The President’s Award for Global Learning is the inaugural program of the International Board of Advisors and is administered through the collaborative efforts of the President’s Office, the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, and Texas Global.
2022-2023 Program Profiles
Literacy Development in Peru
Faculty team members:
- Desirée Pallais-Downing, PhD, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
- Patience Epps, PhD, Professor, Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts
International partner:
- Cayetano Heredia University, Lima, Peru
Wound Care in Kenya
Faculty team members:
- Julie Zuniga, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, School of Nursing
- Janet Ellzey, PhD, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
International partner:
- Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
2021-2022 Program Profiles
Do-No-Harm, Do-More-Good: Building for Sustainability in the Galápagos
Faculty team members:
- David Heymann, M.Arch., Professor, School of Architecture
- Gregory Brooks, M.Arch., Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
- Fernanda Leite, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Student team members:
- Sarah Bryant – Architecture, Juan David Ledesma – Architecture, Claudia Katrina Fierro – Architectural Engineering, Olivia Parker – Electrical Engineering/ Plan II
- Lynna Benhamou – Biological Environmental Science, Mariana Mercado – Architectural Engineering, Eduardo Terrazas – Urban Studies/Architecture, Justin Zhang – Finance/Business Honors
- Bianca Busogi – Biochemistry/Plan II, Katherine Ospina – International Relations and Global Studies/Sociology, Carmen Whitten – Architecture, Sarah Wildenstein – Civil Engineering
International partners:
- University of San Francisco-Quito, Quito, Ecuador
- Buro Happold, Bath, United Kingdom
Addressing an Era of Transatlantic Racial Reckoning: Imagining Anti-Racist Academic Worlds in the United Kingdom and the United States of America
Faculty team members:
- Richard Reddick, Ed.D., Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education
- Peniel Joseph, Ph.D., Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Student team members:
- Jayelon Evans – Applied Movement Science, Hailey Leal – Neuroscience
- Ayotoluwafunmi Osunsade – Public Health/African and African Diaspora Studies, Pritika Paramasivam – Neuroscience/Health and Society, Sruthi Ramaswamy – Chemical Engineering/Plan II
- Eddie Bankston – Psychology/Philosophy, William Cotton Hearne – Plan II/Government, Joshua Russell – Plan II/Rhetoric and Writing
- Sai Annem – Biology, Breigh Plat – Sociology/Plan II, Zia Kinzy – Economics/Plan II
International partners:
- Dr. Mike Mimirinis – University of West London, United Kingdom
- Dr. Peter Claus – Pembroke College, Oxford University, United Kingdom
- Dr. Kehinde Andrews – Birmingham City University, United Kingdom
- Dr. Ali Meghji – Magdalene College, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
Cotton Threads: Fabricating Ethical Production and Consumption in the Garment Industry
Faculty team members:
- Shiv Ganesh, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
- Sharmila Rudrappa, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
Student team members:
- Neha Donthineni – Biology/Plan II, Yves Mendoza – International Relations and Global Studies/French Studies, Elyssa Sefiane – Middle Eastern Studies/Religious Studies, Abigail Walker – Economics/Plan II
- Patrick Davis, Religious Studies
- Ria Goyal – Plan II/Biochemistry, Janani Gopal – Neuroscience, Nivedha Loganathan – Plan II/Public Health
International partners:
- Nudie Jeans – Gothenburg, Sweden
- International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore – Bangalore, India
Faculty Committees
Committees and working groups contribute to the structure and oversight of the program. These groups are appointed by the Offices of the President and Executive Vice President and Provost.Task Force
In late 2020, a task force was convened to review the President’s Award and recommend adjustments as necessary, based on the assessment data of previous cohorts and new considerations related to the pandemic. The re-envisioning of the program increases student access and faculty involvement, while continuing the foundational principle of being student-driven and interdisciplinary with strong faculty mentorship.- Dr. Sonia Feigenbaum, Senior Vice Provost for Global Engagement – Task Force Chair
- Dr. Marilyn Felkner, Clinical Assistant Professor, Public Health, College of Natural Sciences
- Dr. Carma Gorman, Associate Professor, School of Design and Creative Technologies, College of Fine Arts
- Dr. Steven Hoelscher, Associate Dean, Professor, American Studies, College of Liberal Arts
- Dr. Christine Julien, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
- Dr. Deirdre Mendez, Associate Director, Center for Global Business, Red McCombs School of Business
- Dr. David Springer, Interim Dean, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
- Dr. Luis Urrieta, Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, School of Education
- Jenn Wang, Senior Director of International Advancement and Principal Gifts
- Laurie Young, Director of Special Initiatives, Texas Global
- Dr. Luis Zayas, Dean, Steve Hicks School of Social Work
Program Administration
Sonia Feigenbaum, Ph.D.
Senior Vice Provost for Global Engagement and Chief International Officer
Laura Caloudas
Sr. Program Coordinator,
Texas Global
Margaret Rieley
Administrative Associate,
Texas Global