Advising
GEO advisors are offering virtual office hours via Zoom through Spring & Summer 2020. See each advisor's office hours details below.
GEO Staff Advisors
GEO staff advisors provide support and guidance to students on all aspects of the study abroad experience. They advise students on topics including: program selection and application, coursework abroad, identity and travel, study-abroad-based Immersion Vanderbilt opportunities, intercultural development, pre-departure preparation, re-entry, and more.
GEO staff advisors maintain weekly open office hours during the academic year, and virtually through the summer of 2020. They are also available for advising by appointment throughout the year. Summer advising sessions may be done via Zoom or via phone.
GEO also offers multiple events throughout each semester for students to learn more about study abroad, including our Study Abroad 101 introductory sessions. Check out upcoming events here!
Office Hours | Student Life Center
103 Student Life Center, Monday through Friday, 1–4 pm
Meet with GEO advisors in our offices in the Student Life Center.
Summer Virtual Office Hours | Zoom
Monday through Friday, 1–3 pm
Meet with GEO advisors virtually via Zoom.
Yuanqi (Suzy) Wang
Senior Study Abroad Advisor, Maymester and Incoming Exchange Coordinator
Advising:
China (Including Hong Kong), Denmark, Egypt, Japan, Kenya, Morocco, Senegal, Sweden, Uganda, and Vietnam
Office Hours (drop in for Suzy's virtual office hours via Zoom here)
Monday 1-3pm
Gabriela Luis
Senior Study Abroad Advisor and Scholarship Coordinator
Advising:
Argentina, Brazil, France, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Russia, Singapore
Office Hours (drop in for Gabriela's virtual office hours via Zoom here)
Tuesday 1-3pm
Dave Brown
Study Abroad Advisor and Assessment/Agreements Coordinator
Advising:
Canada, Ireland, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Serbia, Scotland, and Spain (except for Madrid)
Office Hours (drop in for Dave's virtual office hours via Zoom here)
Friday 1-3pm
Katelyn Slotnick
Study Abroad Advisor and Outreach Coordinator
Advising:
Australia, Austria, Germany, New Zealand, and Samoa
Office Hours (drop in for Katelyn's virtual office hours via Zoom here)
Thursday 1-3pm
Tyler Walker
Study Abroad Advisor
Advising:
Chile, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, England, South Africa, Spain (Madrid only) and Switzerland
Office Hours (drop in for Tyler's virtual office hours via Zoom here)
Wednesday 1-3pm
Isabelle S. Crist
Assistant Director
Advising:
Costa Rica, Israel, Mexico
Point person for engineering students
Advising by appointment only
Health and Safety Guidance
Vanderbilt’s Global Safety and Security Team provides health and safety guidance to all VU travelers, including GEO study abroad students. They provide individualized health and safety advice to study abroad students, such as traveling with medication, setting up continued care, utilizing Vanderbilt-issued international insurance, addressing identity-based safety and health concerns, and more.
Andrea Bordeau
Global Safety and Security Manager
Advising:
All VU faculty, staff and student travelers, including GEO study abroad students
Tandra Martin
Global Safety and Security Coordinator
Advising:
All VU faculty, staff and student travelers, including GEO study abroad students.
Peer Advisors
Peer advisors are Vanderbilt students who have studied abroad and hold office hours at GEO. Stop by GEO to ask these fellow students your questions about going abroad. Current peer advisors are:
Alejandro Monzon
SIT Serbia, Bosnia & Kosovo
Public Policy Studies, Political Science
Contact Alejandro
Brooks Davis
IFSA University of Canterbury
Civil Engineering
Contact Brooks
Journey White
IES Madrid
Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Management Minor
Contact Journey
Julia Winschel
IFSA University of New South Wales
Medicine, Health, and Society, Studio Art, Pre-Med
Contact Julia
Maverick Bennett
DIS Copenhagen, Peru Maymester
Economics, Spanish
Contact Maverick
Miranda Cross
IFSA University of Edinburgh Parliamentary Internship
Public Policy Studies
Contact Miranda
Sophia Chirayil
SIT Morocco
Cognitive Studies, Political Science and Women’s & Gender Studies Minors
Contact Sophia
Sydney Ross
CET Siena
Secondary Education, Mathematics, Italian
Contact Sydney
Yuqi Bian
DIS Copenhagen
Neuroscience, Philosophy, Pre-Med
Contact Yuqi
Study Abroad Alumni
Talking to peers who have studied abroad, particularly on programs you are interested in is a great way to gather information. The following study abroad alumni have offered to serve as a resource to prospective students interested in their program. Feel free to connect with them via email!
Australia
Victoria Hebert '21 IFSA University of New South Wales, Fall 2019
Katherine Hernandez '20 IFSA University of Sydney, Spring 2019
Tara Mack '20 IFSA University of Sydney, Spring 2019
Laura Abbott '20 IFSA University of New South Wales, Sydney, Fall 2018
Austria
Peter Hill '20 IES Vienna: European Society & Culture, Spring 2019
Chile
Brooke Gest '21 CIEE Valparaiso: Liberal Arts, Fall 2019
Joella Hartzler '21 SIT Chile: Cultural Identity, Social Justice, and Community Development, Spring 2019
Erin Lallinger '20 CIEE Santiago, Chile: Liberal Arts, Fall 2018
China
Sarah Griffiths '20 CET Shanghai: Chinese studies and internship, Spring 2019
Leah Field '20 CIEE Shanghai: Advanced Chinese Studies, Spring 2018
Daniel Shin '21 CET Beijing: Intensive Chinese Language, Summer 2018
Cuba
Adrienne Parks '20 CASA Cuba, Fall 2018
Denmark
Shuhan Zhao '21 DIS Copenhagen, Fall 2019
Laura Hill '21 DIS Copenhagen, Fall 2019
Amira Vivrette '21 DIS Copenhagen, Fall 2019
Lilian Wen '21 DIS Copenhagen, Fall 2019
Jeffrey Song '21 DIS Copenhagen, Fall 2019
Salasha Dixit '21 DIS Copenhagen, Fall 2019
Becky Hollenberg '21 DIS Copenhagen, Fall 2019
Hannah Rogers '20 DIS Copenhagen, Spring 2019
Lila Johnson '20 DIS Copenhagen, Spring 2019
Jenna Oratz' 20 DIS Copenhagen, Spring 2019
Andrew Harwell '20 DIS Copenhagen, Fall 2018
Angel Asirvatham '20 DIS Copenhagen, Summer 2018
France
GeGe Clements '20 CIEE Toulouse, Spring 2019
Kyle Gavulic '20 Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po), Fall 2018
Olivia Cook '20 Georgia Tech Lorraine, Spring 2018
Fernando Mendez Campos '20 Georgia Tech Lorraine, Spring 2018
Jonathan Powles '20 Georgia Tech Lorraine, Spring 2018
Patia Fann '20 Georgia Tech Lorraine, Fall 2017
India
Mong Zhang '21 SIT India: Public Health, Gender, and Community Action, Fall 2019
Ireland
Kelly McHale '20 Trinity College, Dublin (IFSA-Butler), Spring 2019
Jason Seeb '20 Trinity College, Dublin (IFSA-Butler), Fall 2018
Israel
Cory Weintraub '20 Tel Aviv University, Spring 2019
Italy
Emma Kurtz '20 CET Siena: History of Art & Italian Studies, Summer 2018
Qisen Song '20 CET Siena: History of Art & Italian Studies, Spring 2018
Kenya
Kathy Zhang '21 SIT Kenya: Global Health and Human Rights, Fall 2019
Nepal
Emma Hart '20 SIT Nepal: Tibetan and Himalayan Peoples, Spring 2019
New Zealand
Haley Frey '21 University of Canterbury (IFSA-Buter), Fall 2019
Miranda Mangahas '20 University of Canterbury (IFSA-Butler), Fall 2018
Cyan Baker '20 University of Canterbury (IFSA-Butler), Fall 2018
Madeline Brunson '20 Victoria University (IFSA-Butler), Spring 2018
Brooks Davis '20 University of Canterbury (IFSA-Butler), Fall 2018
Hannah Haecker '20 Victoria University (IFSA-Butler), Spring 2018
Scotland
Marina Troxel '20 University of St. Andrews (IFSA-Butler), Spring 2019
Sarang Harris '21 University of Glasgow (IFSA-Butler), Full Academic Year 2018 – 2019
Jeremy Devin '20 University of Edinburgh (IFSA-Butler), Fall 2018
Serbia
Alejandro Monzon '20 SIT Serbia, Bosnia, and Kosovo: Peace and Conflict Studies in the Balkans, Fall 2017
Singapore
Avi Gargye '20 National University of Singapore, Fall 2018
Spain
Kaitlyn Stoehr '21 IES Madrid, Fall 2019
Hailey Nichols '21 CIEE Barcelona: Advanced Liberal Arts, Spring 2019
Claire Broderick '20 IES Madrid: Engineering, Fall 2018
Elena Mione '20 CIEE Barcelona: Advanced Liberal Arts, Spring 2019
Cristina Mendez Campos '20 IES Madrid: Engineering, Spring 2019
Monica Gallagher '20 CIEE Barcelona: Advanced Liberal Arts, Spring 2019
Gregory Ridgel '20 IES Madrid: Engineering, Spring 2019
Emily Larson '20 IES Madrid: Engineering, Spring 2019
Sweden
Lily Jaremsky '21 DIS Stockholm, Fall 2019