Forum Storytellers

Forum Storytellers

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Forum Storytellers episodes

  • S2, Episode 2: A Conversation with Jim Citron
    Jim Citron, like few others, combines the experience and talents of educator, researcher, and on-site director with first-hand knowledge of the students’ lived experience abroad. At a time when study abroad conferences focused heavily on administrative concerns, Jim Citron brought into play the refreshing and revelatory voice of study abroad students themselves. Since his conference paper delivered at NAFSA in 1996, “Short-term study abroad: Integration, third culture formation, and re-entry,” the study abroad profession has been challenged to put the ambitions and shortcomings of the students’ lived experience abroad at the center of our discourse.
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  • S2, Episode 1: A Conversation with Lilli Engle
    Founding member of the Forum Council and plenary speaker at The Forum’s 2013 Annual Conference, Lilli Engle is a leading advocate for high-quality education abroad who has emerged as one of the most influential voices in the field today.  In this thought-inspiring interview, she discusses how her own early experiences abroad helped shape her understanding of the potential value of cross-cultural education, and the changes she has witnessed in U.S. higher education and education abroad during her career as a committed, principled educator.
     
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  • S1, Episode 7: A Conversation with Margery Ganz
    During her early days at Spelman College, Margery Ganz was known as “the go-away lady,” because she would encourage students to “go away” (i.e., to study abroad). In her 35 years in the field, Margie has made education abroad a “Spelman thing” and tirelessly advocated for students of color studying abroad, all while teaching and maintaining a research agenda as an Italian Renaissance historian. She was interviewed by Tom Howard at The Forum’s 12th Annual Conference in her home city of Atlanta.
     
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  • S1, Episode 6: Remembering Joe Brockington
    In August of 2015, the education abroad field lost one of its greatest advocates.
    Joe Brockington, recipient of The Forum’s 2016 Peter A. Wollitzer Advocacy Award, served the field of education abroad for over 20 years.
    In March of 2015, Joe was interviewed by Margaret Wiedenhoeft, his friend and colleague at Kalamazoo College.
    Joe and Margaret generously agreed to donate this video interview to The Forum. We are pleased to share it with you today as part of The Forum Storytellers project.
     
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  • S1, Episode 5: A Conversation with Jon Booth

    Jon Booth’s 40-year career in education abroad began at SIT Graduate Institute and took him to the University of Michigan, the University of Minnesota, and Syracuse University. Jon was a founding board member of The Forum and played a key role in drafting the first edition of the Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad and developing the Professional Certification Program. Interviewed by his longtime friend and colleague Chuck Gliozzo, Jon describes what motivated his work, and shares his favorite memories from his career in education abroad.

    Special thanks to Boston University for providing space to record this interview during the 2015 NAFSA Annual Conference and Expo in Boston. Photo featuring Jon Booth (left) with Chuck Gliozzo (right).

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  • S1, Episode 3: A Conversation with Tom Roberts

    One of the first education abroad “road warriors,” the legendary Tom Roberts entered the field over 50 years ago. Listen as he describes his career, from the early days to the founding of IFSA-Butler and beyond. Tom was interviewed by his friend and former mentee, Tom Howard of HES International, at The Forum’s 11th Annual Conference in New Orleans.


    Photo featuring Tom Roberts (left) with Tom Howard (right) courtesy of Tom Howard.

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  • S1, Episode 2: A Conversation with William Hoffa

    An education abroad colleague who has served the field in innumerable ways, William W. Hoffa is perhaps best known in the education abroad field as the author of A History of U.S. Study Abroad: Beginnings to 1965, and as an editor of A History of U.S. Study Abroad: 1965-Present. Listen as he discusses his life in education abroad with his friend and colleague, Kathleen Sideli. This interview was recorded at The Forum’s 11th Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA.

    Photo features William Hoffa (right) with Kathleen Sideli at the Forum’s 1st Annual Conference in Santa Fe, NM in 2004, courtesy of the AIFS/AIFS Foundation Education Abroad Special Collection, Archives and Special Collections Department, Dickinson College.

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  • S1, Episode 1: A Conversation with Kathleen Sideli

    Kathleen Sideli, the subject of our inaugural podcast, has long been considered a pillar in the field of education abroad. A respected leader with over 40 years of experience in the field, she has seen it all. Listen as her good friend and colleague, William Hoffa, interviews Kathleen about her life in education abroad. This interview was recorded at The Forum’s 11th Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA.


    Photo features Kathleen Sideli (center) at an early Forum board meeting held at Arcadia University, courtesy of the AIFS/AIFS Foundation Education Abroad Special Collection, Archives and Special Collections Department, Dickinson College.

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Whenever education abroad professionals gather, we learn from each other through the experiences we share and stories we tell. Forum Storytellers is a project to preserve the stories of education…