Experiential Geography: mapping Diversity Awareness Profile

What is the Diversity Awareness Profile?

Cultural Adaptation

Leveraging Study Abroad in aJob Interview

Funding

Why should geographers study abroad?

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What is the Diversity Awareness Profile?

It is a tool to gauge the change in student perception.

It was used in my Title IV grant from the U.S. Department of Education Programs for International Education for three years.

Diversity Awareness Profile was used at pre-departure and post-departure.

Over 530 surveys were collected from October 2001 to June 2007.

[There are better and newer measurement tools. Please refer to a list compiled by Alvino E. Fantini.]

WWRejection Backsliding

Honeymoon

Surface AdjustmentAdaptation

Taken from Transcultural Odysseys by Germaine Shames [1997]

Leveraging Study Abroad in Your Job Interview

[University of Minnesota]

Sell this to students as a résumé boost:

•Display an international institution or experience

•Discuss your flexibility and ability to handle change and

complications

•Demonstrate new language or cultural skills

Funding:Institute of International Education

http://www.iie.org/

Fulbright: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html

Gilman; http://www.iie.org//programs/gilman/index.html

NSEP: National Security Education Program

Rotary International: http://www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/Pages/ridefault.aspx

University [Does the foreign institution have work-study?]CollegeConsortium Affiliate [matching funds?]Alumni donors

Why should geographers study abroad?

What is meant by Experiential Geography?

Questions?