Internationalization Task Force
College Representatives
(nominee of the respective deans):
* Co-Chair
Agriculture - Mike Reed, Director, International Programs in Agriculture
Arts & Sciences - Ellen Furlough (History)
Business & Economics - Suzanne Waldrop
Communications - Beth Barnes (Journalism)*
Dentistry - Juan Fernando Yepes
Design - Ann Dickson, Director, School of Interior Design
Education - Sharon Brennan (Education Curriculum & Instruction)
Engineering - G.T. Lineberry, Associate Dean
Fine Arts - Bob Haven (Theater)
Health Sciences - Sharon Stewart, Associate Dean
Law - Michael Healy, Associate Dean
Medicine - Sam Matheny (Family Practice)
Nursing - Dorothy Brockopp, Associate Dean
Pharmacy - Melody Ryan (Pharmacy Practice & Sciences)
Public Health - Claudia Hopenhayn
Social Work - Marie-Antoinette Sossou
Graduate School - Carey Cavanaugh, Director, Patterson School
Libraries - Eeva Hoch
Faculty, student and administrators appointed to the Task Force:
Beth Goldstein, Co-Director, Asia Center
Ted Fiedler, Modern & Classical Languages
Sue Roberts, Geography
Susan Carvalho, Hispanic Studies
Kwaku Addo, Associate Dean, Graduate School & Agriculture
John Yopp, Associate Provost for Educational Partnerships & International Affairs*
David Bettez, Director, International Affairs and Chair of the Internationalization Task Force ex-offocio Administrative Council
Student Representative:
Nirmal Ravi, M.D./Ph.D. student and biomedical engineering graduate
Ex-officio Administrative Council serving as staff experts to the Task Force members:
David Bettez, Chair
Karen Slaymaker, OIA Assistant Director, Director of International Student Services
Charlene Leach, OIA Assistant Director, Director of International Immigration Services
Janet Roccanova, OIA Assistant Director, Director of Education Abroad & Exchange Programs
Kay Roberts, OIA Community Liaison/Executive Director, Kentucky-Ecuador Partners of the Americas
Liga Abolins, Director, Center for English as a Second Language
Mahjabeen Rafiuddin, Director, Student Diversity Engagement,
Office for Multicultural & Academic Affairs
