Mission
The Global Liberal Arts Alliance is an international partnership of colleges and universities advancing liberal arts education within the contexts of its member institutions. The Alliance fosters a community of institutional leaders, faculty, staff, and students to address the pressing intellectual, social, political, educational and cultural issues of the highly globalized twenty-first century.
The Alliance fulfills its mission by:
- Strengthening the ability of our liberal arts institutions to operate effectively and globally; and,
- Facilitating global course, curricular, co-curricular connections and scholarly activities among our institutions, and the mobility of students, faculty, staff, and leadership within the Alliance network.
GLCA Management
The Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA) is the founder and administrator of the Global Alliance. Chartered in the state of Michigan (USA) and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit in 1962, it has been governed since its founding by a Board of Directors and charged with working on behalf of its member institutions, a consortium of thirteen private liberal arts colleges located in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Institution | Liaison | Title | |
Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane | Violetta Cavalli-Sforza | Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs | V.Cavallisforza@aui.ma |
Albion College | Midori Yoshi | International Studies Program | myoshii@albion.edu |
Allegheny College | Terry Bensel | Associate Provost, Director of The Allegheny Gateway, Professor of Environmental Science | tbensel@allegheny.edu |
Antioch College | Luisa Bieri | Assistant Profess or Cooperative Education | lbieri@antiochcollege.edu |
Ashesi University | Stephen Armah | Department Head, Business Administration | searmah@ashesi.edu.gh |
Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts | Lucia Sulikova | Assistant to the Rector | sulikova@bisla.sk |
Denison University | Taku Suzuki | Associate Professor of East Asian Studies; Director of International Studies | suzukit@denison.edu |
DePauw University | David Alvarez | Associate Professor of English | davidalvarez@depauw.edu |
Earlham College | Kari Kalve | Professor of English | kalveka@earlham.edu |
Effat University | Haifa Jamal Al-Lail | President | hjamalallail@effatuniversity.edu.sa |
Flame University | Renu Dhadwal | Associate Professor of Mathematics | renu.dhadwal@flame.edu.in |
Forman Christian College | Rukhsana Zia | Director of Teaching and Learning Center | rukhsanazia@fccollege.edu.pk |
Franklin University Switzerland | Ann Gardiner | Head of the Writing and Learning Center | agardiner@fus.edu |
Hope College | Deirdre Johnston | Associate Dean of Global Education; Professor of Communication | johnston@hope.edu |
International Christian University | Christopher Bondy | Senior Associate Professor of Sociology; Coordinator for Japan Studies | bondy@icu.ac.jp |
International University of Grand-Bassam | Ahmed Legrouri | Vice President for Academic Affairs | legrouri.a@iugb.edu.ci |
John Cabot University | Mary Merva | Vice President and Dean of Academics | mmerva@johncabot.edu |
Kalamazoo College | Christine Hahn | Associate Provost and Associate Professor of Art and Art History | chahn@kzoo.edu |
Kenyon College | Irene Lopez | Associate Professor of Psychology and Women and Gender Studies | lopezi@kenyon.edu |
Lingnan University | Shalendra Sharma | Associate Vice President | shalendrasharma@ln.edu.hk |
Oberlin College | Tania Boster | Director, Bonner Center Curricular Initiatives; Director Bonner Center and Gertrude B. Lemle Teaching Center; Assistant Professor of History | tboster@oberlin.edu |
Ohio Wesleyan University | Nancy Comorau | Associate Professor of English | nacomora@owu.edu |
The American College of Greece | Antonis Klidas | Department Head, International Business | a.klidas@acg.edu |
The American University in Bulgaria | Robert White | Dean of the Faculty | rwhite@aubg.edu |
The American University in Cairo | Dahlia El Tayeb | Dean of Cooperative, Experiential, and International Education | dahlia.tayeb@aucegypt.edu |
The American University of Nigeria | Jennifer Lofkrantz | Associate Professor of World History | jennifer.lofkrantz@aun.edu.ng |
The American University of Paris | Rebekah Rast | Director, Teaching and Learning Center | rrast@aup.edu |
Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Alexandra Velasco | International Programs Office Director | avelasco@usfq.edu.ec |
The College of Wooster | Sarah Sobeck | Associate Professor of Chemistry | ssobeck@wooster.edu |
Wabash College | Agata Szczeszak-Brewer | Associate Professor of English | brewera@wabash.edu |