Peer-Reviewed Publications

Freed, A., & Cleary, G. (2024). O’Dowd, R.(2023). Internationalising higher education and the role of virtual exchange. Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education, 16(2).

General Publications

​Staff Retention in International Education: Lessons Learned from Those Who Left (Diversity Abroad, 2023)

• With Ashley Bayman & Ofelia Hernandez

Achieving Great Study Abroad Diversity Should Begin in Human Resources (Diversity Abroad, 2019)

Projects

• Exploring collaborative online international learning (COIL) as a values-based endeavor from conceptualization to evaluation
  • Ongoing doctoral research at the Centre for Higher Education Internationalisation (CHEI)
• Michigan State University COIL Faculty Fellows Program-Africa
  • [COIL Training] Intro to COIL Presentation & Office Hours

Presentations

• 2025 International Virtual Exchange Symposium (IVES Cesu 2025)
  • Leveraging COIL research in a post pandemic world
    
• 2025 Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference
  • Highlighted Session: Education mobility to impact community engagement: Comparative studies on design and impact for student and local actors’ learning
    • Co-presented with: Carolina Franco Arroyave, Bill Burress, Grace Cleary, and Rosalind Raby
• 2025 Michigan Association of International Educators (MAIE) Conference
  • ​Virtual Exchange in a Post-Pandemic World
  • From Practitioner to Scholar-Practitioner: Navigating research and "the day job"
• 2024 Michigan Association of International Educators (MAIE) Conference
  • Educator or Administrator? Exploring Professional Identity in International Education
• 2023 NAFSA Region V Conference
  • What's the Deal With Virtual Exchange?: Exploring theory and practice
• 2023 Journal of Critical Global Issues May Roundtable
  • Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL): Broadening access or perpetuating power difference?
• 2023 University of Michigan Teachtech Enriching Scholarship Conference
  • Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL): Past, Present, and Future
• 2023 NAFSA National Conference Poster
  • Designing Successful COIL Programs: Where Are We Falling Short?
• 2023 Michigan Association of International Educators (MAIE) Conference
  • Case Studies in Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)
  • ​Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL): Past, Present, and Future
• 2020 Michigan Association of International Educators (MAIE) Conference
  • What's Stopping Students?: Understanding Barriers to Participation in Education Abroad
• 2019 NAFSA Region VI Conference
  • Managing Pre-Departure Orientations in Small Offices Utilizing Partner Support
    • Co-presented with Erin Kunert (Valparaiso University) and Katie Samuel (Eastern Kentucky University)
• 2019 NAFSA National Conference Poster
  • Categorizing Factors Which Impact Outbound Student Diversity
  • ​​Walk the Walk: Examining Diversity Among Education Abroad Professionals
• 2019 Michigan Association of International Educators (MAIE) Conference
  • Walk the Walk: Examining Diversity Among Education Abroad Professionals
    • ​Co-presented with Shelly Alfaro (ISA)