GIL is a professional development opportunity for faculty and staff designed to cultivate the intercultural leadership skills that will move Purdue -- West Lafayette toward more inclusion, equity and belonging.
As a program outcome, GIL aims for broad inclusion of participants across job status, campus unit, race, ethnicity, ability, gender identity, sexuality, religion, nationality, age, and more. It also seeks to build a community of current and past participants and mentors for ongoing personal and professional growth.
The GIL program provides two levels of support for faculty and staff who work as teachers, mentors and advisors with students and/or with other faculty and staff on campus.
At the scholarship level, GIL participants complete Dr. Tara Harvey's online course, Facilitating Intercultural Learning, during fall semester. During spring semester, they are assigned a mentor to support their continuing work toward their personal development goal and to set in motion the project related to their professional goal. CILMAR covers the cost of the course (value $2500). The scholarship level calls for a commitment of one academic year and an end-of-year report.
At the fellowship level, GIL participants work on their personal development goal and implement a project related to their professional development goal with support of a mentor, research collaboration, and professional development funds of $2500 upon submission of an end-of-year report. The fellowship level calls for a commitment of one academic year and may be renewed for a second year.
GIL scholars are faculty and staff who are relatively new to thinking about frameworks for intercultural learning, who seek to grow personally in this area, and who wish to explore how to cultivate intercultural growth in their students and/or in faculty or staff they mentor. GIL scholars will generally have completed IPG or Worldview Workshops or bring some experience in the area of DEI, study away/abroad, community engagement, learning theories, or other related activities.
GIL fellows are faculty and staff leaders who already have some experience working with frameworks for intercultural/DEI learning and are committed to making personal growth, fostering intercultural and/or DEI growth in students, mentoring colleagues, and contributing to related knowledge production a central part of their professional efforts. They are prepared to disseminate their work beyond their own department or program. GIL fellows will generally have worked with curricular redesign in ELEVATE, held a GIL scholarship, or bring both experience and theoretical knowledge in the area of DEI, study away/abroad, community engagement, theories of learning, etc.
For both the scholarship and fellowship, GIL participants set goals in two tracks – personal and professional development – and pursue a project related to their position and their professional goal.
For ideas (not required) of personal goals, consult the AAC&U Intercultural Knowledge and Competence VALUE Rubric, the Champlain College Competency Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion rubric, and the Intercultural Leadership Rubric.
Ideas of professional goals include, but are not limited to, revamping a course, creating learning activities, developing an assessment program, mapping a curriculum, designing a mentoring program, etc.
Applications are reviewed by a committee and evaluated based on qualifications, alignment of goals with CILMAR's mission and resources, depth of need in applicant's department or program, clarity of purpose, and impact.
Priority for applications for the 2024-25 academic year will go to faculty in departments and schools that have been part of the ELEVATE program.
To apply, click here.
Applications are due May 1, 2024. Selection will be announced by June 1, 2024. Program activities are expected to begin at the start of fall semester.
Please contact Lead Intercultural Learning Specialist Dr. Aletha Stahl at stahl23@purdue.edu with any questions.
Thank you to each GIL participant for your contributions to intercultural learning on the Purdue campus and to our GIL mentors who make the program possible.
| Level | Name | Title | College | Unit/Department | Mentor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scholar | Nyssa Lilovich | senior communication specialist | Agriculture | International Programs in Agriculture | Annette Benson |
| Scholar | Rhonda von Werder | manager | Engineering | Purdue Academy of Global Engineering & Global Fellows | Stewart Chang Alexander |
| Fellow | Wanju Huang | clinical assistant professor | Education | Curriculum & Instruction | TBD |
| Fellows | Margaret Phillips & Heather Howard | associate professors | Libraries & School of Information Studies | TBD |
| Level | Name | Title | College | Unit/Department | Mentor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyssa Lilovich | senior communication specialist | Agriculture | International Programs in Agriculture | Michael Bittinger |
| 1 | Ha Nguyen | senior graduate program coordinator | Science | Computer Science |
Elizabeth Karcher |
| 1 | Margaret Phillips | associate professor | Libraries & School of Information Studies | Science & Engineering Libraries | Heidi Parker |
| 1 | Linnette White | assistant director | Agriculture | Office of Multicultural Programs | Daniel C. Jones |
| 2 | Stephanie Bowers | intercultural learning specialist | Global Partnerships & Programs | Office of International Students & Scholars | Daniel C. Jones |
| 2 | Angelica Duran | professor | Liberal Arts | English | Aletha Stahl |
| 2 | Rachel Swank | licensing advisor | Education | Office of Teacher Education & Licensure | Aletha Stahl |
| 3 | Jim Tanoos | associate professor of practice | Purdue Polytechnic Institute | Engineering Technology | Mark Russell |
| Level | Name | Title | College | Unit/Department | Mentor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Constance Kaspar | associate director | Science | Women in Science | Kristen Kirby |
| 1 | Michael Mutti | testing associate | Liberal Arts | Purdue Language & Culture Exchange (PLaCE) | Tatjana Babic-Williams |
| 1 | Rachel Swank | licensing advisor | Education | Office of Teacher Education & Licensure | Lan Jin |
| 2 | Sharon Borkowski | senior lecturer | Liberal Arts | School of Languages & Cultures | Aletha Stahl |
| 2 | Jazmine Clifton | director | Student Success | Purdue Promise | Aletha Stahl |
| 2 | Dawn F. Stinchcomb | associate professor | Liberal Arts | School of Languages & Cultures | Aletha Stahl |
| 3 | Lata Krishnan | professor emerita | Health & Human Sciences | Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences | Stewart Chang Alexander |
| Level | Name | Title | College | Unit/Department | Mentor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven Shelby | director | School of Business | Larsen Leaders Academy | Annette Benson |
| 2 | Margaret Hass | lecturer | Liberal Arts | Purdue Language & Culture Exchange (PLACE) | Aletha Stahl |
| 2 | Huai-Rhin Kim | lecturer | Liberal Arts | School of Languages & Cultures | Aletha Stahl |
| 3 | Kristen Kirby | clinical associate professor | Health & Human Sciences | Nursing | Charles Calahan |
| Level | Name | Title | College | Unit/Department | Mentor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Tatjana Babic Williams | senior lecturer | Liberal Arts | School of Languages & Cultures |
Aletha Stahl, Kris Acheson-Clair |
| 3 | Annalisa Mosca | senior lecturer | Liberal Arts | School of Languages & Cultures | Annette Benson, Aletha Stahl |
| Level | Name | Title | College | Unit/Department | Mentor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacquelyn Thomas-Miller | director | Education | Advising & Recruiting | Katherine Yngve |
| 1 | Dawn F. Stinchcomb | associate professor | Liberal Arts | School of Languages & Cultures | Florence Adibu, Aletha Stahl |
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2 |
Elena Benedicto | professor | Liberal Arts | English | Aletha Stahl |
| 2 | Daniel Guberman | assistant director | Center for Instructional Excellence | Inclusive Pedagogy | Daniel C. Jones |
| 2 | Kristen Kirby | clinical associate professor | Health & Human Sciences | Nursing | Daniel C. Jones |
| 2 | Jonathan Ying | lecturer | School of Business | Organizational Behavior/Human Resources | Florence Adibu |
| 3 | Elizabeth Karcher | associate professor | Agriculture | Animal Sciences | Katherine Yngve |
| Level | Name | Title | College | Unit/ Department | Mentor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kristen Kirby | clinical associate professor | Health & Human Sciences | Nursing | Chuck Calahan |
| 1 | Susan Modlin | official retiree | Health & Human Sciences | Nursing | Florence Adibu |
| 2 | Lata Krishnan | professor emerita | Health & Human Sciences | Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences | Chuck Calahan |
| 2 | Vicki Simpson | associate professor | Health & Human Sciences | Nursing | Katherine Yngve |
| 3 | Patrick Brunese | director, academic programs | Engineering | Industrial Engineering |
Kris Acheson-Clair |
Per the recommendations of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) Transparency Framework and the NILOA Excellence in Assessment Standards, we provide the goals for each program offered through CILMAR.