Global learning is an ongoing process of developing knowledge, skills, and a worldview that goes beyond personal experience thereby considering how the global interacts with the local. This process prepares learners to collaborate across differences, working on complex questions and developing culturally informed and responsive solutions to enhance the well-being of the global community.

The Global Learning Fellows Program is a highly selective, year-long professional development opportunity supporting full-time Penn State faculty who want to implement Global Learning in an existing undergraduate course. Faculty do not need prior experience in global learning, just an interest in becoming global learning educators.

These fellowships provide mentorship to faculty from various disciplines to enhance the internationalization of undergraduate curricula at Penn State. Fellows will work on revising or developing a course or module, with the potential to internationalize the curriculum. 

select a yearly cohort of around 20 faculty for the Global Learning Faculty Fellows Program
guide faculty through a collaborative, reflective process to embed global learning pedagogy, activities, and student learning outcomes into their course or module
provide 1:1 feedback and guidance for creating impactful Student Learning Outcomes
act as an ongoing resource to provide support for faculty and connect them to new opportunities at their campus and across the Commonwealth

Associate Director and Associate Research Professor, Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence

Beate Brunow serves as Associate Research Professor and Associate Director of the Schreyer Institute. She supports faculty in any aspect of teaching from course design to student engagement and learning assessment. Her interest and expertise in global learning stem from her experience as a faculty member, researcher, and consultant. She brings a passion for inclusive pedagogy, experiential learning, and authentic assessment to the faculty fellows program. 

Assistant Vice Provost for Global Learning, Penn State Global

Brian Brubaker, Assistant Vice Provost for Global Learning at Penn State, has been active in international education for over 25 years.   He has been involved with the Forum on Education Abroad in numerous volunteer roles including the Forum Council where he chaired the Standards of Good Practice as well as the Ethics committees.  In previous positions he has served as AVP of Customized Programming at IES Abroad and Director of Global Learning and Engagement at Dickinson College. Brian holds an MBA in international management and has taught courses in global marketing.

Director of EPPIC and Associate Teaching Professor of Applied Linguistics

Dr. Meredith Doran is a faculty member in the Department of Applied Linguistics who directs the English for Professional Purposes Intercultural Center (EPPIC), an academic center that offers specialized support to international and multilingual students for enhanced confidence in advanced academic and professional communication in English in a range of disciplines.  She draws on concept-based teaching frameworks to support faculty in developing inclusive and engaging teaching practices that promote global learning in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms, both in the US and internationally.  

Associate Research Professor and  Senior Instructional Consultant, Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence

Deena Levy is an Associate Research Professor and Senior Instructional Consultant with a specialization in technology pedagogy and a particular interest in global & intercultural learning at the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence at Penn State. Deena is also an Italianist, and served as faculty in the Italian program in the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese at Penn State from 2010-2016. She has taught upper & lower division language, literature, culture, and honors courses, both online and face-to-face, in the Italian programs at Penn State and, previously, at Rutgers University. Her professional experience also includes facilitation and instruction on education abroad programs in Italy & the Netherlands. Deena is an ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) certified OPI & OPIc rater, and has been working in oral proficiency assessment with Language Testing International (LTI) for over 18 years.

Associate Director for Global Academic Engagement, Penn State Global

Tiffany MacQuarrie is the associate director for global academic engagement at the Pennsylvania State University. She supports faculty in developing curricular-based global engagement initiatives and has led Penn State's Experiential Digital Global Engagement (EDGE) program since its inception in 2018. With over 25 years of teaching experience (formerly associate teaching professor of English) and a passion for innovative, high-impact pedagogy, MacQuarrie supports faculty in advancing global learning and helps students articulate the value of their global learning experiences. 

Lecturer, Biology

Mary Ann Smith's research focuses on tree health in the context of environmental changes, particularly climate and soil microbiota. Smith investigates how variations in soil composition affect the biodiversity of these microbial communities. Additionally, as a founding member of the Penn State Commonwealth Arboreta Network, Smith works to connect researchers across the state. Their collaborative efforts aim to understand how Pennsylvania's warming climate will impact future tree health and biodiversity. Smith's work also contributes to NASA's Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program by sharing climatic data.

As the Global Learning Associate at Penn State Global, Kayla provides all administrative support for the Global Learning Faculty Fellows Program. Kayla has a BA in English from UC Irvine, and a MSc in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh, where she specialized in gothic and sensation literature.

For questions about the Summer Institute or the Global Learning Faculty Fellows program, please contact Global Learning Associate, Kayla Ettinger at kfe5143@psu.edu.