Faculty Members Bring International Experiences to their Classrooms

International education at the University of New England continues to grow. From the collaboration with Israel College, to visiting groups of scholars from mainland China, to our many professors and staff who have traveled and taught or done research abroad, to the newly-founded Office for International Studies and Study Abroad, we seek to raise awareness and understanding of international affairs, on campus, in the community and in the world.

"If students are going to be part of the world we're living in and will live in, they need to have a deeper and more informed understanding of world culture and foreign language," says Jacque Carter, provost/vice president for academic affairs.

Below are links to profiles of some of our CAS faculty who have long ties to nations and cultures from other parts of the globe. Also, visit our Office for Study Abroad and International Programs.

Faculty Profiles

Sam McReynolds, Ph.D., Department of Sociology: "Today Sam McReynolds is an professor and chair of the Sociology Department. An accomplished academic who has spent a fair part of his life with his nose in a book, he also has seen brutal poverty first hand, seen bellies extended from hunger, seen bodies lying dead in the street. In El Salvador he was robbed at gun point on Thanksgiving Day, had a $25,000 vehicle stolen from him, saw five of his field jeeps firebombed while having lunch, and-the topper-barely missed being assassinated, the fate of one of his assistants. Profile.

Richard Peterson, Ph.D., Department of Enviromental Studies: "Peterson is an assistant professor of environmental studies at UNE, though his path here has not been typical. To begin with, he's the child of American missionaries to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he was born. He grew up with a brother and two sisters, living alternately in rural Africa and urban Michigan. His parents taught at and directed a number of Congolese and international schools, which he and his siblings attended. Peterson describes his parents' work as more educational than religious. His mother was a trained nurse; his father a teacher and minister." Profile.

Joel See, Ph.D., Department of Sociology: Joel See first developed this visual teaching technique at Miyazaki International College, an experimental college in Japan where he spent two years. He uses another visual teaching technique in his Sociology of Marriage and Family course, where he shows his American students videos produced by his former Japanese students. The Japanese student videos are essentially oral histories, many of them interviews with elder family members. Profile.

Ariel Yablon, Ph.D., Department of History: "I've lived though a lot of the things I teach-like military dictatorship, economic chaos, and revolutionary politics,' reveals Ariel Yablon, Ph.D., Argentine native and assistant professor of history. His students appreciate his hard-earned experiences, because they help make his courses come alive. 'I have pretty vivid memories and lots of stories to tell,' he says. 'My experiences make me more connected to things. I think that counts, in a way." Profile.    
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