Fries Center for Global Studies

Fisk Hall 201

Middletown, CT 06459
860-685-2550
  

Governance

GOVERNANCE

911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Fries Center for Global Studies benefits from the advice and collaboration of the following faculty groups.

Fries Center for Global Studies Advisory Board

The Vice President for Academic Affairs appoints two members from each division to work with the Director of the FCGS in formulating policies and making decisions aimed at advancing the center’s mission.  Membership on the Advisory Board for the 2025-26 academic year is as follows:

Division I: 

  • Gabrielle Ponce-Hegenauer (College of Letters; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)
  • Michael Meere (French; Medieval Studies)


Division II:

  • Emy Matesan (Government)
  • Andy Quintman (Religion; East Asian Studies)


Division III: 

  • Phil Resor (Earth & Environmental Sciences; Education Studies)
  • Wai Kiu Chan (Mathematics)

Past Advisory boards can be found here.

Language Resources and Technology Committee

The Director of the FCGS invites language teaching faculty to collaborate with the Director of Language Resources & Technology in programming presentations, workshops and other events aimed at enhancing language learning at 911±¬ÁÏÍø.  Members of the 2024-25 LRT committee are: 

  • Abderrahman Aissa (Arabic)
  • Hyejoo Back (Korean)
  • Iris Bork-Goldfield (German)
  • Elizabeth Hepford (English; TESOL)
  • Dalit Katz (Hebrew)
  • Ana María Pérez-Gironés (Spanish)
  • Camilla Zamboni (Italian)

911±¬ÁÏÍø Programs Abroad Committee

The Director of the FCGS invites faculty representatives to collaborate with the Director of Study Abroad in managing 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s programs in Bologna (Italy), Madrid (Spain), and Paris (France).  Invitations are extended ordinarily to faculty who are soon to serve or who have recently served as Resident Director of one of these programs. The Director of Study Abroad convenes the committee regularly to plan and discuss strategies for promoting study abroad and recruiting both 911±¬ÁÏÍø and non-911±¬ÁÏÍø participants.  Committee members review applications for their respective programs.  They participate, as well, in planning for the annual meeting of the consortium with representatives from Vassar College (Bologna, Madrid, Paris) and Wellesley (Bologna). Members of the 2024-25 WPAC are:

  • Nadja Aksamija (Program in Bologna, Italy)
  • María Ospina (Program in Madrid, Spain)
  • Andy Curran (Program in Paris, France)
  • Daniella Gandolfo (Program in Madrid, Spain)