Peggy has presented at NAFSA and AACRAO at state, regional, and national conferences, participated in poster fairs on a variety of topics, co-written ad hoc conference workshops, and presented NAFSA CEP workshops as a NAFSA Trainer Corps member among others. Peggy is a Charter Member of The Association for International Credential Evaluation Professionals (TAICEP) and was the managing editor for the TAICEP Talk Newsletter for its first two years; she remains an active member of the Resources for Members Committee. She has contributed to such publications as the NAFSA Online Guide to Educational Systems around the World, the AACRAO Electronic Database for Global Education (EDGE), the NAFSA wRAP-Up Newsletter, the 2010 AACRAO International Guide, the NAFSA Guide to International Student Recruitment, and others. In addition, Peggy has presented on topics such as country updates, international communication, undocumented students, secondary education and freshman admissions, professional development, international transfer credits, researching international institutions and education systems, accreditation, international graduate admissions, electronic verification services, bogus institutions, and more.
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Dr. George Fletcher has served the President of Globe Language Services, Inc., located in New York. He has also been an Assistant/Associate Professor at NYU. He received a B.A. in Spanish/Russian/Education from Oklahoma University in 1963; a M.A.T. in Russian/Education from Indiana University in 1967; and an Ed.D. in Russian/Spanish/Education from Oklahoma State University in 1977. Dr. Fletcher is a member of AACRAO (past chairperson of the International Education Research Committee), NAFSA, the European Association of International Education (EAIE), and the International Higher Education Academy of Sciences (IHEAS). He was also a Charter Member and Vice President of the Association of International Credential Evaluators (AICE) and an examinational certified translator for the American Translator Association (ATA). He has been the author of numerous publications including EDGE Report: International Education Index:Chile and Russia (2006), Russia: A Comparative Education Study, a section on undergraduate and Master's Degree education (2001), and The Complete Handbook and Glossary of Soviet Education (1992).
Sandra Dyson Rodríguez was first introduced to international education upon joining the Peace Corps in 1961. She holds a BA and an MA in Linguistics and has taught English as a Second Language, Spanish, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies in both Venezuela and the U.S. before working as an international student office director and foreign student advisor. She has been an international credentials evaluator since 1977 and a certified translator since 1982, and has presented papers, seminars and workshops. She was a contributor to the 1999 NAFSA publication, A Guide to Educational Systems Around the World. She is the founder of SDR Educational Consultants in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Lou Nunes is the President of Academic Evaluation Services. She has over 30 years of experience serving the international education field in various roles, including Credentials Evaluator, Translator, Mentor, and Consultant. She is an author of several publications in foreign educational systems as well as a presenter at various professional conferences, including NAFSA, AACRAO and EAIE. Dr. Nunes is the author of the Country Study: Brazil, a joint AACRAO/NAFSA/PIER Project, 2004, and a contributor to AACRAO EDGE and NAFSA Online Guide. She holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from LSU. Dr. Nunes has been a NAFSA Trainer Corps Member since 2003. She is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish; she has working knowledge of French.
Kathleen Trayte Freeman has more than 20 years of experience in international admissions and foreign credential evaluation. She co-authored the 2007 AACRAO publication, The Educational System of France, as well as AACRAO monographs on the educational systems of Tunisia, Mauritania, Yemen and Seychelles. Ms. Freeman was a participant in the 2002 Fulbright Higher Education Administrators program in Germany, the 1999 Baden-Wurttemberg Seminar, and was selected for the NAFSA-OSEAS-State Department Program in Lyon, France in 1998. She is an active member of NAFSA: Association of International Educators where she served as chair of the Recruitment, Admission and Preparation (RAP) Knowledge Community and is the layout and design editor of the RAP newsletter, wRAP Up. She was previously the RAP representative to the NAFSA Subcommittee on Information Management and served as chair of the Web Access Task Force.
Dr. Etilvia Maria Arjona Chang completed her undergraduate studies at H. Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University. Following, she got her graduate degree at Rochester Institute of Technology, the School of Interpreters of the University of Geneva, Switzerland and earned specialization certificates from the State University of Mons, Belgium, the Université de Dijon and the Université Besançon in France. She obtained her Ph.D. from Stanford University's School of Education. Dr. Arjona has served as Director of Translation and Interpretation Studies Divisions at the University of Panama, the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California, the University of Hawaii and Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan. She has held a variety of advisory capacity posts at SUNY-Binghamton, Florida International University, Montclair State University, as well as in many other international organizations. In two prior administrations of the Panamanian government, Dr. Arjona served as private advisor and consultant to the First Lady of the Republic. Dr. Arjona has headed the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the Universidad Catolica de Santa Maria la Antigua (USMA) in Panama, and is Director of Education USA Advising Center. Her numerous publications concern mainly Translator and Interpreter training and testing. She has also served as an alternate representative of private universities on the Central American Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CCA).
Laura Macchia Amescua holds a BA in Italian & Special Fields from the University of California, Los Angeles. She lived and worked in Italy for two years teaching English before obtaining a position in the UCLA Undergraduate Admissions Office, where she has also held the positions of International Specialist, Senior Evaluator and DSO.
Bradley L. Spencer has extensive professional experience in the field of international education credential evaluation. He spent over 16 years as a credential evaluator and assistant director in the Office of International and Graduate Admissions at the University of Southern California and 5 ½ years as Director of Evaluations at the Foundation for International Services, Inc. before establishing his own company, e-ValReports, in June of 2000. He has been active in the professional associations having been Chairman of the Admission, Evaluation & Placement Committee (now International Admissions Committee) of AACRAO and Chairman of the Admission Section (ADSEC) OF NAFSA: Association of International Educators. Bradley earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Humanities and a Master of Science degree in Education from the University of Southern California.
Mary Baxton holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Business Administration from California State University, Northridge. She has served as the Associate Director of Admissions and Records at her alma mater, where she managed domestic and international admissions and transfer credit functions. During extensive career in management, she’s been involved with the admission of international students at the undergraduate and graduate level and the evaluation of international credentials. A frequent presenter on international recruitment and admissions topics at AACRAO and NAFSA conferences, Mary chaired the International Issues Committee for AACRAO from 2001-2003, served as the Program Coordinator for International Education from 2003-2006, and was the AACRAO nominee for Vice President of International Education, 2006-2009. She also served a term from 2003-2005 as the NAFSA, Region XII ADSEC/RAP representative, and attended the 2005 Baden-Wurttemberg German Seminar. She has served as the Transfer Credit Practices (TCP) reporting officer for the state of California.
Ed Devlin holds a Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language from San Francisco State University. He has taught in and directed International Education programs at Monterey Peninsula College, University of California Santa Cruz, Stanford University and Golden Gate University. He has served on and chaired numerous national committees for NAFSA and AACRAO and holds life membership in NAFSA. He has conducted many national and international workshops for teachers, counselors and administrators, and is the author/editor of five books on various aspects of international education, including AACRAO's recent publication on the educational system of Australia.
Casey Hayes is the Associate Registrar for Technology at Elon University, where he has leveraged technology and data-driven solutions to better serve the students, faculty, and staff. His most recent innovation to utilize degree audit data keeps students in compliance for graduation through automatic notifications and has greatly improved Elon’s overall graduation rate. The success of his work led him to being awarded the Phoenix Innovation Award, an award presented to a member of the Elon staff who has displayed innovation by creating, designing, improving, or implementing a new idea or program that benefits the university or the community.
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Scott Campbell has served as Associate Vice President and University Registrar at The University of Chicago since 2012. He also holds the title of Associate Dean in the College. Scott joined UChicago from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he was in the Office of the University Registrar for fifteen years. Before Georgetown, he was at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Scott’s portfolio includes business intelligence, classroom management, course evaluations, curriculum management, degree planning and degree audit management, enrollment management, graduation, institutional planning, records and registration, and student systems management. He is a current member of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) Program Committee and Group VI Coordinator, previously serving as the Chair of the Information Systems and Technology Committee. He also serves Chair of the Association of American Universities (AAU) Conference of Registrars.
Kellye Y. Testy is the president and chief executive officer of the Law School Admission Council, where she leads the organization in its committed efforts to build a more just and prosperous world. Testy joined LSAC after leading the University of Washington School of Law for eight years as the school’s first female dean. She is a nationally sought-after speaker and consultant on legal and higher education, leadership, diversity and access, and corporate law and governance, and has received numerous honors and awards for her teaching, leadership, and service. Testy earned her undergraduate degree in journalism from Indiana University in Bloomington, and her law degree from Indiana University Maurer School of Law—Bloomington. She currently serves on the boards of the Washington Law Institute and LSSSE.