center
International Student and Scholar Services
Office of International Advancement
Office of Study Abroad
Contact:
On research leave, 2009-2010
Joel Harrington
201
Alumni Hall
615.343.1765