Speaker Biographies
2025 Plenary Keynote: TBA
2025 Pre-Conference Workshop Facilitators:
Intercultural Pedagogy for Transformative Learning
Tara Harvey, PhD, Founder and Chief Intercultural Officer, True North Intercultural
Tara is a specialist in intercultural teaching and learning in higher education. She brings together broad experience in international education with a deep understanding of the intercultural development process. She has worked at institutions such as the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange), in both teaching and administrative roles. In 2016, Tara founded True North Intercultural LLC to help colleges and universities fulfill their missions to develop interculturally-competent global citizens in a sustainable way, by building intercultural capacity among faculty and staff. Her PhD is in Comparative and International Development Education from the University of Minnesota.
The Missing Piece: Enhancing Student Learning through Effective Re-Entry Programs
Stephen Braye, PhD, Professor of English, Elon University
A Professor of English at Elon University in North Carolina, Steve has led experiences in Louisiana, New York, China, Costa Rica, England, Ireland, Zambia and across Europe. He has been teaching “The Impact of Study Abroad: Coming Home” for returning study abroad students every semester for the past ten years.