At our 2012 Annual Conference, IES Abroad presented our education leadership awards to three top professionals in the study abroad field. These prestigious awards are given to educators who have been instrumental in furthering the field of study abroad.
The IES Abroad Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Dr. Richard Gaulton, a recently retired director of Cornell Abroad at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. A national leader in the field of education abroad and scholar of Chinese politics, he was Co-Director of the Center for Chinese and American studies, a pioneering joint venture during a turbulent time in China from 1988 to 1990. Dr. Gaulton taught at The Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies and Colgate University. He also worked as a Program Manager at IES Abroad overseeing study abroad programs in China, Japan, Italy, France, and Russia. He served on our IES Abroad Academic Council and its governance committees as well as the advisory boards of other organizations.
The IES Abroad Volunteer of the Year Award was given to Dr. Ana Maria J. Wiseman, Dean of International Programs at Wofford College and director of its study abroad office. She has worked tirelessly in the field of education abroad and has served on the IES Abroad Board of Directors, its Academic Council, Curriculum Committee, program review committees, ad hoc academic task forces, and other governance committees.
The IES Abroad Professional Development Award was given to Kristi Hubbard, director of the Center for International Programs Abroad at Emory University. She is an active and committed member of the education abroad field and has studied and worked abroad in France, Belgium and England. Kristi has served on the IES Abroad Academic Council and its Institutional Membership Committee. She has worked as an on-site study abroad coordinator for the American Intercontinental University in London and at North Carolina State University. Kristi is active at the regional and national levels of NAFSA: Association of International Educators and serves on its Education Abroad Regulatory Practice Committee.
