Joan Straumanis
curriculum
vitae 
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INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS
| China |
(1) Consultant to the team designing a new American-style university for Nanjing; a partnership between American University (Washington DC), the Coordinating Council for International Universities and Jiangsu Province, (two trips, 2005). |
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(2) Invited delegate, professional visit by American philosophers to ten universities in Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, and Beijing, People’s Republic of China, People to People Ambassadors program, 2000. |
| Bulgaria | Candidate for president of the American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad (two trips, 2005). |
| Egypt |
Invited delegate, Global Peace Initiative, invited by First Lady Suzanne Mubarak; People to People Ambassadors program, 2003. |
| Kenya | Evaluated NGO service projects (agriculture, AIDS education);
Global Service Corps, Earth Island Institute, 1999. |
| Greece | Evaluated archeology project; FIPSE, 1998. |
| Australia |
Developed, inspected, evaluated study abroad programs, Sydney and Melbourne; Rollins College, Lehigh University, Antioch College, 1987 – 1998. |
| USSR/Russia |
Professional meetings about establishing educational
exchanges, Moscow, St. Petersburg; American Association of Colleges
and Universities, 1993. Arranged reciprocal visit of Russian faculty member to teach at Rollins College, funded by Rotary Clubs of Central Florida, 1989 – 1990. Invited participant in delegation of eight American college deans. Visited Universities of Leningrad, Moscow and Odessa. Funded by Corliss Lamont Foundation and participating institutions, 1987. |
| Mexico |
Negotiated, established, evaluated study abroad contracts with
Mexican universities, Merida; Rollins College, 1986 – 1992. |
| UK |
Inspected, evaluated study abroad programs
in Scotland, England and Ireland; Kenyon College, 1985. Sabbatical: Visiting Research Professor of Philosophy, University of Bristol, England, 1980. |
| Colombia | Inspected, evaluated study abroad program, Bogota, Great Lakes Colleges Association, 1984. |
| Turkey | Leader of 28-person month-long study travel course (archeology, history); Denison University, 1973. |
PERSONAL INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
| Eastern Europe | Travel, tourism, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Austria, 2006. | |||
| Spain | Study tour (art and architecture), 2001. | |||
| Italy | Study tour (art and architecture), 2000. | |||
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Kenya & |
Travel, tourism, 1999. | |||
| Greece | Study tour (history); lectured on philosophy to Smithsonian tour group, 1998. | |||
| Israel & Jordan | Travel, tourism, 1998. | |||
| Netherlands |
Travel, tourism, 1996, 2003. |
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| Poland | Genealogy trip, 1996. | |||
| England | Canal Boat trip – one week, 1995. | |||
| France | Camping – one month, 1980. | |||
| Jamaica, West Indies | Travel, tourism, 1965. | |||
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