Globally Engaged Faculty

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Our Global Scope: Rhodes faculty are heavily engaged in global work both locally and abroad. There are many opportunities for global engagement among faculty; here we celebrate our faculty’s many accomplishments. Use the links below to tell us your good news! You can also share your events with us so we can help promote them.

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Rhodes' Global Reach

  • Our faculty and staff form a multilingual community, speaking more than 40 languages.
  • Rhodes is nationally recognized as a Leading Fulbright Granting Institution for faculty.
  • Expert faculty design and lead immersive semester and summer programs across the globe.
  • The Buckman Center invests in our faculty's vision, awarding $50,000 annually in international curriculum grants.
     

Ready to expand your global impact?

Globally Engaged Faculty Spotlight

Michael Rosa

Dr. Michael LaRosa: A Leading Voice on Latin American History and U.S. Relations

Dr. Michael LaRosa, associate professor of history at Rhodes College, is a leading expert on Latin American history and culture. His latest book, co-written with Rhodes alumnus Bryce Ashby, is titled Immigration, Policy and the People of Latin America: Seven Sending Nations. 

This book examines the migration of Latin America’s inhabitants to the United States through case studies from seven nations—Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, and Venezuela. Rhodes students also contributed to some of the chapters.

Expand Your Work

Opportunities for global engagement fall into several main categories, a few of which are these:

  1. Teaching:
    1. Leading our student summer abroad programs
    2. Teaching in universities abroad
    3. Engaging in Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) projects
    4. Internationalizing your own curriculum
    5. Proposing an off-campus program
  2. Research: Conducting scholarly work abroad leading to publications, presentations, and international collaboration.
    1. Applying for external research funding
    2. Applying for internal research funding
  3. Link your international teaching or research travel to other global initiatives.
    1. Presenting while abroad at recruitment fairs and high schools, meeting prospective international students while abroad, calling/texting prospective international students (Contact Lauren Sefton)
    2. Linking your international travel to conference and other professional development opportunities abroad (Contact Eric Henager)