- Request for new ISAC III proposals
- Current Grantees
- Integrating Study Abroad into the Curriculum III: Previous Grantees
Directing and Teaching Abroad on an OIP Program
The Office of International Programs regularly recruits faculty to direct and teach on its various study abroad programs and welcomes inquiries about its programs. The information below summarizes the various opportunities and anticipated recruitment periods. Applications for all OIP teaching and directing positions is through the University's eMploy website.
Academic Year Programs
Freiburg, Germany
Year-long directorship, rotating among four consortium partners (U-M, MSU, Iowa, Wisconsin-Madison). In addition to directing the program, the faculty member is expected to teach a course in German in his or her discipline for program participants. Benefits include salary supplement, round-trip airfare and apartment. Requires fluency in German. U-M director will next be appointed for 2010-2011, with selection process occurring during Winter 2009 semester (anticipated deadline, February 2009).
Seville, Spain
One-semester teaching position, rotating among three consortium partners (U-M, Penn, Cornell). Faculty member will teach a course in Spanish to program participants and thus must be fluent in Spanish. Benefits include round-trip airfare and apartment. U-M faculty members will be appointed for Fall 2008 and Winter 2010.
Spring/Summer Programs
Dublin, Ireland
Directorship of six-week summer program at Trinity College Dublin. In addition to administrative responsibilities, director teaches a course on some aspect of Irish studies in her/his area of specialization. Benefits include teaching and directing stipend, round-trip airfare and accommodation at TCD. Position rotates between U-M and UW-Madison. U-M director will next be appointed for Summer 2009 (anticipated deadline, early Fall 2008).
Request for new ISAC III proposals
Please download the new Integrating Study Abroad into the Curriculum III request for proposal. These requests will be for the Winter 2009 term.
- Barbara Anderson: Sociology
Gauteng Province, South Africa: Health and Population in South African Transition
- Catherine Badgley and Ivette Perfecto: Residential College, Program in the Environment
Chiapas, Mexico: Food, Land, and Society
- Kali Israel: History
Scotland: Modern Scotland: Fiction, Films, Histories
- Montatip Krishnamra: Asian Languages and Cultures
Bangkok, Thailand: Thailand: A Cultural Dialogue
- Elisha Renne: Center for Afroamerican and African Studies
Northern Ghana: Maternal/Child Health, the Environment, and Pollution in Africa
- Frieda Ekotto: Romance Languages and Literature
Film, Media, and Culture and Social Discourse: A Poetic Friendship in Francophone Film in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- David Frye: Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program & Anthropology
Mexico: Society and Culture in the Michoacan region, Mexico
- Junko Kondo: Asian Languages and Cultures
Business in Japan: Seeing Japan through Industrial Sites in Nagoya, Japan
- Artemis Leontis: Classical Studies
Modern Greek 235: Athens Present and Past in Athens, Greece
Lisa Kane Low: Women's Studies and School of Nursing
International Women's Reproductive Health Issues in Morazan, Honduras-
Olga Lopez-Cotin and Janet Hegman Shier: Residential College
Cultures in Dialogue: Crossing Internal and External Borders in Spain and Germany - Ian Robinson: Residential College & Sociology
The Challenge of Democratic Development in Mexico: Chiapas Field Study and Seminar in Chiapas, Mexico
- Gina Soter: Residential College
Roma Viva! in Italy
- Akiko Takenaka with Gretchen Wilkens: History of Art with Architecture and Urban Planning
Building Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan
The OIP can provide guidance and assistance in the development of study abroad programs and is glad to meet with faculty to discuss program proposals.
At the beginning stages of planning new international opportunities, faculty may wish to consider the following:
- Program goals
Purpose(s) of the international experience. What is the mix of academic and experiential goals? How will the international experience achieve these goals? - Length
Year-long, a single semester, spring/summer half-term, or one to two weeks. - Credit- or non-credit-bearing
Fit of the program into the department's (or college's) curriculum. Will students be evaluated/graded for their participation? On what basis and by whom? - Program participants
Undergraduate or graduate/professional students. - Program models
Possibilities include "embedded" programs (as part of an existing or a new course), faculty-led spring or summer half-term programs offering several courses, direct-enrollment in a university abroad, co-sponsorship of existing programs through other schools. What is the best model for achieving the academic/experiential goals?
The OIP is able to provide a range of services in the development and administration of programs. At the most basic level, these services include:
- Consultation in program design and planning
- Budgeting and costing of program
- Assessment of safety and health issues
- Orientation for program director, faculty, and staff
- General orientation for all students going abroad
- Assistance in handling on-site emergencies
Additionally, it is prepared to serve as a resource with regard to:
- On-site arrangements (e.g., partner organizations, on-site facilities)
- Training of staff and general oversight of student services functions (to be handled in the sponsoring unit)
- Assistance in coordinating program-specific student pre-departure and on-site orientations
- Guidance in preparation and dissemination of program-related materials (publicity materials, applications, acceptance forms, student manuals, etc.)
- Consultation in management of student application, selection, and acceptance processes
- Liaison with advisors and faculty from other units as appropriate
- Coordination of services among multiple units
For more information about OIP and its operations and services, faculty should contact the OIP at oip@umich.edu.
OIP Executive Committee 2007-08
- Jim Adams (LSA: Economics)
- Tom Buresh (Architecture & Urban Planning: Architecture)
- Susan Crowell (LSA: Residential College and Art & Design)
- Steve Darwall (LSA: Philosophy and Honors)
- Enrique García-Santos Tomás (LSA: Romance Languages & Literature)
- Augustin Holl (LSA: Anthropology)
- Ken Ito (LSA: Asian Languages & Cultures)
- Linda Lim (Business Administration & International Institute)
- Timothy McKay (LSA: Physics)
- Donna E. Parmelee (International Institute)
- James Penner-Hahn (LSA: Chemistry)
- Stephen Shipps (Music)
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