Presenters: Dr. Lucia Rodriguez; Colette Mazzucelli
Run Time: 42 minutes
This course is worth 2 hours (0.2 CEU) of professional development. A certificate of completion can be printed once the program has been completed.
About this Course
Lucia Rodriguez serves as the Director of the Global MDP Secretariat, which oversees worldwide programs and activities of the Master’s in Development Practice (MDP), a program designed to train aspiring practitioners to understand and manage integrated approaches to sustainable development challenges across the health sciences, natural sciences, social sciences and management. Dr. Rodriguezhas held various positions in education and nonprofit organizations, including the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA), where she worked for nine years and served as Vice President of Education. In that position, she directed, fundraised and scaled-up a program that she founded—Global Classrooms—an interactive and innovative program that is specifically geared towards preparing young people to be the global citizens, leaders, and workers that they are.. Some of her honors include a Marshall Memorial Fellowship from the German Marshall Fund of the US in 2003.
Colette Mazzucelli(MALD, Tufts/Fletcher; Ph.D., Georgetown) has taught international relations and ethnic conflicts to faculty at the Center for Global Affairs, NYU, since 2005 and is an Adjunct Associate Professor in Political Science, teaching undergraduate comparative politics, at Hofstra.
Mazzucelli acquired a background in technology-mediated learning while teaching at the Institute of Political Studies Paris and the Budapest University of Economic Sciences. As the recipient of Bosch Fellowships, she was assigned to the Foreign Office in Bonn to assist with the ratification of the Treaty on the European Union (“Maastricht”), 1992-93, and was in residence at the American Academy in Berlin, spring 2001. Her most recent publications appear in The Ashgate Research Companion to Political Leadership and The EU in the Global Political Economy. Colette’s research interests focus on, among other things, the role of education in developing strategies for prevention in areas experiencing post-conflict reconstruction.
Dr. Peter N. Stearns is Provost and Professor of History at George Mason University. He taught previously at Harvard where he was educated, the University of Chicago, Rutgers, and Carnegie Mellon;. Dr. Stearns has authored or edited over 100 books, including Educating Global Citizens in Colleges and Universities: Challenges and Opportunities, 2009, which provides practical coverage and guidance in the major aspects of global education including curriculum, study abroad, international students, collaborations and branch campuses, as well as management issues and options. As Provost at George Mason, Dr. Stearns has worked to expand research capacities, to add or enhance centers of strength in the arts, biomedical research and education, public health, and to increase the global activities and educational goals of the University.
