Program Directors

Dr. Martha C. Merrill

Program Director,  M.A. in International Service

Dean of Academic Programs, IPSL. B.A. in Russian Literature, University of Michigan; M.L.S. in Creative Writing, Boston University; M.A.L.S. in Islamic Culture Studies, Columbia University; M.A. and Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration, University of ... Read More

Dr. Jennifer Hall

Program Director,  Jamaica

Ph.D.(Education) from Northern Caribbean University, Jamaica, with an emphasis on Curriculum and Instruction; M.Sc.(Workforce Education and Development), Southern Illinois University at Carbondale; B.A.(Hons) Language and Social Sciences, University of th... Read More

Dr. Jennifer Hall

Program Director,  M.A. in International Service

Ph.D.(Education) from Northern Caribbean University, Jamaica, with an emphasis on Curriculum and Instruction; M.Sc.(Workforce Education and Development), Southern Illinois University at Carbondale; B.A.(Hons) Language and Social Sciences, University of th... Read More

Sr. Jose Luis Arreguin

Program Director,  M.A. in International Service

Director of International Programs, Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara. M.A. in International Administration, Central Michigan University; also studied at Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara (Mexico), Georgetown University, University of Kagoshima (Japan... Read More

Sra. Martha Arreguin Romero

Program Director,  Mexico

B.S., biology, Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara. Certificate in Landscape Design, Universidad en la Comunidad, Jalisco.... Read More

Ms. Lavinia Bracci

Program Director,  Italy

Founder and director of Siena Italian Studies. She holds a diploma in Translation and Simultaneous Translation in German and Russian from the Special School for Translators and Interpreters in Rome. She has published a number of articles in the field of l... Read More

Mr. Adam Dedman

Program Director,  Thailand

Head, Office of Education Abroad, Payap University. Adam grew up in the US where he was raised bilingual English and Japanese. He completed a BA in Comparative Religion and Philosophy from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. During graduate school, Adam re... Read More

Dr. Susan Deeley

Program Director,  Scotland

B.A. (Hons) University of Manchester; M.Phil., University of Paisley; M.Ed. in Academic Practice; Ph.D., sociology, University of Glasgow. Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Glasgow. Publications on learning disabilities, and on the politics of deli... Read More

Mr. Johnny Gonzalez

Program Director,  Ecuador - Guayaquil

Master in Education, UEES-SUNY; Master in Architecture, University of Guayaquil. Teacher of Spanish and English as a Second Language. Publications in Individualized Language Teaching.... Read More

Dr. Jenny Iles

Program Co-Convener,  M.A. in International Service

Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Roehampton University. B.A., Humanities and Social Sciences, Open University; M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Surrey, Roehampton. Research and publications in the heritage industry, battlefield tourism, and memory ... Read More

Dr. Jenny Iles

Program Director,  England

B.A., Open University; M.A., Roehampton Institute, University of Surrey. Ph.D., FWW Commemoration and Remembrance, Roehampton University. Programme Convener and Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Roehampton University. Research and publications in the heritage... Read More

Prof. Tania Ledergerber

Program Director,  Ecuador - Quito

M.A. in International Service and Development Studies, University of Surrey Roehampton, London, and Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, México (IPSL M.A. program); B.A. in Sociology for Development at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, ... Read More

Prof. Cesar Orsal

Program Director,  Philippines

M.A. in Humanities (Art History), University of the Philippines; Ph.D. candidate in Philippines Studies with focus on sociology of communication, University of the Philippines. Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, and Director of Instructional Media Center... Read More

Mrs. Audrey Porter-Ricketts

Program Director,  Jamaica

IPSL Jamaica program Co-Director.... Read More

Prof. Diego Quiroga

Program Director,  Ecuador - Galapagos

Ph.D., anthropology, University of Illinois. Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Anthropology, Universidad San Francisco de Quito. His academic work has primarily focused on medical anthropology, human ecology and race and ethnicity and he has sever... Read More

Dr. Kalyan Ray

Program Director,  India

MA, Delhi University (University Gold Medal), Ph.D., University of Rochester, USA. Professor of Literature, Morris College, USA. Former close collaborator with Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity. Author of several books of literary criticism, o... Read More

Dr. Alexandre Routchkine

Program Director,  Russia

Ph.D., history, Moscow State Lomonosov University. Director, GRINT Center for Education, Moscow. Research and articles on the adaptation of Russian emigrants to other societies; book Russia Abroad in the 1920s (1999).... Read More

Mr. Bill Rushbrooke

Program Co-Convener,  M.A. in International Service

Principal Lecturer in Management, Roehampton University. B.Ed. Business Studies and Psychology, University of London; M.Sc. Management, Henley Business School (Brunel University); Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing. Research interests in nonprofit organisa... Read More

Dr. Iva Strnadova

Program Director,  Czech Republic

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Mr. Valerian Three Irons

Program Director,  Lakota Nation

B.A., vocational marketing education, University of North Dakota. Instructor in Indian Studies, Service-Learning Associate and Student Advisor in Native American Nursing, South Dakota State University. Interest in history, society and spirituality in Nati... Read More