BASAA Fall Meeting
2016 BASAA Fall Meeting
Tuesday, November 15
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Boston University
8 St. Mary’s Street, 9th floor
Boston, MA 02215
This event is free to attend. Click here to register.
Registration is kindly requested for planning purposes. Public Transportation and driving directions can be found here. Please note parking is limited, we strongly recommend taking public transportation if possible. For those that must drive, information on visitor lots can be found here. Coffee/Breakfast refreshments will be served.
Topic: Digital Story Telling Seminar presented by Thomas D’Agostino
Thomas D’Agostino is the Associate Dean for Global Education at Hobart and William Smith Colleges (HWS), where he is also Visiting Professor of Political Science and Latin American Studies. In addition, he serves as the Executive Director of the Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Union College Partnership for Global Education. He earned his MA and Ph.D. in Political Science from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and was an Associate Professor of Political Science at Siena College before transitioning into international education administration on a full-time basis.
During more than 20 years in the field of international education, Tom has worked extensively in the area of predeparture and reentry programming in an effort to enhance students’ experiences abroad. He has received and administered grants from the US Department of Education Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) program, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation, NAFSA: Association of International Educators, and the American Council of Learned Societies. In collaboration with Doug Reilly, Tom has developed and facilitated workshops at national conference and a variety of colleges and universities around the country on the use of Digital Storytelling in higher education.
In addition to his work in international education, he is co-author of Distant Neighbors in the Caribbean: the Dominican Republic and Jamaica in Comparative Perspective, Understanding the Contemporary Caribbean, and Understanding Contemporary Latin America.
Thank you to our sponsor!
