API Advisory Board

Mission of the API Advisory Board

The API Advisory Board seeks to provide API with tangible recommendations regarding academics, program policies, student issues and general programming, and to assess API sites and individual programs.

Goals of the API Advisory Board

• To serve as a sounding board for current issues in study abroad, and how those issues should affect API programs andservices
• To provide feedback for future direction of API programs
• To assess current API policies
• To formally evaluate API sites and programs, and provide recommendations for improvement

Intended Outcomes of the API Advisory Board

Achieving the mission and goals of the API Advisory Board should result in the following outcomes:

• Continued excellence in API program offerings abroad
• Further strengthening of API’s policies and student services
• Strategic improvements for stateside operations and program function abroad
• Targeted changes to programs based on research initiatives
• Extensive, independent evaluation of API study abroad programs

CURRENT API ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

• Wendy Hirsch – Bennington College
• Beth Engwall – Bryant University
• Clare O’Brien – (formerly of Fitchburg State University)
• Karli Webster – Kansas State University
• Bob Frank – Longwood University
• Christie Alfaro – Marist College
• Robin Melavalin – Mount Ida College
• Stephen Prag – Pacific University
• Brian Stiegler – Salisbury University
• Cori Filson – Skidmore College
• Joyce Szewczynski – Springfield College
• Jane Flaherty – Texas A&M University
• Nancy Ericksen – Trinity University
• Jim Galvin – University of California, San Diego
• Leslie Tuovinen – University of Alaska, Anchorage
• Beth Rascoe Kilinc – University of New Hampshire
• Kate Wray Chettri – Washington State University
• Liz Partolan-Fray – Western Washington University