Global Opportunities

Resources at UNI

This list includes names of members of the UNI community who have lived or traveled abroad for various purposes such as teaching, research, work, training, or business. These individuals have volunteered to share their knowledge with the UNI community as it develops and/or expands its global reach. This list not comprehensive as it includes only names of those who have volunteered this information. If you are a member of the UNI community who would like to share your knowledge, please e-mail us.

• Africa
• Asia & MiddleEast
• Europe (including Russia)
• North America & Caribbean
• Central & South America & Antartica

Africa

• Pita Agbese
• (Professor, Department of Political Science)
• Nigeria, West Africa.

• Thomas Hockey
• (Professor, Earth Science Department)
• South Africa (Astrophysical Observatory, Capetown)

• Donna Maier
• (Professor, History Department)
• Ghana, West Africa

Asia & Middle East

• M. Imam Alam
• (Associate Professor, Economics Department)
• Bangladesh (International Economics and Bangladesh)
• Language: Bengali

• Mohammed F. Fahmy
• (Professor, Department of Industrial Technology)
• Middle Eastern culture and Islam religion
• Language: Arabic

• Linda Fitzgerald
• (Professor, Curriculum and Instruction )
• India - Anthropology and cross-cultural child development
• Languages: Studied Hindi, Marathi, and the Devanagiri script

• Thomas Hockey
• (Professor, Earth Science Department)
• People's Republic of China
• (Shaanxi Teachers' University, Xian)

• Ali E. Kashef
• (Professor, Industrial Technology)
• Iran - Language: Persian (Farsi)

• David Landis
• (Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction)
• Kazakhstan

• Rick Traw
• (Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction)
• Kazakhstan, Slovaki
• (Professional development of teachers in the area of reading and writing)

• Dhirendra Vajpeyi
• (Professor, Department of Political Science)
• India, Pakistan, Iran, Vietnam

• Taifa Yu
• (Professor, Department of Political Science)
• Taiwan, Japan, China, East Asia.

• Leigh Zeitz
• (Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction)
• Malaysia - Travel experience: Singapore, Thailand, and various countries in Europe
• Language: Basic Spanish

Europe (Including Russia)

• Kenneth Basom
• (Professor, Department of Political Science)
• Slovenia, Croatia, Russia.

• Gregory Bruess
• (Associate Professor, History Department)
• Russia, Greece
• Languages: Russian, Greek

• Thomas Connors
• (Associate Professor, History Department)
• Ireland, United Kingdom

• Michael Hall
• (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science)
• Western Europe

• Thomas Hockey
• (Professor, Earth Science Department)
• Russia (Herzen State Pedagogical University, St. Petersburg); Ukraine

• Nancy Hoffman
• (Secretary III, College of Business Administration)
• International travel: Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, West and former East Germany, Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden
• Language: Danish

• Kathleen Kerr
• (Professor, School of HPELS)
• International travel: Russia, Romania, former Yugoslavia
• Languages: Russian, some Serbo-Croatian

• Jay Lees
• (Associate Professor, History Department)
• Germany, France
• Languages: German, French

• Kurt Meredith
• (Assistant Provost for International Programs)
• Slovakia. Other countries of familiarity: Czech Republic, Albania, Estonia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Armenia

• Jeannie L. Steele
• (Professor, Curriculum & Instruction)
• Slovakia. Other countries of familiarity: Czech Republic, Albania, Estonia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Armenia

• Isabela Varela
• (Information Management Specialist, Career Services)
• Greece, Mexico, Spain
• Languages: Greek, Spanish

• Flavia Vernescu
• (Professor, Modern Languages Department)
• Romania, France, Switzerland, Italy
• Languages: French, Romanian, Italian

North America & Carribbean

• Philip Mauceri
• (Department Head & Professor, Department of Political Science)
• Peru, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Venezuela; Latin America

Central & South America

• Thomas Hockey
• (Professor, Earth Science Department)
• Brazil

• Phillip Mauceri
• (Department Head & Professor, Department of Political Science)
• Peru, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Venezuela; Latin America

• Isabela Varela
• (Information Management Specialist, Career Services)
• Mexico
• Languages: Spanish, Greek