Community College Internationalization Fellows
Introducing Our Fellows
2023-24 Fellows
Catherine DuBreck, MS
Lecturer, Chemistry and Geosciences, Monroe Community College.
SAP/SAC Fellow Project: Mapping Informal Settlements in India: A geospatial exploration of Indian culture and poverty
Tracey Graney, PhD, MLS(ASCP)
Professor of Biology and Clinical Laboratory Technician Program Director, Monroe Community College
IAD Fellow Project: An Introduction to Global Health Challenges and Successes: Perspectives from Africa
Robert L. Muhlnickel, PhD
Professor of Philosophy, Monroe Community College.
SEAP Fellow Project: Democracy in South Asian Muslim-Majority Countries
Angela Palumbo, MA
Associate Professor of ESL, Tompkins Cortland Community College.
SEAP Fellow Project: Cambodian Youth’s Perspectives on Contemporary Issues
John Troyer, MA
Instructor of English, Tompkins Cortland Community College.
SEAP Fellow Project: Exploring Literature as a Platform for Social Change in Modern Cambodia
Franzie Weldgen, MFA
Associate Professor, Visual and Performing Arts, Monroe Community College.
The Internationalization of Latin American Comic Creators into Course ART 110 Comics & Sequential Art
2022-23 Fellows
Anna Annorino, PhD
Psychology, Cayuga Community College. SEAP Fellow Project: Human Development: A Cultural Approach to Southeast Asia
Emma Draper-Reich, MFA
English, Corning Community College. SAP Fellow Project: Internationalizing English 1020: Incorporating South Asian Fiction in College Composition II
David D. Flaten, PhD
History/Political Science, Tompkins Cortland Community College. LACS Fellow Project: Creating a SUNY General Education World History and Global Awareness course: The History of the Caribbean Region Since 1491
Sky Leigh Moss, MA
History, Corning Community College. IAD/LACS Fellow Project: Black Settlements in Central America 1525-1650 ce
Sri Kamesh Narasimhan, PhD
Chemistry, Corning Community College. SAP Fellow Project: Isolation and Characterization of Pharmaceutically Active Components from Traditional Indian Medicinal Plants
Joseph Scanlon, PhD
Political Science, Monroe Community College. SEAP Fellow Project: Playing Games: Sport & Cultural Identity in Southeast Asia
Angelique Stevens, MFA
English, Monroe Community College. IAD/SAP Fellow Project: Human Rights through a Literary Lens
2021-22 Fellows
Jasna Bogdanovska, MFA
Photography, Monroe Community College. SAP/SEAP Fellow Project: Re-Framing Culture Through Visual Storytelling
Roland 'Rollo' Fisher, PhD
Choral Music, Monroe Community College. IAD Fellow Project: Engaging in Purposeful Thought of Global Diversity through the Music and Culture of Nigeria & Senegal
Kimari Johnson, MFA
English, Tompkins Cortland Community College. Fellow Project: Traveling the World Through Multilingual Research and the Process of Translation
Laura Penman, MS
Biology, Monroe Community College. SAP/SEAP Fellow Project: Environmental management and food security in the coastal communities of Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Indonesia
2020-21 Fellows
William Drumright, PhD
History, Monroe Community College. SEAP Fellow Project: US History II Since 1865: The Cold War Framework from the Southeast Asia Perspective
Christine Evans, MA
Spanish, Tompkins Cortland Community College. LACS Fellow Project: El Cine Latinoamericano: In the Spanish Classroom and Beyond
Alejandro Gonzalez-Suarez, MS
Construction and Environmental Technology, Tompkins Cortland Community College. SAP-SAC Fellow Project: Construction Technology in New York and New Delhi, a comparative understanding
Melissa Johnson, MFA
Art, Cayuga Community College. LACS Fellow Project: Art Across Borders: an Exchange and Collaboration; Art of Diverse Cultures: Art of Latin America Module Development
Jonathon Little, MS
Geography, Monroe Community College. IAD Fellow Project: Virtual Geospatial Internships Between Monroe Community College and Africa
Nayda Pares-Kane, PhD
Sociology, Monroe Community College. LACS Fellow Project: Indigeneity and Environmental Sustainability in Mexico and Costa Rica
Stephen Pierson, PhD
English, Onondaga Community College. SAP-SAC/SEAP Fellow Project: Internationalizing the Content of English 104: Freshman Composition and Literature II
2019-20 Fellows
Gerardo Tonatiuh Cummings Rendón, PhD
Spanish, Onondaga Community College. LACS Fellow Project: Integrating Afro-Hispanic History, Culture & Politics into the course “Latin American Civilization in English”
David D. Flaten, PhD
History/Political Science, Tompkins Cortland Community College. LACS Fellow Project: Undermining Democracy and Bolstering Military Dictatorship: President Nixon’s Undeclared War on Chile (1970-73) and Immediate Ramifications
Marisol Galarza-Ruíz, MA
Spanish, Monroe Community College. LACS Fellow Project: A Political, Historical, and Cultural View of the 1973 Chilean Coup d'état and Its Influence in the Latin American Music Genre “La Nueva Canción”
Angela Palumbo, MA
Global ESL, Tompkins Cortland Community College. SEAP Fellow Project: New course development: Intercultural Communication
Anndrea Mathers, PhD
English, Tompkins Cortland Community College. SEAP Fellow Project: New course development: Intercultural Communication
Robert L. Muhlnickel, PhD
Philosophy, Monroe Community College. SAP Fellow Project: Internationalizing Texts in Philosophy
Susan Stafford, MA
Hospitality, Tompkins Cortland Community College. LACS Fellow Project: Hospitality Cultural Learning Exchange (Virtual) with Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) in the Dominican Republic