The Global Engagement Advisory Committee consists of faculty and staff involved in graduate and undergraduate global initiatives. This group supports university initiatives related to international scholars and student admissions. Their initial meetings helped shape Vanderbilt University’s emerging strategy for global engagement and its four primary objectives:
Primary Global Objectives
- Grow our reach and collaborations through digital innovation by 2026
- Bring the World to Vanderbilt and Bring Vanderbilt to the World
- Maximize our intellectual footprint with the smallest physical footprint
- Position Vanderbilt as an Institution of Global Consequence by Increasing Reputational Recognition in 3 years
Current Members
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Hiba Baroud
A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation Faculty Fellow
Associate Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Director of Graduate Recruiting for Civil Engineering -
Celso Castilho
Associate Professor, History
Director of the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies
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Xiu Cravens
Professor of the Practice of Educational Policy
Associate Dean for International Students and AffairsProgram Director, International Education Policy and Management (M.Ed.)
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Jennifer Rauch
Director, Office of Employee Immigration Services
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Phillis Sheppard
E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair of Religion, Psychology, and Culture
Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture and Womanist Thought
Executive Director of the James Lawson Institute for the Research and Study of Nonviolent Movements -
Jermaine Soto
Senior Director of Faculty Advancement
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Julie Wilbers
Director, International Student & Scholar Services
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Elizabeth Zechmeister
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science
Associate Provost, Office of Research and Innovation
Director, LAPOP Lab